Alternative Medicine

The are a number of practitioners of Alternative Medicine or Complementary Medicine in the Rochester area that may be found under categories of services listed below.

See Wikipedia Article for more terms and references.

From the Mayo Clinic ¹ website:

"Many alternative medicine practitioners base their work around a few common principles. Some of these are similar to what your conventional doctor might do, while others are quite different. Basic philosophies of complementary and alternative medicine include:


• Prevention is key to good health. Taking steps to better your health before you get sick is the best way to keep yourself healthy.
  

• Your body has the ability to heal itself. Alternative medicine practitioners see themselves as facilitators. To them, your body does the healing work, and treatment encourages your natural healing processes.
  

• Learning and healing go hand in hand. Alternative medicine practitioners see themselves as teachers and mentors who offer guidance. To the practitioner, you're the one who does the healing.
  

• Holistic care. The focus is on treating you as a whole person — recognizing that physical health, mental well-being, relationships and spiritual needs are interconnected and play a part in your overall health."
  

The following is a partial list of potential services:

• Acupuncture
  

• Acupressure
  

• Alexander Technique
  

• Aromatherapy
  

• Ayurveda

• Bach Flower Therapy

• Chelation Therapy
  

• Chiropractics
  

• Chi Gung
  

• Cold Laser Therapy
  

• CranioSacral Therapy
  

• Cupping

• Ear Candling

• Feldenkrais
  

• Flower Essence Therapy

• Herbology
  

• Homeopathy
  

• Hypnosis
  

• Hypnotherapy

• Integrated Energy Therapy
  

• Iridology

• Korean Hand Therapy

• Massage Therapy
  

• Meditation
  

• Music therapy
  

• Myofascial Release

• Naturopathy
  

• Neuro-Linguistic Programming

• Orthomolecular Medicine
  

• Osteopathy

• Pilates
  

• Polarity Therapy

• Reflexology
  

• Reiki
  

• Rolfing

• Shiatsu
  

• Somatic Movement Therapy
  

• Spiritual Counseling

• T'ai Chi Ch'uan
  

• Thai Massage
  

• Thai Herbal Massage
  

• Therapeutic Touch
  

• Traditional Chinese Medicine
  

• Transcendental Meditation
  

• Trigger Point Therapy
  

• Tui Na

• Vipassana Meditation

• Yoga

See Alternative Medicine/Talk for Comments and Suggestiions.