A recent study shows that the number of people who choose to visit a complementary health practitioner has gone up by fifty percent over the course of the last decade. Who is a complementary health practitioner? Do complementary health practitioners work well with "regular" doctors? Isn't a "regular" doctor adequate? What makes a person choose to go see a complementary health practitioner?
What is a Complementary Health Practitioner?
Complementary health practitioners are professionals who offer people treatments and therapies that are often used in tandem with therapy prescribed by "regular" doctors to help speed up the patient's recovery process. Complementary health practitioners offer patients things like acupuncture, alternative medicine therapy, physiotherapy, osteopathy and chiropractics.
Why Would Patients Decide to Hire Complementary Health Practitioners?
Believe it or not sometimes "regular" doctors will advise their patients to seek the help of a complementary health practitioner to help speed the patient's recovery process. Many physiotherapists, for example, work alongside regular medical professionals in hospitals and doctors offices. Patients are also referred to Osteopaths and Chiropractors for extra therapy.
Sometimes, however, a person will choose to visit a complementary health practitioner before visiting a "regular" doctor and this is why there are rumours of animosity between the two types of medical professionals. There are a number of reasons that a person would choose an osteopath or alternative medicine professional instead of a traditional western medicine doctor.
Some people do not trust or are afraid of "regular" doctors. Others have more faith in alternative therapies. In many cases a person will not have enough money to visit a traditional doctor, but can afford to see a complementary health practitioner as their services are usually offered at a much lower rate than those of a "regular" doctor.
What is the Relationship between Regular Doctors and Complementary Health Practioners?
There are strong rumours that complementary health professionals and traditional doctors have a hard time getting along but those rumours are false. The two schools of thought are complimentary and it is not unheard of for a "regular" doctor to send his patient to a complementary health professional for extra treatment and therapy. This is also true for complementary health practioners.
Many patients find that they get the most benefit from visiting both "regular" medical professionals as well as seeing complementary health practitioners. They take comfort in knowing that, no matter what, they are getting the best care possible for their particular health problem. - 14130
What is a Complementary Health Practitioner?
Complementary health practitioners are professionals who offer people treatments and therapies that are often used in tandem with therapy prescribed by "regular" doctors to help speed up the patient's recovery process. Complementary health practitioners offer patients things like acupuncture, alternative medicine therapy, physiotherapy, osteopathy and chiropractics.
Why Would Patients Decide to Hire Complementary Health Practitioners?
Believe it or not sometimes "regular" doctors will advise their patients to seek the help of a complementary health practitioner to help speed the patient's recovery process. Many physiotherapists, for example, work alongside regular medical professionals in hospitals and doctors offices. Patients are also referred to Osteopaths and Chiropractors for extra therapy.
Sometimes, however, a person will choose to visit a complementary health practitioner before visiting a "regular" doctor and this is why there are rumours of animosity between the two types of medical professionals. There are a number of reasons that a person would choose an osteopath or alternative medicine professional instead of a traditional western medicine doctor.
Some people do not trust or are afraid of "regular" doctors. Others have more faith in alternative therapies. In many cases a person will not have enough money to visit a traditional doctor, but can afford to see a complementary health practitioner as their services are usually offered at a much lower rate than those of a "regular" doctor.
What is the Relationship between Regular Doctors and Complementary Health Practioners?
There are strong rumours that complementary health professionals and traditional doctors have a hard time getting along but those rumours are false. The two schools of thought are complimentary and it is not unheard of for a "regular" doctor to send his patient to a complementary health professional for extra treatment and therapy. This is also true for complementary health practioners.
Many patients find that they get the most benefit from visiting both "regular" medical professionals as well as seeing complementary health practitioners. They take comfort in knowing that, no matter what, they are getting the best care possible for their particular health problem. - 14130
About the Author:
Andrew Mitchell, clinical director of the Osteopath Network, writes papers about musculo-skeletal conditions and London osteopaths . The Osteopath Network has more than 550 clinics located throughout the UK and offers treatment at weekends and after hours.
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