Relieving Symptoms of Chronic Illness and Taking Back Control of Your Life

Ladybird on flowerHealing Touch can be an effective complementary therapy to help in the management of chronic conditions and diseases that cannot be cured. In the management of these conditions conventional health care is supplemented or enhanced with the use of Healing Touch which works to help facilitate the body’s own natural pattern of defense and healing.

Creating a Sense of Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Well-Being

iStock SpiritualityCreating a sense of well-being is one way in which Healing Touch facilitates the healing process.  This can occur with one session or after many.  It can also lead to a greater awareness of one’s purpose and their connection to others.

Well-being is an overarching term that is usually used to convey a sense of peace or happiness with one’s life and health. 

Developing a Sense of Spiritual Awareness to Improve Overall Health

JourneyExperiencing Healing Touch may be one way to develop spiritual awareness. It is clear that Healing Touch often has an impact on what one perceives as spirituality, leading to a deepening of one’s connection to the essence of life. 

Spirituality, in many ways, describes the essence of the person, the soul or spirit connection.  Healing Touch works with the energy field of the individual that has a spiritual layer resulting in a heart centered interaction between the client and practitioner.   

Finally, Relief From Back and Neck Pain

There are specific Healing Touch techniques to address problems of the back and neck that can decrease pain and improve range of motion.

Back and neck problems are very common and can create significant stress and disability in those who are experiencing pain from these conditions.

Feel Better & Heal Faster – Getting Yourself Back to Normal After Surgery

PinkFlowerHaving grown out of the professional nursing practice, Healing Touch has a long history of helping patients before and after surgery to reduce stress and pain and to improve recovery from surgery.  The end result is you feel better and heal faster so you can get back to your normal life.

The response of the human body to surgery can be varied and affect many of its systems from a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual perspective.  For instance, stress related to fear of the outcome or recovery from surgery can slow the overall healing process and increase the recovery time. 

Give Your Body a Fighting Chance – Building a Healthy Immune System

iStock Fen ShweyHealing Touch aids the immune system in maintaining overall good health and wellness while helping in prevention of many conditions.

One of the most important defenses of the body is its immune system. Without an effective immune system one can easily become infected with a number of viruses and hostile bacteria causing a wide variety of symptoms including colds, chronic illnesses, and severe infections.

Living Pain Free the Healing Touch Way

iStock Hand HeartThere are many Healing Touch techniques that are specific for dealing with and reducing or eliminating both acute and chronic pain.  Healing Touch can be a supplemental approach to conventional medicine or even an effective tool when other approaches are not successful.

Pain takes many forms; it can be extreme, like that from a severe injury or medical procedure; pain can be a warning to your brain that you have extended your body’s limits; or

Reversing the Effects of Long-Term Depression and Anxiety

TreeHealing Touch has been shown to decrease the effects of long-term depression as well as the anxiety and depression often brought on by illness and even medical procedures.

Anxiety and depression are very common in today’s global society. The effects of these disorders can create personal, family, and community hardship.  Healing Touch helps alleviate some of that suffering.

Reducing the Stress that Wrecks the Body’s Ability to Heal Itself

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Healing Touch is effective at reducing the long-term effects of chronic stress on the body, and as well as minimizing the impact of stressful events like medical procedures or treatment for severe diseases.

Stress has both positive and negative effects on the human system.  A certain amount of stress is needed to encourage change and to move one forward with daily challenges.  However, prolonged stress creates a “wearing down” of the body’s defenses.

A Heart to Heart about your Heart

iStock HeartHealing Touch can help improve the chance of a successful surgery and reduce the recovery time for persons facing the prospect of coronary artery bypass surgery. 

Coronary artery bypass is among the most common surgeries performed in the world – with over 600,000 performed each year in the U.S. alone, it almost seems routine.  Routine or not, there can be life-threatening complications, high levels of pain,