Wholistic Health in Hospitals and Hospice

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Comment by Maria Troia on September 20, 2009 at 4:22pm

I would like to invite anyone interested to join the AMMA Therapy group I have created:

www.massageprofessionals.com/group/ammatherapy

AMMA Therapy(R) is a form of Asian Bodywork. More information can be found at the AMMA Therapy(R) group.

Maria Troia, MSEd, LMT, NCTMB, CH
www.kiraholistic.com

Comment by Cynthia J. Loving on September 8, 2009 at 4:15pm

I am a practicing Clinical Aromatherapist and a NCBTMB approved provider ((280770-00) of classes on Aromatherapy. I teach a series of classes designed for professionals within the healthcare delivery system and specialized classes for hopice employees and volunteers. To learn more about these, please visit my site at: www.LovingScents.com or telephone: 336.294.7727.

Comment by Katharine Koeppen on August 21, 2009 at 12:16pm

I will be offering an advanced aromatherapy class, "Beyond Basics: In-depth Essential Oil Monographs", to be held on Sat/Sun September 12 & 13 in Plano, Texas, just north of Dallas. This class is geared toward bodyworkers, holistic nurses and CAM practitioners. To register, please call 972-509-5588 and mention Aromaceuticals. The complete course description is available at www.aromaceuticals.com/classes.

Comment by Maria Troia on August 14, 2009 at 1:53pm

AMMA Therapy Basic I will be held in the Red Rock Country of Sedona, AZ from October 30 - November 2, 2009 at Your HeartWalk Center on Hwy 179.

AMMA Therapy® is a 5,000 year old system of healing, originating in Korea and brought to the United States by the late Mrs. Tina Sohn, descendant of a royal line of TCM healers and a healing sensitive who could directly experience the energy of others. Along with her late husband, Dr. Robert Sohn, they founded the Wholistic Health Center on Long Island, the largest center of its kind on the east coast, now known as the New York College of Health Professions. AMMA Therapy® was also taught to acupuncture students at the college as well as Wholistic Nursing students who have integrated the technique into the hospital setting. The Sohns co-authored what is said to be the most comprehensive text on Asian bodywork: AMMA Therapy®, A Complete Textbook of Oriental Bodywork and Medical Principles.

AMMA Therapy® offers your clients a complete form of therapy, incorporating bodywork, Chinese diet, and concepts from Qi Gong and T’ai Chi Chuan. It is based on the Eight Principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as Five Element Theory. The technique’s focus on the Five Elements places a high importance on the vital role of the emotions in healing. An AMMA Therapy® session completely embraces the notion of treating body, mind, and spirit.

At its most basic level, AMMA Therapy® addresses structural imbalances such as neck and back pain. At the advanced level, AMMA Therapy® also benefits conditions such as sinusitis, asthma, digestive problems, PMS, menopause, low immune function, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and headaches.

As the therapist is taught how to direct energy from the Dan Tien (the hara), this therapy is easy on your body and reenergizes you along with your client.

Instructor: Maria Troia, MSEd, LMT, NCTMB, CH

Maria Troia is a former instructor of AMMA Therapy® and a student clinic supervisor at the NY College of Health Professions. She has the permission of the current trademark holder to continue to teach AMMA Therapy® independently. She is also approved by NCBTMB as a CE provider (# 450883-08).

$500 (32 contact hours) on or before 9/26/09
(After 9/26 tuition is $550)

To register call 480-313-6260 or visit www.kiraholistic.com for more information.

Comment by Sandra Kay Farnham on August 9, 2009 at 10:54am

Thanks I consider myself lucky to have the opertunity to be part of integrating science with wholistic medicine at a hospital. The TOP people in the hospital are getting it. They still have a way to go. Every tiny bit is remarkable and I am so grateful to be part of it. I will be reading a lot before my lunch and learn so that I can have as much written quotes as possible.

Comment by Barbara Coughlin-Martin on August 8, 2009 at 6:33am

In addition to the studies done by Tiffany Fields, I would suggest Gayle MacDonald's book, Medicine Hands for some good quotes. Also, The Anatomy of Hope- Jerome Groopman, M.D., and Kitchen Table Wisdom - Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. both have interesting ideas that cross over the medical/holistic boundary.
The lunch and learn format sounds like a great, non-threatening way to educate about holistic health. In a hospital where I have worked we had a monthly, lunchtime Journal Club where anyone could present an interesting journal article or something they had learned at a conference. I got quite a bit of positive feedback after I presented a study about massage therapy and the benefits of comfort and relaxation. It was basic information that connected relaxation with reduced anxiety, but I noticed that there were more referrals for patients I could help without adding another medication to their menu, so I suppose they 'got it'. Your dedication and patience will certainly benefit you and the nursing staff.

Comment by Carl W. Brown on August 7, 2009 at 2:18pm

Sandra, Wholistic health blends the left brain skills of science, reason with right brained skills ff of direct perception, intuition and relation to the person behind the patient. It is using the best science to know that what you do will not harm the person and at the same time go beyond what you can measure and even fully rationally understand to work with the whole person. It is shedding the ego and what is right and focusing on help the person rather than treating the person. It is letting the person be in control and trying to help them be the best thy can of their own accord rather that fixing them.
It does not replace traditional medicine. If you are doing surgery or giving be drugs I want to to use the best science to do the right thing. But by taking this role I am depersonalizing the patient and limiting what I do to what I can know and understand with a reasonable certainty. I don’t think people can play both roles but I see the two complementing each other.
Wholistic wellness in a sense is more difficult than scientifically based methodologies because when cannot rule out things that cannot be scientifically explained yet they must objectively eliminate quackery and fantasy.

Comment by Sandra Kay Farnham on August 7, 2009 at 1:39pm

Thank you both for your wisdom. I think the holistic RN spoke to them. Today they were actually kind to me for the first time in a long time. I have always been as nice as I could be. I have NEVER stepped on their toes or over their boundries. It has not been easy. I am not the type to keep my mouth shut. I know I am in their house and need to respect it. Their department used to have a palitive care team but have lost it over the years. It might be time to suggest that they look into starting it again. I have a lunch and learn schedueled to speak at in the spring on what Holistic Health can do to help you help your patients. I will try to find quotes that are helpful to this subject. If you can give me any page examples in any of the books please let me know. I have tons of books! I just need time to find the best quotes.

Comment by Maria Troia on August 6, 2009 at 1:45pm

To echo Barbara's post, when working in the medical paradigm, it's best to speak their language. And they speak research. Go onto Tiffany Field's website and give them what they need to understand the role you can play in their paradigm. Educate them in what it is that you do at the root level because it sounds like they really don't know. You're playing not in the holistic sandbox in this case, but in the medical sandbox, and you'll make your life a lot easier if you play according to their rules.

The other thing I'd like to add is that it is always advisable to not meet force with force. Yield to their resistance by knowing who you are and the value of what you offer. If their resistance does not yield in turn, perhaps it is best to shift your efforts to where you are not met with such resistance (and frankly, disrespect for your profession).

When I was a new therapist, I would struggle with clients who didn't want to embrace their healing, make changes, follow my recommendations, the ones who I knew I could help, if only they'd meet me half way and be compliant.

The hardest lesson for me back then was understanding where my journey ended and where theirs began. This might be one of those situations -- not on the one-to-one level of therapist/client, but on the level of therapist/facility. Perhaps this administration is simply not ready to embrace this journey. Consciousness has many tiers and it's not fair to demand a higher consciousness of people who haven't begun to do their work.

It's a hard thing to swallow. But sometimes "what we know" and "what is" simply cannot align because it's not what meant to be for reasons we can't even fathom. Learning happens at so many levels, individually, collectively. Gently test the barrier with the administration, arm yourself with research articles and stand in your power. If they do not yield, it might be best to invest your energy elsewhere (where it will be valued and embraced and where you can do your work without frustration).

Maria Troia, MSEd, LMT, NCTMB, CH
www.KIRAHolistic.com

Comment by Barbara Coughlin-Martin on August 6, 2009 at 1:20pm

I think it can be difficult for medically trained people to let go of control over treatment. End of life is especially challenging because it is actually a natural process where constructive interventions are meant to assist the person to die, but not to effect the death itself.
Since many people actually do die in hospitals, a helpful concept is palliative care. Palliative care is oriented toward symptom relief and is not curative by definition. Medical, nursing and complementary interventions can all be construed as different forms of palliative care and are as appropriate at end of life as when they are used to mitigate pain or side effects in an illness where curative interventions are also employed.
Nurses are very involved in pain management and other measures that assist patients to tolerate a medical or surgical intervention for an illness or problem. Keeping a dying person as comfortable and free from anxiety as possible with pain medication, oxygen or repositioning are examples of palliative care during the process of dying, not a means to hasten the process. Your interventions are also palliative care to mitigate suffering, not hasten death. My hope is that you can help the nursing staff to see that you are not in opposition to what they are doing, but part of the team.

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