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Flashcards by Johnny Sarante, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Johnny Sarante
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| Acupressure | Based on the principles of acupuncture, this ancient Chinese technique involves the use of finger pressure on specific points along the body to treat ailments such as tension, stress, aches, pains, cramps or arthritis. |
| Acupuncture | Fine needles are inserted at specific points to stimulate, disperse and regulate the flow of chi, or vital energy, and restore a healthy energy balance. |
| Adjustment | In chiropractic, a small controlled thrust that moves a joint slightly beyond its normal range of motion. |
| Alexander Technique | F. Matthias Alexander created the method after concluding that bad posture was responsible for his own chronic voice loss. Practitioners use gentle hands-on guidance and verbal instruction to teach simple, efficient ways of moving as a means of improving balance, posture and coordination and relieve tension and pain. |
| Allopathy | The treatment of disease by creating conditions that are opposite or hostile to the conditions resulting from the disease itself; from Greek roots meaning "other" and "disease". Drug and surgery are allopathic treatments. The term is sometimes used to refer to conventional Western medicine to contrast it with alternative therapies, particular homoeopathy, which is based on like curing like. |
| AMMA Therapy | System of bodywork therapy that uses traditional Oriental medicine to restore, promote and maintain optimum health through the treatment of the physical body, bioenergy and emotions. It is a form of acupressure used for a wide range of conditions. |
| Ancestor Worship | Ritualized propitiation and invocation of dead kin, based on the belief that spirits influence the fate of the living. A widespread ancient practice. |
| Animism | Belief that a spirit or force resides in every animate and inanimate object, every dream and idea, giving individuality to each. The related Polynesian concept of mana holds that the spirit in all things is responsible for good and evil. |
| Applied Kinesiology | A diagnostic technique and therapy developed in the 1960s by a chiropractor (George Goodheart). Applied kinesiology posits that organ and gland dysfunctions show up as weaknesses in certain muscles. Using gentle pressure, applied kinesiologists test muscle strength to identify health problems and nutritional deficiencies. After diagnosis, treatment may involve exercises to strengthen a muscle, hands-on manipulation of the muscles and bones and reflex points, and vitamin or mineral supplements. |
| Aquatherapy | Use of water in all its physical forms-hot water, cold water, tepid water, steam, vapor mist and ice-to augment the healing process. In addition, the sensory, visual and auditory sounds of water such as sitting by a waterfall, listening to raindrops, or relaxing by a stream or beach are all a part of aquatherapy. |
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