many non-drug approaches are beneficial to headache sufferers and can help them achieve a pain-free lifestyle. Though these approaches are often non-invasive, they are not without side effects. Watch the cost factor as these therapies tend not to be covered by health plans.
includes treatment for conditions that have not been traditionally accepted by the medical field; i.e., massage, herbal remedies, healing touch, Reiki, acupuncture, chiropractic, osteopathic, homeopathic, etc.
Attachment to traditional practices, suspicions about medical technology, and competing models of health lead some patients to reject or supplement mainstream medical therapies with other solutions. Where such therapies do no harm and may support the usually indicated course of treatment, they should arguably be accepted and perhaps encouraged by health-care professionals. See also: cultural sensitivity, demands for inappropriate care, homeopathy and palliative care. [See Case Studies related to Alternative Therapies
Non-medical approaches that some people believe to be effective in treating HIV infection, including acupuncture, massage, visualization, natural supplements and macrobiotics.
(see also Complementary therapies) These are therapies that are not part of current standard medical practice (for example acupuncture, reflexology or aromatherapy). Therapies are termed as complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.
are treatments toward mental health through programs other than the traditional hospitalization and institutional care options for patients. These programs include various community-implemented treatment programs and facilities.
Treatments based on speculative or abstract reasoning as compared to common practice.
Treatments based on speculative or abstract reasoning. Such treatments include: Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Ayurveda Treatment, Colonic, Cranio-sacral Therapy, Electro Therapy, Energy Balancing, Fango, Flotation, Gommages, Homeopathy, Light Treatment, Lymph Drainage, Mud Therapies, Music Therapy, Panchakarma, Phytotherapy, Primordial Sound, Reiki, Spinal Release Therapy and Ultrasound.
The use of techniques other than drugs, surgery, or other conventional therapies to treat disease and manage long-term pain. Some common alternative therapies, also called complementary therapies, include the use of herbs, meditation and exercise, magnets, reflexology, massage, and acupuncture.
therapies not necessarily proven by scientific studies such as use of nutritional supplements.