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Essay Unit 25 - Complementary Therapies for Health and Social Care
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, Explain how service users can access complementary
therapies with reference to factors affecting provision.
Explain the role of complementary therapies in relation to
conventional medical treatment of two different disorders.
Analyze the reasons why complementary therapies may be
offered in addition to conventional medical treatment.
Evaluate the provision of complementary therapies in
relation to conventional medical treatments and factors to
be considered.
Complementary therapies are a huge help to many illnesses, some of these
include illnesses that can be treated alongside orthodox medications. A lot of
these treatments can have some unpleasant side effects. This can vary in
pain, fatigue, and nausea. Even though there are many different types of
complementary therapies only a few are helpful for this issue.
Complementary therapies include holistic therapies, manipulative
techniques, natural remedies, touch, and massage as well as specific
therapies. The NHS offers a few complementary therapies but not all of
them. These include acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal medicine,
homeopathy, and hypnotherapy. Other complementary therapies you would
have to go private for. These include aromatherapy, massage, meditation,
reflexology, reiki, and yoga. Complementary therapies use a holistic
approach and address the full individual, whereas conventional medicine
focuses just on the problem. For example, an individual may be seeking
conventional medicine for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which a doctor
would prescribe IBS relief medication to relief the symptoms of IBS.
Complementary therapies, such as hydrotherapy or acupuncture, could be
used to alleviate certain IBS symptoms. This could have made the person
feel lonely because they may not feel comfortable meeting friends for eating
because of their IBS; complementary therapies can help with this, but
conventional medicine cannot. Regarding the two complementary therapy
services local to me (treat by nature and Acuherbs), there are several
different factors that service users would have to consider or prevent them
from accessing these businesses. For example, service users would have to
consider access. Acuherbs has disabled access, although there is only one
room available for disabled individuals to use. This differs from Treat by
Nature in that they do not have disabled access because to their location on
the first level, but they do provide reflexology, which is beneficial to disabled
service users. Another factor service users may have to consider is
economic, such as cost. Because these services do not work in conjunction
with NHS referrals, service users will have to pay for any treatments they
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