Energy Medicine
Things that we give little thought to when we are young often have a way of creeping into focus later in life. For instance, there is a certain age (you must fill in the number yourself) when healthcare all of a sudden become a valid topic of discussion.
There is the joke about the organ recital at the local nursing home. “My stomach hurts so much I…blah blah, blah”, “Oh I should be so lucky. My heart….blah blah, blah.” and on and on….
A friend of mine, (Let’s just say he listened to Winston Churchill’s radio addresses during WWII) sent me an email asking my opinion on energy medicine.  It was a good question.
Here was my response:
As for energy medicine, that all depends. Our bodies and actually the entire universe is energy (ie. atoms are not exactly solid stuff), MRI’s read energy, drugs effect change through energy and chiropractic restores energy flow to and from the nerves. That said “energy medicine” has become a “code word” for some occult practices that really are no more energy related than more traditional therapies.
Please avoid things like New Age Healing, Reiki and Pendulums as any power they have to heal is not universal (at best it’s psychological and at worse it’s demonic).
On the other hand, there are subtle healing techniques that could be classified as energy medicine that should not be discounted. Some interesting and legitimate examples are cold laser, infrared (and other light energies) some massage therapy, some acupuncture, and some magnetic devices (beware of some multilevel vendors).
I hope this will help you. I might write a post on this. It’s a good topic and we are always learning the value of energy in healthcare practice. But if our minds are too open our brain falls out…something to avoid.”
