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Therapeutic touch (TT), or non-contact therapeutic touch (NCTT), [1] is a pseudoscientific [2] energy therapy which practitioners claim promotes healing and reduces pain and anxiety.
Energy healing techniques such as therapeutic touch have found recognition in the nursing profession. In 2005–2006, the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association approved the diagnosis of " energy field disturbance " in patients, reflective of what has been variously called a " postmodern " or "anti-scientific" approach to nursing care.
Several authors have pointed to the vitalistic energy which reiki is claimed to treat, [21] [22] [23] with one saying, "Ironically, the only thing that distinguishes reiki from therapeutic touch is that it [reiki] involves actual touch," [23] and others stating that the International Center for Reiki Training "mimic[s] the institutional aspects ...
The mechanism of touch is based on mechanoreceptors embedded in the skin. These mechanoreceptors monitor pressure, heat, perception of pain, and texture. [10] Touch is a form of nonverbal communication that can have an extrasensory effect. The use of touch has been long associated with healing. [12]
African. Muti; Southern Africa; Ayurveda. Dosha; MVAH; Balneotherapy; Brazilian; Bush medicine; Cambodian; Chinese. Blood stasis; Chinese herbology; Dit da; Gua sha ...
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a technique that stimulates acupressure points by pressuring, tapping or rubbing while focusing on situations that represent personal fear or trauma. [2] EFT draws on various theories of alternative medicine – including acupuncture , neuro-linguistic programming , energy medicine , and Thought Field ...
Rosen Method Bodywork practitioners contact this tension with a non-intrusive, listening and responsive touch along with words that reflect shifts in the body's muscles and breath. As muscles relax and breathing deepens, feelings and memories of what has been held out of conscious awareness by chronic tension becomes conscious.
Hilot (/HEE-lot/) is an ancient Filipino art of healing. It uses manipulation and massage to achieve the treatment outcome, although techniques differ from one practitioner to another. [ 1 ] It emerged from the shamanic tradition of the ancient Filipinos with healers considering their practice as derived from their calling from visions or from ...