Saturday, May 23, 2009

Dealing with Chronic Pain using Alternative Healing Practices

By Donna Burick

Do you suffer from aches and pains when you wake up in the morning? Perhaps your knees buckle slightly when you move or do you feel some slight pain in your back as you shift your weight? If so, then you are not alone. Many people suffer from mild aches and pains and they all wish to find a solid way of alleviating the problem.

Treating physical pain of this sort is commonly done through traditional means and medications. Well-known treatments are most often chosen because they are familiar and readily available. While they are helpful and do have value, a look at alternative healing practices may provide new opportunities for relief from chronic pain. These alternative methods of treating physical pain are often enjoyable, as well as, beneficial for the ease or elimination of chronic pain.

For instance, did you know that dance can be used therapeutically to treat pain? Dance improves the overall functioning of the body and classes are available that have been designed specifically for this purpose. Physical activity of any kind improves flexibility and increases strength and muscular endurance. Dance as a form of physical activity can also do these things as well and it is a whole lot more fun than some forms of exercise. You can see why alternative healing practices like these are becoming more and more popular.

Similarly, Chinese medicine is growing in popularity due to its ability to deliver excellent results via its alternative healing practices. Tai Chi and Chi Kung (Qi Gong) training are available in many fitness and recreation centers and they are a tremendous means for boosting the bodys ability to heal itself. No, this is not a quasi-mystical method of healing. It is simply a logical form of exercise that has been developed over thousands of years. And it still remains popular for a very good reason: it works!

It is possible to benefit from healing exercise without attending classes. Doing simple stretches throughout the day in the comfort of your own home can have a significant impact on your level of pain. Stretching also helps the body heal and improves circulation which makes everything work better. Stretching eases tightness in the body by increasing ligament movement, and tightness is often a source of pain. This form of treatment is also very easy to do for anyone.

When a persons body systems are not functioning harmoniously, it can cause physical pain. This is the theory behind the popular energy based remedies for chronic pain.

Alternative healing practices like the Body Talk System help an individual create harmony between the mind and body to create a more balance environment, thus alleviating the need for physical pain. Alternative healing practices work very well in combination with tradition medicine. Using both methods together can help balance all of the bodys systems and together work more effectively than each to alone. This is why many doctors are now suggesting alternative healing practices together with their treatment plan.

An optimum treatment plan for chronic pain includes the best of traditional medicine in combination with alternative healing practices. Selecting from both healing menus can effectively create a comfortable plan for each individual allowing for excellent results.

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