Alternative Chronic Pain Treatment for the Substance Abuser In the United States‚ there are more than 100 million people suffering from some sort of chronic pain. With the most common treatment is being prescribed medications such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory‚ or opioids (Boyles‚ 2011). Treating chronic pain with opioids can be affective. But the long term use presents many problems. Especially with treating a substance abuser of prescription or nonprescription opioid drugs. Patients that
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Case Study: Elise Blythe Forehand‚ Leigh Ellen Logan‚ Savanah Shore and Creslee Parrish University of Alabama at Birmingham Elise is a 40-month-old female with a diagnosis of a severe seizure disorder‚ otherwise known as epilepsy. Elise also depicts a developmental delay. At the onset of Elise’s seizures‚ she loses most of her control over her motor and communicative skills. Presently‚ the seizures occur fifteen to twenty-two times per week‚ with most of them being grand mal seizures‚ also known
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Albularyo An Introduction If one is born and raised in a Filipino family and community‚ they will definitely recognize the term ’albularyo’ (or ’arbularyo’ which is a common mistake in spelling due to mispronunciation). Usually‚ Filipinos seek these ’albularyos’ as an alternative for going to the hospital. By tradition and because of chronic economic constraints particularly in the rural areas‚ the albularyos are the general practitioners - the primary dispensers of health care. The word
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A Bonesetters World My occupation has evolved into what you know today as chiropractic or osteopathy. When I first started practicing‚ we called it bonesetting. Bonesetting is the treatment of disease and manipulation to joints and bones in the body. Bonesetting does treat disease; however‚ we do not classify ourselves among the physicians of the time. We maintain our own guild or group that share information amongst itself and learn from each other. We are also rather religious in that generations
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megalith that our system seems to be becoming‚ alternative medicine‚ with its emphasis on self-care and individual holism‚ is perhaps one area where patients feel more in control or their own destiny." I was caught a little off guard to see chiropractics on the list of alternative medicines. Isn’t this a type of medicine accepted by the AMA? And isn’t it considered
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insurance company to offer their employees. This type of insurance offers basic and rider plans. Riders‚ also known as options‚ can be bought by employees to add extra benefits to their plan like vision and dental plans. There are also options for chiropractic/manual manipulation‚ acupuncture‚ massage therapy‚ dietetic counseling‚ and vitamins and minerals. Employers can carve out or change benefits during negotiations to lower the price. Sometimes the employer wants to save money so they cover the
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DOI: 12/8/2014. The patient is a 54-year-old male janitor who sustained a work-related injury to his back and buttocks when he slipped on a soap that he accidentally dropped on the floor. Per OMNI‚ he was diagnosed with pain to the lower back and spasms. Per the PT notes dated 09/21/15‚ the patient has had 66 visits for the back. Patient is feeling much better with treatment. Based on the initial evaluation report dated 06/16/16‚ the patient complains of lower back pain radiating to both buttocks
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effects‚ high prices and a long time on the waiting list in a doctor’s office. Alternative medicine contains a variety of treatments‚ all ranging from therapies to needles and including meditation‚ aromatherapy‚ massage‚ nutritional healing or chiropractic care to name only few. As a reiki practitioner myself‚ I’m very fond of these non-invasive methods of healing. Meditation is a great stress reducer‚ a chiropractor is skilled to move the bones around to help skeletal and muscular pains‚ aromatherapy
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preventing athletics and related injuries and illness. Biomechanics - The study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement or structure of living organisms. Cardiologist – Someone who studies the Heart. Chiropractor - a therapist who practices chiropractic. Dentist - A person qualified to treat the diseases and conditions that affect the teeth and gums‚ esp. the repair and extraction of teeth and the insertion of artificial ones. Dietitian - An expert on diet and nutrition. Equipment manager
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Vineyard Community Center provides a friendly and heart warming environment that opens up to anyone of different cultural backgrounds. Residing on 6000 Cooper Rd. Westerville‚ Ohio 43081 and 171 East fifth Avenue‚ Columbus‚ Ohio 43201. They offer services such as Afterschool Program for children to Free Health care shows a wide range of what this community center does to benefit the Columbus Community. Vineyard Community Center was created by Vineyard Columbus Church in March of 2006 under the mission
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