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~ Back to Education Index Page ~ ~ Back to Articles Index Page ~  WHAT ARE ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES? 
To understand alternative therapies, we should start by examining the different terminology you might encounter used to describe alternative therapies. You could see terms such as “complementary” or “holistic”, “therapies”, “modalities”, “remedies” or many others. But rest assured, they all, basically, refer to the same thing;(allopathic) medicine or the use of methods which enhance and assist the body's own innate healing processes." Alternative therapies can be self-administered, such as supplements, cleanses, yoga, tai chi or meditation. Or, you can enlist a trained professional to administer therapies such as acupuncture, acupressure, massage, reflexology or reiki. Some therapies, such as chiropractic adjustments, used to be considered alternative. But by today’s standards, seeing a chiropractor is as typical as seeing your dentist. It can be said that we, as a health conscious public, are certainly eager to educate ourselves in the more natural health care options. Certain concepts such as nutritional therapy or hydrotherapy seem to have come full circle. At the turn of the century, naturopathic practitioners outnumbered allopathic doctors and regularly treated certain ailments by changing a patient’s diet. Through the early decades of the last century, the notion of diet affecting one’s health became passé and too simple a concept. The new knowledge of physiology and pharmaceuticals reigned supreme when treating a patient. Now, it is commonplace for people to avoid common ailments, and their family doctor, by being cognizant of what their diet contains and how it affects their health on so many levels. It’s also become popular again to counteract the ravages of stress on the body with something as simple as a relaxing warm bath each evening before bed (hydrotherapy). With all this said, it’s time to delve into descriptions of the individual therapies themselves.
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