Complementary Therapies in Neurology

COVER......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Color plates......Page 19
1.Complementary and alternative medicine; overview and definitions......Page 21
SECTION I: THE THERAPIES......Page 30
WHAT ARE BOTANICAL PRODUCTS?......Page 32
REGULATION OF BOTANICAL PRODUCTS IN THE USA......Page 33
THE LINK BETWEEN QUALITY, SAFETY AND EFFICACY INBOTANICAL PRODUCTS......Page 34
QUALITY CONTROL METHODS FOR BOTANICAL PRODUCTS......Page 37
EVIDENCE FOR EFFICACY OF BOTANICAL PRODUCTSACTING ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 39
SAFETY OF BOTANICAL PRODUCTS—ADVERSE REACTIONSAND INTERACTIONS......Page 42
CONCLUSIONS......Page 46
INTRODUCTION......Page 51
UTILIZATION......Page 52
THE STATUS OF THE PROFESSION......Page 53
EDUCATION......Page 54
SPECIALTIES......Page 55
SCOPE OF PRACTICE......Page 56
REIMBURSEMENT......Page 57
ALTERNATIVE, COMPLEMENTARY OR MAINSTREAM?......Page 58
TREATMENT APPROACHES UTILIZED BY CHIROPRACTORS......Page 59
THEORETICAL BASIS FOR MANIPULATION......Page 60
Low back pain......Page 63
Neck pain......Page 65
Headaches......Page 67
Other disorders......Page 69
COST EFFECTIVENESS AND PATIENT SATISFACTION......Page 70
COMPLICATIONS OF MANIPULATION......Page 72
SUMMARY......Page 73
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY......Page 79
History of osteopathy......Page 80
History of research in osteopathic palpatory diagnosis andosteopathic manipulative treatment......Page 81
Accessing and building upon osteopathic research......Page 83
DIFFERENTIATING OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVETREATMENT FROM OTHER MANUAL TECHNIQUES......Page 84
Palpatory diagnosis and osteopathic manipulative modalities......Page 85
SOMATIC DYSFUNCTION: A NEUROLOGIC PERSPECTIVE......Page 87
Neurologic relationship to tissue texture abnormalities......Page 88
Neurological models of somatic dysfunction......Page 94
Somatic dysfunction: effect on neurologic testing outcomes......Page 98
TREATING SOMATIC DYSFUNCTION......Page 105
Lower motor neuron disorders......Page 106
Diagnosis and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome......Page 107
Sciatica and piriformis syndrome......Page 110
Cervical and lumbar radiculopathies......Page 111
Osteopathic considerations in integrated neurological function......Page 112
Osteopathic considerations in internal medicine disorders......Page 119
SUMMARY......Page 125
DEFINITION AND ORIGINS OF MASSAGE THERAPY......Page 133
COMMON FORMS OF MASSAGE......Page 134
Use......Page 135
Massage therapy referrals......Page 136
Physiological effects......Page 138
Specific neurological symptoms and their treatment......Page 140
Degenerative disorders......Page 146
CONTRAINDICATIONS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS OFMASSAGE......Page 148
INTRODUCTION......Page 154
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 155
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE......Page 159
PRACTICAL GUIDE......Page 160
RISKS OF ACUPUNCTURE......Page 161
Chronic pain......Page 162
Neck pain......Page 163
Stroke rehabilitation......Page 164
Depression......Page 165
Acute pain......Page 166
REFERRING PATIENTS FOR ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT......Page 167
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 168
NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE......Page 171
Education and training......Page 172
Licensing and scope of practice......Page 173
Clinical approach......Page 175
Botanical medicine......Page 177
Diet (clinical nutrition)......Page 178
Nutritional/dietary supplementation......Page 179
Homeopathy......Page 183
Psychological counseling......Page 185
RESEARCH IN NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE: EVIDENCE FORSAFETY AND EFFICACY......Page 186
RELEVANT WEBSITES......Page 187
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS: THE CONSCIOUSNESSMODEL......Page 192
THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE AS ACORNERSTONE OF VEDIC MEDICINE......Page 193
RESEARCH ON THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATIONTECHNIQUE......Page 195
BEHAVIORAL RASAYANAS......Page 196
THE DOSHAS IN PHYSIOLOGY......Page 197
PRAGYA APARADH AND THE BASIS OF ILLNESS......Page 199
DIAGNOSIS OF DOSHA IMBALANCE......Page 200
AYURVEDA AND DIET......Page 201
DAILY AND SEASONAL ROUTINES......Page 202
CORRESPONDENCE OF VEDA AND HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY......Page 203
VEDIC MEDICINE AND SPECIFIC NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS......Page 204
CONCLUSION......Page 205
HATHA YOGA: HISTORY AND THEORY......Page 209
CLINICAL EVIDENCE......Page 211
RELAXATION AND RESTORATIVE YOGA......Page 213
MEDITATION......Page 214
VIPASANA MEDITATION......Page 215
YOGA, PRANAYAMA, MEDITATION AND HEALTH CARE......Page 216
CONCLUSION......Page 217
10.Hypnosis......Page 220
11.Religious involvement, spirituality andmedicine: subject review and implicationsfor clinical practice......Page 243
12.Placebo effect: clinical perspectives andpotential mechanisms......Page 267
SECTION II: THE USE OF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN NEUROLOGIC DISEASE......Page 295
13.Headache......Page 296
14.Complementary and alternative medicine treatment of back and neck pain......Page 307
15.Epilepsy......Page 332
16.Cerebrovascular disease......Page 349
17.Multiple sclerosis......Page 362
18.Non-prescription and non-pharmacological therapies for dementia......Page 376
19.Evidence-based complementary andalternative medicine in Parkinson’s disease......Page 404
20.Peripheral neuropathy......Page 417
21.Evidence-based complementary andalternative medicine in amyotrophic lateralsclerosis......Page 426
22.Complementary and alternative medicinefor insomnia......Page 434
23.Non-prescription treatments for snoring orobstructive sleep apnea......Page 443
24.The use of complementary and alternativemedicine by families of children withdisabilities......Page 455
25.Psychiatric disorders......Page 480
Index......Page 524