Unity and Integrity of the human body are central concepts declared by classical doctors, studied in physiology courses, and successfully forgotten after specialization. In any case, this is very often the case, and not wanting to bother with a complex diagnostic search, the modern doctor of medicine prefers to act according to standardized schemes approved by the Ministry of Health.
A holistic approach to health means holistic. People cannot be viewed in isolation from their living conditions, work, and habits.
A holistic health coach helps to do several important things:
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Analyze habits;
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A person’s condition and lifestyle;
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Set personal health goals;
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Make a detailed plan to achieve them;
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Controls the movement of the plan to achieve the goals with a comprehensive approach to nutrition, habits, and exercise.
Holistic healing coach is a personal coach who helps make a person’s life better and healthier through a holistic approach.
Holistic medicine is currently growing at a tremendous rate. In the United States, more than 50% of the population uses the services of holistic medicine practitioners and various unconventional therapies. Osteopathy, chiropractic (chiropractic), and acupuncture (acupuncture, Zhen jiu therapy) professionals are especially in demand because the techniques they use can effectively treat many severe conditions, including gut dysfunction.
A holistic approach to treating Gut Dysfunction
We all have an occasional “gut rebellion” – an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach, indicating a malfunction in the body. The bottom line is that the gastrointestinal tract is susceptible to emotional stress.
Irritable bowel syndrome, or spastic colitis, is the most common GI disorder due to psychological factors. About eight percent of all adults suffer from this ailment, which causes abdominal pain and either diarrhea or constipation.
Irritable bowel syndrome tends to occur in people who overreact to every day worries. But unfortunately, many of these sufferers are also concerned about their health and have quite a few other ailments caused by stress, such as headaches or insomnia.
Cure the cause
Doctors have long noticed this psychological connection, but the treatment for this painful condition is still reduced to medication and diet, which often gives unsatisfactory results.
Today, researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden are convinced they have found a better way: a holistic approach that combines medical treatment and psychological therapy.
Their study of irritable bowel sufferers involved 101 patients. The participants were divided into two groups. One group received laxatives to increase bowel volume, antacids, and other medications. Members of the second group received several one-hour sessions of psychotherapy in addition to drugs. These people learned to identify their emotional life problems and look for ways to cope.
When symptoms such as pain, diarrhea, and constipation were evaluated three months later, and the same was repeated fifteen months later, a significant difference was found. Patients who received psychotherapy showed more remarkable improvement than participants in the group that received only medication. And this improvement increased over time, whereas there was a deterioration in the group that received traditional treatment.
The probable explanation is that patients who received psychotherapy gained new knowledge about themselves and mastered more effective ways to deal with their symptoms and life in general.