Virtual Health - Registered Massage Therapy | Cupping Therapy | Acupuncture

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Virtual Health

• Registered Massage Therapy Cupping Therapy
  Acupuncture

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Synopsis

1. Virtual Health Shifting Paradigms in How We
   Access Healthcare
2. Why Virtual Health Is The Future
3. Registered Massage Therapy What You Should Know
4. Having Digestive Issues? Try Acupuncture
5. The Link You Never Knew Existed Between Acne and
   Cupping Therapy

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Virtual Health Shifting Paradigms in How We
Access Healthcare

• Virtual health is literally every digital
  technology that facilitates a patients access to
  healthcare. Acting as complementary support or a
  full substitute, virtual health can relief
  economic burden, streamline healthcare processes
  and benefit the patient.
• First of all, we are all aware of the typical
  first doctor appointment where the vast majority
  of time is spent gathering information, reviewing
  it and making treatment recommendations. At the
  same time, not everybody communicates the same or
  feels as comfortable sharing perhaps what would
  be considered the embarrassing part of their
  condition, patients might also be overwhelmed and
  forget details of their situation. All these
  factors not only cost time and money on both
  sides, but they also increase the risk of an
  inaccurate diagnosis or integrated care pathway,
  resulting in more long-term and potentially
  serious complications. Picture if your healthcare
  professional was fully equipped to gather all the
  relevant information from the patient prior to
  the meeting, including biometric data retrieved
  from wearables. This would indeed save so much
  time for both sides and ensure that when the
  physical consultation occurs both sides are
  aligned, and an informed discussion can be held.

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Virtual Health Shifting Paradigms in How We
Access Healthcare

• In the long-run, virtual health has the potential
  to support the continuum of care and also educate
  patients to self-manage their conditions better.
  For people suffering from debilitating conditions
  such as diabetes which require constant
  monitoring and involve drastic lifestyle
  adjustments, having such an option can
  significantly decrease in-person doctor visits.
  And this is not a far from reality thought with
  many apps and medical technologies now being able
  to monitor blood glucose and alert physicians
  about their patients state.
• At the same time, imagine a patient could be
  supported regardless of whatever circumstances
  they find themselves in. This is going to lay a
  gold standard of care for many who are unable,
  for example to see their physiotherapist on a
  regular basis but would benefit so much from a
  digital physiotherapy session. Patient can now
  make so much out of their health.

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Why Virtual Health Is The Future

• Combining virtual health with traditional
  treatment paths can help in addressing many of
  these issues. At the very least it can take the
  pressure off clinician costs and capacity
  challenges, this way practitioners can help more
  people at the same time. Virtual health is also
  widely accessible, for example your
  physiotherapist can create a personalized program
  and monitor performance via something as simple
  as FaceTime or Skype. By offering this support,
  patients are more open to following an at-home
  exercise program and stick to it. In an
  easy-to-access way the patient becomes more
  informed, motivated and at the same time
  empowered.
• Patients are as well becoming increasingly aware
  of the benefits of virtual health. According to a
  survey conducted by global company Deloitte, 74
  of U.S. patients would use telehealth services,
  76 place at the very top of their priorities
  having human contact with their health care
  provider and an amazing 70 feel comfortable
  using technology to communicate with them. In
  another study, over 300 clinical and IT
  professionals involved in telehealth investments
  and practices in the U.S. and Canada were
  surveyed. Results revealed that virtual health is
  one of the top four priorities of healthcare
  providers and they also reported amazing results
  patient outcome improvement and timely delivery
  of care, and higher patient satisfaction.

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Registered Massage Therapy What You Should Know

• The CMTA (Canadian Massage Therapy Alliance), a
  nationwide organization established in 1991, has
  been hard at work in trying to make massage
  therapy a key component of the Canadian
  healthcare system . Their goals in the next years
  include advancing the massage therapy profession
  in the area, encouraging the regulation of the
  practice and collaborating with more industry
  partners to make it available, affordable and
  accessible to Canadians suffering from a range of
  conditions. In order to do so, however, there is
  a need for a clear distinction between a
  registered massage therapist and an individual
  who performs massage techniques without having
  the proper, required training to do so.
• In Ontario for instance, this therapy is deemed
  to be a regulated health profession and requires
  professionals to be registered with the body who
  oversees professionals and establishes guidelines
  and best practices. As opposed to someone who
  followed a month long course or even worse, did
  not follow any sort of training at all, a
  registered massage therapist has to have
  successfully completed at least 150 hours of
  clinical hours, a competency-based curricula at a
  Government accredited institution which includes
  studying anatomy, pathology, neurology and more,
  and participate in continuous education and skill
  honing.

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Having Digestive Issues? Try Acupuncture

• Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine
  deeply rooted in ancient Chinese medicine. Where
  conventional treatment stops working or is not
  producing the wanted results, acupuncture becomes
  a very valuable solution. The practice works so
  well because it reduces stomach and pancreas
  inflammation, improves digestive function and
  benefits related organs. Among the conditions
  where acupuncture has been studied include
  gastroesophageal reflux, gout, biliary colic,
  irritable bowel syndrome, ulcer or obesity.
• Certainly, the approach is dictated by the
  diseases mode of action, but usually involves a
  practitioner evaluating the patient and
  identifying specific acupoints throughout the
  body. The painless process of inserting very fine
  needles in those specific points has the power to
  boost metabolism, strengthen gastrointestinal
  muscles and restore acidity to normal. Besides
  enhancing health and making people feel well,
  acupuncture is a risk free, non-invasive and
  painless which is why many people prefer it as
  opposed to medical procedures or drug treatment,
  especially when they are sensitive, intolerant or
  when conventional treatment just does not work
  for them.

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The Link You Never Knew Existed Between Acne and
Cupping Therapy

• A far less popular approach in the treatment of
  acne is cupping therapy. This technique is an
  ancient form of alternative medicine during which
  a practitioner places cups on the patients skin
  to create suction. It is a highly popular
  treatment method among people who experience
  pain, inflammation, restricted blood flow or
  stress.
• Acne is generally triggered by dampness,
  stagnation or skin overheating and cupping
  therapy has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant
  properties which act directly to the source of
  the problem. Even though there arent many large
  scale studies available yet, the ones that do
  exist show great promise. Take for instance one
  in particular where wet cupping treatment has
  been administered to acne patients and has
  resulted in skin improvements and clearance for
  10 out of 11 participants . These numbers are
  optimistic and they draw attention to the need of
  more research in this area.

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