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Our Alternative Medicine or Complementary Medicine page provides information about a variety of alternative medicine services and practitioners in the Rochester area. Some of the services blend with spiritual practices. |
About Alternative Medicine
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Prevention is key to good health. Taking steps to better your health before you get sick is the best way to keep yourself healthy.
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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.
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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.
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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."
For discussion, terms and references see:
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:
- 1Complementary & Alternative medicine, What is it? - quoted text updated June 20, 2009
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See Medical Practices for an extensive listing of more traditional doctors and surgeons.