Bodywork (alternative medicine)

Short description: Any alternative therapy involving physically working with the body

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* Terminology of alternative medicine

Fringe medicine and science

* Acupressure
* Acupuncture
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* Auriculotherapy
* Bach flower remedies
* Bates method
* Biorhythm
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* Bodywork
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* Breathwork
* Camel urine
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* Cancer treatments
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* Chiropractic treatment techniques
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* Duesberg hypothesis
* Ear candling
* Energy medicine
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* Feldenkrais Method
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Conspiracy theories

* Anti-fluoridation/Water fluoridation movement
* Anti-vaccination
* Vaccines causing autism
* Big Pharma conspiracy theory
* GMO conspiracy theories
* HIV/AIDS denialism
* Discredited HIV/AIDS origins theories
* OPV AIDS hypothesis

Classifications

* Allopathic medicine
* Alternative medical systems
* Mind–body intervention
* Biologically-based therapy
* Manipulative methods
* Energy therapy

Traditional medicine

* African
* Muti
* South African
* Ayurveda
* Ayurvedic acupressure
* Dosha
* Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health
* Balneotherapy
* Brazilian
* Bush medicine
* Cambodian
* Chinese
* Blood stasis
* Chinese herbology
* Dit Da
* Gua sha
* Gill plate trade
* Meridian
* Moxibustion
* Pressure point
* Qi
* San Jiao
* Tui na
* Zang-fu
* Chumash
* Curandero
* Faith healing
* Iranian
* Jamu
* Kambo
* Japanese
* Korean
* Mien Shiang
* Mongolian
* Prophetic medicine
* Shamanism
* Shiatsu
* Siddha
* Sri Lankan
* Thai massage
* Tibetan
* Unani
* Vietnamese

Diagnoses

* Adrenal fatigue
* Aerotoxic syndrome
* Autistic enterocolitis
* Candida hypersensitivity
* Chronic Lyme disease
* Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
* Heavy legs
* Leaky gut syndrome
* Multiple chemical sensitivity
* Wilson's temperature syndrome
* Wind turbine syndrome

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In alternative medicine, bodywork is any therapeutic or personal development technique that involves working with the human body in a form involving manipulative therapy, breath work, or energy medicine. Bodywork techniques also aim to assess or improve posture, promote awareness of the "bodymind connection" which is an approach that sees the human body and mind as a single integrated unit, or to manipulate the electromagnetic field alleged to surround the human body and affect health.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Forms
* 2 Massage
* 3 Statistics in the United States
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Forms

Some of the best known forms of non-touch bodywork methods include: reiki, yoga, pranayama, as well as other non-touch methods: breathwork respiration techniques, therapeutic touch, the Bates method for sight training,[2] qigong, and tai chi.

The better known forms of manipulative bodywork include the Bowen technique, chiropractic, reflexology, Rolfing, postural integration, shiatsu, and the Trager approach. There are also some methods that use light touch (not tissue work) to retrain movement patterns or shift awareness of the body, including the Alexander technique, the Feldenkrais method, the Hakomi method, integrative body psychotherapy, craniosacral therapy, and somatic experiencing.

## Massage

One form of bodywork is deep tissue massage therapy, and the terms massage and bodywork are often used interchangeably. While bodywork includes all forms of massage techniques, it also includes many other types of touch therapies.https://karmamassagecentre.business.site/ [3]

## Statistics in the United States

According to a 2002 survey of adults in the United States by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (NCCIH) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS):[4]

* Acupuncture was used by 4.0% of the population, with 1.1% having used it in the last year.
* Chiropractic was used by 19.9% of the population, with 7.5% having used it in the last year.
* Deep breathing exercises were used by 14.6% of the population, with 11.6% having used the technique in the last year.
* Yoga was used by 7.5% of the population, with 5.1% having used it in the last year.
* Tai chi was used by 2.5% of the population, with 1.3% having used it in the last year.
* Qigong was used by 0.5% of the population, with 0.3% having used it in the last year.
* Energy healing and reiki were used by 1.1% of the population, with 0.5% having used it in the last year.

## See also

* Mind–body interventions
* Somatics
* Energy medicine

## References

1. ↑ Thackery, Ellen; Harris, Madeline (2003). Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders (1st ed.). Gale. pp. 153–7. ISBN 978-0787657680. http://librarum.org/book/22665/153. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
2. ↑ "Bates Method". http://www.seeing.org/.
3. ↑ Cassar, Mario-Paul (2004). Handbook of Clinical Massage: A Complete Guide for Students and Practitioners (2nd ed.). Churchill Livingstone. p. 48-49. ISBN 978-0443073496. https://archive.org/details/handbookclinical00cass.
4. ↑ Barnes, Patricia M.; Eve Powell-Griner; Kim McFann; Richard L. Nahin (2004-05-27). "Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults: United States, 2002". Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics 343. http://nccih.nih.gov/news/camstats/2002/report.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-21. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

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Alternative medicine

Alternative medical systems|

* Ayurveda
* Aromatherapy
* Bodywork
* Chiropractic
* Energy medicine
* Faith healing
* Herbalism
* Hydrotherapy
* Homeopathy
* Naturopathic medicine
* Orthopathy
* Osteopathy
* Shamanism
* Traditional Chinese medicine
* Traditional medicine

Treatments|

* Biologically based therapy
* Energy therapy
* Manual and body-based methods
* Mind-body intervention

People|

* Alternative medicine
* Mind-body intervention advocates
* Critics

Public-health issues|

* Aspartame
* Dental amalgams
* Growth hormone
* Vaccines
* Water fluoridation

Key terms|

* Alternative medicine
* Complementary medicine
* Glossary of alternative medicine

Contrary viewpoints|

* Anti-quackery organizations
* Evidence-based medicine
* Pseudoscience
* Skeptical movement

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