ComprehensiveGuideToCAMTherapy:Explore
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Amidstgrowinginterestincomplementaryand alternativemedicine,AlternateTreatmentshas releasedacomprehensiveguidetohelpyou decidewhichoneisrightforyou.
Complementaryandalternative medicine(CAM)referstoawide rangeofmedicalpracticesthat arenotconsideredtobepartof standardhealthcare.
Thedefinitionincludes alternativemedical systems,mind-body interventions,biologybasedtherapies,and manipulativeandbodybasedmethods.
Asthesetreatmentsmay notbesuitablefor everyone,Rodriguez
offersanobjective overviewofeachtypeof CAMtherapyandlists howtheyaretypically used.
Forexample,shenotesthat manipulativeCAMtreatments suchasmassagetherapy,and chiropracticcanhelpwith musclepain,buttreatments canbetime-consumingand expensive.
Ontheotherhand,alternative medicinelikeherbalremedies andAyurvedacanprovide reliefforspecificsymptoms, butsomeoftheirhealth benefitsarenotbackedby science.