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Alternative Medicine Booms in the U.S.
Learn About Alternative Medicine's Role In Mainstream Health Care
Learn About Alternative Medicine's Role In Mainstream Health Care
Alternative Medicine Schools | Wellness Community Bulletin
| | Wellness is definitely in. Sounds silly because, after all, who wants to be sick? But in the U.S. today, people are making different choices about their preventive care. That is, they are actually seeking preventive care instead of waiting until they are sick to worry about their health. And more Americans are looking to alternative medicine to deliver care that can help them stay well. |
A January 2007 article in The Economist describes how focusing on wellness reduces health care costs for individuals and employers who provide benefits. Cutting costs is one driver of the increased demand for alternative medicine options. Another is an urge among consumers to lead healthy life styles, which, in turn has produced a growing demand for holistic health options.
In response to consumer demand, wellness centers have been established in cities across the U.S. as one-stop shops for your holistic health care. See your chiropractor, massage therapist, nutritionist and herbalist all in one place, for example.
Another impact of the wellness boom is the increase in popularity of alternative medicine practices that treat people on a more psychological or emotional level. Life coaches, hypnotherapists and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) practitioners all provide care along these lines, giving patients the tools they need to make better decisions about their futures.
If a natural health career appeals to you, now is a perfect time to start your alternative medicine education. Bring your skills, compassion and energy to this highly fulfilling field, and help Americans find what they have been craving in increasing numbers—their way on the path to wellness.
To learn more about life coaching, hypnotherapy, NLP, and other alternative medicine fields and training opportunities, visit Bennett/Stellar University's website.
Source:
The Economist, 2007
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