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Chiropractic medicine

Applied Kinesiology Diagnostic technique used in chiropractic medicine. [Pg.1087]

The field of kinesiology should not be confused with applied kinesiology, which is a diagnostic technique used in chiropractic medicine. The clinician applies a force to a muscle or muscle group, and the patient resists the force. Based on the patient s... [Pg.1087]

Chiropractic Medicine Health care profession that diagnoses and treats disorders of the musculoskeletal system with addirional emphasis on the spine. [Pg.1383]

Osteopathic medicine is not considered alternative health care, as this form of medicine has a 125-year history. It is recognized as a complete system of medical care founded on the philosophy of treating the whole patient—the body and the mind. The predominance of the musculoskeletal system within osteopathic medicine is also fundamental to chiropractic medicine, which is considered a separate but related health discipline. [Pg.1383]

Complementary and alternative medicine therapies, such as acupuncture, biofeedback, chiropractic manipulation, dietary supplements, herbal therapy, and homeopathic preparations, are used by individuals with allergic rhinitis.29,30 Use of bromelain, gingko, ginseng, licorice, quercetin, and Urtica dioica has been reported, but large-scale studies documenting efficacy are lacking.31,32 Caregivers should inquire routinely about patients use of alternative therapies and counsel patients about the lack of validated data to support such practices.12... [Pg.932]

CAM. Data about 145 boys and 35 girls, with a mean age of 10 years, were obtained. The most popular form of alternative therapy was vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants (51%), followed by nutritional supplements (14%), herbs and botanical medicines (11%), massage (9%), chiropractic (4%), homeopathy (4%), and acupuncture (2%). (Horrigan et ah, 1998). An anecdotal report described the use of St. John s wort by four teenagers who were under psychiatric care (Walter and Rey, 1999). Three of the patients had been reluctant to reveal this to their psychiatrist, believing the doctor had no interest in alternative medicine or would disapprove of it. [Pg.366]

No single definition adequately captures the range of practices that fall under the CAM rubric. Those that define CAM as practices that are not part of mainstream medicine, or as practices used by patients to manage their own health care, or as therapies not widely taught in Western medical schools or available in most hospitals, fail to capture the complexity of this field. CAM includes health-care practices that range from the use of vitamins, herbal remedies, and massage therapies to the ancient traditions of Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, along with chiropractic techniques, naturopathy homeopathic medicine, meditation, hypnosis, acupuncture, and a host of other less well-known approaches to health and health care. [Pg.125]

Alternative medicine includes (but is not limited to) the following herbal medicine, homeopathy, aromatherapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, acupuncture, acupressure, yoga, tai chi, meditation, music or art therapy, shamanism, and faith healing. In this chapter our focus is on herbal medicine. The increased use of herbal medicine outside of the traditional physician-patient paradigm represents a search for other sources of health as well as an expression of assuming greater responsibility for our own health maintenance. In one sense, it is a return to an earlier period. The shift from traditional medicine to modern medicine can be traced to the Flexner Report of 1910. [Pg.341]

Herbal products are considered a type of alternative medicine (e.g., herbal medicines, Chinese herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture, biofeedback, color therapy, music therapy, hypnotherapy, aromatherapy. Ayurvedic medicine, massage, therapeutic touch, Bach flower remedies, chiropractic, reflexology, naturopathy, and more). According to the Office of Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), characteristics of alternatives medicine include treatments that lack sufficient documentation in the United States for safety and effectiveness against specific disease and... [Pg.2902]

Some of the therapies mentioned in the BMA Report are complementary in that they can be used in conjunction with orthodox treatments. For example, chiropractic, osteopathy, reflexology, Shiatsu and the Alexander technique all involve manipulation of muscle and bones and could be used to complement NSAID-based treatment. Others are genuinely alternatives which attempt to replace orthodox medicines, e.g. herbalism and homoeopathy, while some, e.g. acupuncture, are being assimilated into conventional medical practice. This chapter concentrates on those therapies which rely heavily on the use of plant materials and attempts to explain the basis of the therapy and provide examples of the plants used. In particular, the interrelationship between herbalism, herbal medicines and the phytotherapeutic use of plants, described in Chapter VI, is explored. [Pg.35]

The medical establishment has mostly gone out on a limb to the effect that supplemental nutritional factors play no significant role in our ills, for example, vitamins, minerals, and herbs (and such therapies as laetrile, etc.), as cures, remedies, or preventions. On the whole, osteopathic medicine — and, we may add, chiropractic — appears more receptive to the role of nutrition than does its MD. counterpart. [Pg.4]

A third approach to medical care that has recently gained significantly in popularity is alternative medicine and the alternative approaches. These are varied but frequently involve such techniques as touch therapy and massage (acupressure), chiropractic, magnets, herbals, and naturopathic remedies. Herbal preparations and spiritual healing are also used that allow for mind and body control. [Pg.243]

Medical examiner For medical examinations conducted before May 14, 2014, a person who is licensed, certified, and/or registered in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations to perform physical examinations. The term includes, but is not limited to, doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and doctors of chiropractic. [Pg.676]

The medical examiner conducting the physical and issuing the medical examiner s certificate does not necessarily need to he a doctor. The medical examiner can be anyone licensed, certified, and/or registered, in accordance with state laws and regulations, to perform physical examinations. It can be a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse, or doctor of chiropractics. [Pg.368]

In the United States, the use of manipulation divided into two major movements. Andrew Taylor Still developed Osteopathy, which moved finally along the path of combining manipulation with traditional medicine in the twentieth century, and Chiropractic, still practiced today as a treatment aimed primarily at "adjustment" of the spine. [Pg.76]

Thermography is also used in sports medicine, chiropractic, and other disciplines where stress and pain produce elevated local skin temperatures. [Pg.124]


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