Whole Life Coaching: Alternative Healing For Chronic Pain?
Posted on December 15, 2009
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Getting out of bed in the morning can be a painful process for some people. If you are someone who suffers from aches and pains, knees buckling or slight pain in the lower back as you shift your weight, you are not alone. You are also not alone in wanting to find a way to ease the discomfort so you can face each day more easily. But I bet you’ve never considered getting relief by using Whole Life Coaching.
Treating physical pain of this sort is commonly done through traditional means and medications. Well-known treatments are most often chosen because they are familiar and readily available. While they are helpful and do have value, a look at alternative healing practices may provide new opportunities for relief from chronic pain. These alternative methods of treating physical pain are often enjoyable, as well as, beneficial for the ease or elimination of chronic pain.
For example, did you know there are therapeutic forms of yoga? Yes, you can engage in yoga classes that are designed to help improve the overall function of the body. Any and all physical activity comes with the potential to improve strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility. Yoga is, of course, a physical process and it would go without saying that it has the ability to empower the body with these attributes. That is why it is quickly becoming popular among those looking for alternative healing practices.
Two popular forms of Chinese medicine, Tai Chi and Chi Kung (qi gong), are become more and more popular because they work. They offer significant pain relief as an alternative healing practice. Just like yoga or any other form of exercise, these practices improve the body’s ability to heal. Used as a sensible form of exercise, it is not some mystical healing method but a very comfortable means of improving a persons overall health and well being.
Structured classes are not the only means of participating in the healing benefits of exercise. Simple stretching, walking or any light exercises done at home on a regular basis can have a big impact on your bodys ability to heal. Stretching will increase ligament movement which will ease the tightness in your body that often causes pain. These stretches are easy to learn and any can do them making them a popular choice.
Physical pain is often an indication that the body is out of balance in some way. The body’s systems are not working together harmoniously. This has led to the popularity of energy based remedies for chronic pain.
Alternative healing practices are very complementary to traditional western medicine. By balancing out the bodys systems, the medical treatment can be boosted causing it to work more effectively. Many doctors are including alternative healing practices as part of their patients overall healing program.
Combining traditional medical therapy with alternative healing practices can yield faster results that last. It is not necessary to chose one or the other as they are different and complimentary. A combination of the two is quite possibly the best treatment plan strategy.
A holistic, trained Whole Life Coach can take a multi-faceted approach to your pain relief. They are able to combine movement, energy therapy and nutrition with mind/body balancing and general stress reduction. This new style of Life Coaching is very popular with people looking to eliminate the root causes of their pain, not just treat their symptoms.
Donna Burick utilizes a variety of Whole Life Coaching practices to help people allieviate chronic pain and create the life they desire. Donna uses this unique fusion to uncover and remove subconscious blocks that keep painful patterns in place.
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