Integrated medicine

Members do not see these Ads. Sign Up.

netizens

Interested to find recently whilst researching the subject of Complementary medicine that there is a growing movement to generally embrace Integrated medicine. i.e an orthodox medicine with Complementary and/or Alternative Medicines (CAM) approach to client management. What was more interesting was the amount of Integrated medicine already within podiatric practice is quite astonishing. Much of the traditional materia medica has its origins in herbalism and homeopathy, whether it is the use of gallenicals or teatree oil. Bimechanics is based on allopathic principles and massage of all kinds from manipulations to dry needle techniques is long associated with foot care.

What say you?

toeslayer

 

I say that western medicine is the 'scientific' evolution of complimentary medicine....in the way that the traditional holistic 'crafts' are integrated / incorporated into Western Medicine once the 'science' is researched...

Nothing has changed in this transition except the Practitioners point of view igs: into :welcome:

.... take acupuncture for example...

Cheers,

Paul D

 

Hi Toe slayer

Having worked with Physio's and osteos for a good many many years I have always been intruiged at how more readily they will look at the alternative/complementary approaches to health care, perhaps incorporating it into a treatment programme.

To my mind Podiatry seems to have been very slow off the mark in this, although I know we will claim all kinds of academic reasoning for it. As well as acupuncture for pain relief I have also used the acupuncture system in relation to helping people address quite severe emotional / psychological distress issues and certainly see the comp' / alternative stuff more readily used in those camps of medicine.

There is a difference between claiming research that backs something up and presenting an approach to health that may not be backed by research but as long as the pt is fully informed the ethical issue is in many ways addressed and the potential for resolution of a condition is opened up.

With the possible regulation of acupuncture and herbal medicine by the HPC it will be interesting to see if these more alternative / complementary approaches remain as options for podiatrists to use, allowing people to remain multidisciline practitioners within their own field.

Away with the fairies yet again
Ian