Alternative Medicine

For the purposes of my position on healing,

I define alternative medicine as such: 

Attaining the services of a professional who is trained and certified or licensed in their respective field, and contribute to your healing process by all natural means. 

A fact which every member of the healing community should be proud of for not contributing to the inevitable breakdown of body systems, including the mind, that occurs from long term opiate use and other chronic pain related, medications.

I shall include professionals that are more often associated with mainstream medicine by the masses, than alternative; such as Chiropractors, (for both spinal adjustments and acupunture) Psychologists, and Physical Therapists.  

I place all of these invaluable professionals in this category not because I have any less respect for their education and/or licensing requirements than those with M.D. after their names; but simply due to the fact that neither aforementioned practitioner does any cutting, surgery and/or Rx writing.

Thus, by my definition, they are indeed, natural, alternative medicine providers.

Again, I have the utmost respect for the help that all of these professionals, who are a credit to their fields, provide with great success. Thus, I highly recommend these practitioners to all.

I respect that not everyone thinks as I do.  I also expect that fact to generate emails to me by people who think alternative medicine is hokey, quackery, for nut jobs, etc...here is what I'll say to that.

Uninformed close minded people used to think chiropractic care was hokey too; and today, it is covered my insurance companies.  I predict that eventually, much of what I speak about on Spinal Trap will come to be far more utilized, respected and insurance approved.

Please don't let yours or others' close mindedness and/or uneducated and/or inexperienced opinion(s) about alternative medicine and/or self-help options, limit you from living your best quality of life, naturally!

You may email me your negative opinion if, and only IF you have tried the very modality that you wish to bash, and had negative results*. 

Then I can at least respect you for basing your negativity upon actual experience vs. having an uninformed opinion.

However, if you are the type of feckless person to just knock something of which you know not, don't waste my time or yours.

I was raised by the mantra:

"Say what you mean and mean what you say!"

Thus, I do; and I firmly believe that if everyone did, there would be far less confusion/frustration, wasted time, communication issues, disappointments, drama and phony people.



*I've had extremely negative results with a few doctors over the years; I don't quit seeing all docs, just the bad ones.