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All Complementary and Manual Therapies

Complementary and manual therapies covers hands-on bodywork techniques and complementary or alternative treatments used alongside or instead of mainstream medical care. It includes manual techniques such as massage, myofascial release, dry needling, spinal and joint manipulation and mobilization, manual lymphatic drainage and Rolfing; mind-body and relaxation techniques such as biofeedback, neurofeedback, autogenic training, guided imagery and mindfulness-based stress reduction; and other complementary practices such as halotherapy, speleotherapy, isolation tank use and dietary approaches such as the alkaline diet. It does not include established psychotherapy modalities taught within clinical psychology and psychiatry, grouped under Psychotherapy and Behavioral Therapy, or exercise-based physical rehabilitation delivered as mainstream physical therapy, grouped under Physical Rehabilitation Therapy.

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All Complementary and Manual Therapies
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Alexander Technique

Complementary and Manual Therapies

Alkaline Diet

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Autogenic Training

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Biofeedback

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Breathwork

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Dry Needling

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Duct Tape Occlusion Therapy

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Guided Imagery

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Halotherapy

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Ideokinesis

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Ischemic Compression

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Isolation Tank

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Joint Manipulation

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Joint Mobilization

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Manual Lymphatic Drainage

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Manual Therapy

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Massage

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

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Myofascial Release

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Neurofeedback

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Neuro-Linguistic Programming

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Neuromonics

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Perineum Sunning

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Prolotherapy

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Rolfing

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Speleotherapy

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Spinal Manipulation

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Spinal Mobilization

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Thought Field Therapy

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Water Ionizer

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Watsu

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1. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Complementary and alternative medicine, definition, modality
    Complementary medicine (CM) or integrative medicine (IM) is when alternative medicine is used together with mainstream medical treatment in a belief that it improves the effect of treatments.
  • Complementary and alternative medicine, definition, invasiveness
    Complementary medicine (CM) or integrative medicine (IM) is when alternative medicine is used together with mainstream medical treatment in a belief that it improves the effect of treatments.
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