Week Two Flashcards
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What is the idea behind integrative medicine
Not to replace conventional medicine but to find ways to complement existing treatments for example taking a prescribed medication may not be enough to bring blood pressure level into a health range but also adding meditation to your daily wellness routine may help
What was the timeline of integrative medicine
In the 1990s integrative medicine started to undergo a major shift descriptions such as unorthodox or alternative were replaced with the term complementary and alternative medicine CAM
What does CAM stand for
Became an umbrella term for herbal remedies mind-body therapies traditional Chiense medicine and more
Why is integrative medicine becoming so popular
People are in general taking a greater more active role in their own health care and people who are looking for alternative medicine interent access is also helping to fuel this trend
What is the second reason for a wider acceptance of integrative treatments
Influence of the baby boomer generation it is open to a variety of treatments as it explores ways to age well and they are also dealing with several medical issues many do not want to starts with medicaiton many prefer to try complementary methods first
What is a third reason fro growth of the Integrative Medicine
Interest and use of integrative therapies is the degree of chronic stress in the modern lifestyle
What is the difference between integrative and alternative
Alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine where integrative medicine on the other hand combines mainstream medical treatments
What are some types of integrative medicine
Acupuncture
Guided imagery
Hypnotherapy involves a trancelike state where the mind is more open to suggestion
Massage
Meditation
Music therapy
Spinal manipulation
Spirituality
Tai Chi
Yoga
What is mind body medicine
The mind can have a powerful influence on the body
The body and physical ailments that just as the body can affect your mind the mind can affect the body train your attention and adress anixety and even create new pathways
What are the two parts of mind-body medicine
Attention - the process of attention helps you screen, select and absorb sensory information from the world
Interpretation your interpretation of the world around you depends on the previous expereince prefrences and how you planned for things to go how you interpret the world helps you understand it and take action
What is the downside to interpreataion
mindlessness
What is mindlessness
Constantly attending to whats wronf in the world or in yourself you’re also likely to exaggerate those negative thoughts so
Focous on how you view the world not how others
Feel chronically anxious and stressed
become disengaged from the real world and what is really like
Increase stress sleeplessness and decreased quality of life
What is mind body techniques
Designed to help free you from excessive negative thoughts and the related stated of mindlesssness mind body medicine is to replace negative thoughts with the focus on principles such as forgivnesse acceptance comapssion grattiude interconnectedness and a higher meaning ot life
What are the two main practice
Peaceful neutrality
- Restore the mind to a state of peaceful neutrality this means the mind achieves a state that’s nonjudgmental efficient and adaptive to the needs of the individual
Put your mind to work
- Training your mind to a way that helps you achieve beneficial health effects using spiritual intervention
What is neuroplasticity
Our brain is plastic and it is changeable retaining the brain and involves attention and interpertation
You’re creating new ways of paying attention to the world around you and opening yourself up to new ways of thinking so if someone cuts you off in trafic maybe they just lost someone
What are relaxation therapies
Involve refocusing your attention on something calming and increasing awareness of your body
What is progressive muscle relaxation
Looking at the slow steadying tension of muscles and start repeating on other muscle groups start at your face and slowly relax them and you go through your entire body
goal to reach a state of great relcation see where stress is being stored
What does progressive muscle relaxation help with
Anxiety and stress
Headache
High blood pressure
Sleep
Stress
Cancer
What is deep breathing
Helps you breathe more effciently it invovles deep even paced breathing using your diaphragm it slows your breathing take in more oxygen
What are effects of deep breathing
Releases your body natural painkilleers feel good chemicals endoprhins
Increase blood flow
COPD
Chronic pain
Nauesa and vomiting
Asthma
Insomina
Blood pressure
Anxiet and Stress
What is Art therapy
Uses art to allow expression and organization self expression helps people cope with anxiety stress depression and other mental issues
Different settings and and many forms
What does art therapy help with
Alzheimers disease
Cancer parkisons disease HIV/AIDS diabets
Stroke
What is music therapy
Similar to art therapy creative process involved in artistic self-expression can help people resolve conflicts and problems and reduce stress
Playing of music has also been shown to produce relaxing and calming effects
What is music therapy not
Is different from listening to music it’s a music therapist works with a patients health care team to come up with a plan that uses music therapy creating singing moving and listening provides avenues for communication
