Holistic Healthcare
What is Holistic Healthcare?
Holistic healthcare is an ancient approach to medicine that focuses on the patient’s wellness and prevention of illness, rather than just treating the symptoms of the disease. Holistic practitioners care about the whole person and how it affects the patient’s overall health and wellbeing. By thinking “outside the box”, holistic healthcare professionals are able to use a variety of medical and therapeutic practices to address a wide range of health concerns.
What is Considered Holistic Health?
Through lifestyle modifications, traditional medicine, alternative medicine, and therapies, holistic health implements some of the following healthcare techniques:
- Pharmaceutical Medicine
- Herbal Supplements
- Exercise
- Diet and Nutrition
- Massage Therapy
- Chiropractic Care
- Aromatherapy
- Meditation
Holistic healthcare providers believe in the mind-body connection of treating their patients as a whole. By working with their patients to set individualized goals, the doctor and patient become a team, thus empowering the patient to take their wellbeing into their own hands.
The Holistic Approach to Wellness
In holistic healthcare, there is an inherent belief that an energy system exists within the body to support the physiology of that person. If any element is not functioning properly, it can affect the body as a whole. There are internal and environmental factors that can influence a person’s health.
Holistic treatments work to keep the body in balance, to promote self-healing and regulation, and to optimize the overall vitality of the patient. When a symptom emerges, this can signify an imbalance within the body. Holistic healthcare practitioners use their knowledge of the whole patient to find the source for that symptom, allowing them to address the actual problem.
The holistic lifestyle is an ongoing one. In order to keep moving forward towards optimal health, one must consider their mental and physical consumption on a day-to-day basis. Stress and anger as well as poor diet and lack of exercise all contribute to the quality of one’s wellbeing. Holistic health seeks to improve the overall wellness of the individual through whole-body balance.
Factors That Can Affect Your Overall Health and Wellbeing
Environment
Nutrition
Exercise
Sleep
Digestion
Mental Health
Spirituality
Relationships
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