Dr. Travis decided that rather than just trying to help sick people get well he would
instead try to inspire people to be well.
Dr. Travis Key Concept #1
Wellness Continuum: Wellness is a process, never a state.
Dr. Travis Key Concept #2
Iceberg Model
Iceberg Model
Illness and Health are only the tip of the iceberg. To understand their causes, you must
look below the surface.
Dr. Travis Key Concept #3
Wellness Energy System: We are all energy transformers, connected with the whole
universe. All our life processes, including illness depend on how we manage energy.
The efficient flow of energy is essential to wellness.
Wellness Energy System
How you manage your energy has an impact on how you manage your health
Energy Inputs
Three major sources for energy input around are around us all the time. These are.
1) Oxygen (breathing)
2) Food (eating)
3) Sensory Stimulation (sensing) including physical touching, heat, light, sound and
other forms of electromagnetic radiation .
Energy Outputs
You are the channel or the transformer of energy sources.
Internal Output
We use some of the energy we take in to maintain the channel, to build and repair the
, body itself and much of it occurs during our all-important sleep periods.
External Output
The external environment will be affected also by the ways you alter energy.
You lose heat and eliminate waste products through excretion of urine, sweating,
carbon dioxide, and sloughing off dead skin.
The rest of us will be affected by your touching, your physical work, and playing, your
laughter and sorrow.
We will get to know you and ourselves through talking, sharing ideas, and creative
expression.
Energy Output Life Processes
1) Self-Responsibility and Love
2) Moving
3) Feeling
4) Thinking
5) Playing and Working
6) Communicating
7) Intimacy
8) Finding Meaning
9) Transcending
Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is the pressure of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries.
Arteries carry blood from your heart to other parts of your body.
Your blood pressure normally goes up and down throughout the day.
Systolic Blood Pressure (top #)
Measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats.
Diastolic Blood Pressure-bottom #
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