Does Therapeutic Touch Help Reduce Pain? – Part 2
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 5:43:08 by Muhammad Umar
Does Therapeutic Touch Help Reduce Pain? – Part 2
2. Literature Review
2.1 Does Therapeutic Touch help reduce pain?
There is no denying that therapeutic touch (TT) does have its more than sufficient benefits for the human cultures and societies in the world today. One of the most intriguing influences of the therapeutic touch is that it will be recognised as a proactive
healing program. A person will be required to sit or lay on a bed. There will be no need to be dressed up. The healer will be responsible for the energy field. It may prolong 2 to 6 inches beyond the human skin. Then, the healer will place his or her hands
near the body areas of the patient. This will create a direct influence on the energy system of the healee. This practice will be carried on from head to toe until the energy gets restored. The healing session might last for at least 5 to 20 minutes. Once
the TT session is done, the person will enjoy plenty of benefits. Please read below:
One of the most fascinating benefits of conducting the therapeutic touch is that it will help reduce the pain of the arthritis patients quite significantly. If the human beings are coping with chronic depression syndromes like fatigues, trauma, manic disorder
and hypersensitivity disorder, please take into consideration that therapeutic touch will be the most proactive treatment for all in releasing their all sorts of depression symptoms. Then, those individuals, who are coping with fibromyalgia, neck pain, back
pain and chest pain, they should consider that therapeutic touch will be the first and last choice for them.
While speaking about TT, a renowned therapist, Rebecca Good stated, “Therapeutic Touch empowers the body to heal itself. It treats the whole being.” Further, she added that healing can be really a useful treatment for the breast cancer and HIV/AID
victims as well. Similarly, Brian Dunning claimed after his study on therapeutic touch that the healing is a valuable treatment for those people, who will be suffering from diseases like pains, anxiety, high blood pressure and depression.
On the other hand, Dolores Krieger, in the book of “Therapeutic Touch As Transpersonal Healing”, said that therapeutic touch is not only a simplistic healing process but it is also known to be as a dynamic practice of profound depth. (Krieger p 2, 2002)
In “The Effects of Therapeutic Touch on Pain”, Carolyn Magdalen Monroe stated that therapeutic touch is a safe and sound treatment for the arthritis and pain victims.
2.1 Implication of Therapeutic Touch in UK
In the modern era, there has been certainly a huge scope of therapeutic touch in United Kingdom and United States of America. TT has been emerged as a lucrative profession for thousands of nurses in the UK today. In the state, nurses have been providing
useful as well as cost effective TT services to their valued customers over the years. Moreover, plenty of therapeutic touch institutions have been emerged today. One of the most popular therapeutic touch institutions is called as the British Association of
Therapeutic Touch. It has been offering the best TT services to its valued clients throughout the country. In addition, there are several other types of healing services being made available by the therapists institutions in UK, including – holistic facial
massage, crystal chakra balancing, aura, Reiki training, attunements, tarot card reading, head massage, and finally angel heading therapy.
3. Final thoughts
In short, it can be said that therapeutic touch can be certainly a helpful treatment in alleviating your all sorts of pains and throbbing instantly. As a result, this will help increase your energy field quite significantly. Moreover, it cannot only remove
your energy blocks but also diminish your strains. Furthermore, TT will assist promote holistic health and happiness. All in all, therapeutic touch provides you a complete physical as well as mental relaxation for all time.
4. References
Dora, K. and Dolores, K. 2004. “The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch”. Rochester: Bear and Company
Achterberg, J. 2002. “Therapeutic Touch”. New York: Dolores Krieger
Dunning, B. 2010. “Therapeutic Touch." Skeptoid Podcast, Skeptoid Media, 27
Monroe, C. 2009. “The effects of therapeutic touch on pain”. – Journal of Holistic Nursing,
http://www.healingtouch-therapies.co.uk/pages/usui-reiki-healing.php
http://skeptoid.com/episode.php?id=4203&comments=all
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