“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate".

 

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Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Marianne Williamson ~ A Return to Love

What is Holistic Medicine

Today with so many people getting back to basics and going green you are starting to hear a lot about holistic medicine.  But have you ever wondered what that means and what it can mean to the health and well being of you and your family?

The term holistic simply means to take a ‘whole′ approach.  In medicine today your doctor tends to only focus on one small area of your health and only tries to relieve the symptoms, very often completely overlooking the cause. 

For example, if you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure your doctor will no doubt prescribe a blood pressure lowering prescription drug.  More often than not this medicine will have moderate to severe side effects.

Since the medicine only treats the symptoms, and not the cause, you will have to continue to take it for an extended period of time.  Sometimes taking a medication for a long period of time can make the side effects worse, which will often lead to the need to take medication to cure the side effects!

Holistic methods, on the other hand, will not just focus on your high blood pressure.  Instead it will look at all aspects of your lifestyle: nutrition, physical, emotional, spiritual, environmental, etc.  It will try to solve the root cause of your problem instead of just help you deal with the symptoms.

The holistic approach doesn’t rule out the use of prescription drugs but it does encourage trying natural methods first.  Harsh drugs are only used as a last resort.

Those who practice holistic methods of health care, also encourage full participation and responsibility for their own health care by their patients.  They don’t condone a bad lifestyle by their patient and then just giving the patient a drug to help alleviate the symptoms of an ailment directly related to those poor lifestyle choices.

Usually a holistic practitioner will try to help their patients achieve more balance between their physical, emotional, environmental, and spiritual lives to promote better overall health.  It’s about integrating the mind and body and how they can become balanced for better overall health.

Many different approaches are grouped together under the holistic name, you’ve no doubt heard of many of them: acupuncture, yoga, massage, meditation, and aromatherapy are some of the most well known.

Many people use these methods even when they don′t have an illness.  The idea is to prevent illness and not just cure one.  That is another aspect of holistic methods of treatment that sets it apart from ‘mainstream’ medicine which only worries about curing a problem and not nearly as much about prevention.

If you are concerned about the health and well being of you and your family you owe it to yourself to consider implementing holistic medicine practices into your life today.  Don’t wait until there is a problem, by starting now you may very well be able to prevent any illnesses from occurring in the first place.

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What is Chiropractic?

The British Chiropractic Association defines chiropractic as: " chiropractic is a primary health- care profession that specialises in the diagnosis, treatment and overall management of conditions that are due to problems with the joints, ligaments, tendons and nerves of the body, particularly those of the spine. Treatment consists of a wide range of manipulative techniques designed to improve the function of the joints, relieving pain and muscle spasm".

There are around 2,500 chiropractors in the UK at the moment although the figure is constantly rising. Many people will often turn to a chiropractor when they are experiencing back pain rather than their GP as chiropractors are specialists in their field and are highly regulated. Chiropractors have to belong to the General Chiropractic Association to be able to call themselves chiropractors.

So what should you expect from a Chiropractic visit chiropracitc Nottingham will aim..

To Alleviate and control pain

Restore normal function

Prevent the pain recurring through education

What to expect on your first visit
On your first visit your Chiropractor will take a detailed account of your problem followed by a physical examination to determine the cause and best course of treatment.

Follow-up Treatment
Following your first visit your Chiropractor will explain what they believe is causing the problem, wether or not you will benefit from treatment and how long it is likely to take. Each treatment plan is individually tailored to suit each patient, taking into account your own goals from treatment.

Somthing that people often experience when they have a chiropractic ajustment and are never quite sure about is a 'pop' or a 'crack' this is nothing to worry about (it is due to a release of gas bubbles from the fluid within the joint.)

Many people say that after receiving chiropractic treatment they can resume their lives and that their symptoms disappear quickly without the necessity for medication or surgery.

For more infomation on chiropractic http://www.wellbeing-clinic.co.uk/?pageid=pageid1246.xml