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Healthcare An Alternative Approach

• Christy Hays
• ZenMoves
• Tulsa, OK
• www.zenmoves.me

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Overview

• Current Trends
• Definition of CAM
• Evolving Process
• Integration into Mainstream
• Advantages
• Methodologies
• Personal Perspective

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70 of disease is preventableHealthy People
2000, DHHS, 1991, 91-50213, National Center For
Health Statistics DHHS, 1992, 92-1232
Disease and Chronic Illness

• 8 of 9 causes of disease are
• preventable
• New England Journal of Medicine, Fries, Koop,
  et al, 329321-325, 7/93
• 70 to 85 of illnesses sending patients to the
  doctor are rooted in unmanaged stress

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Cost of Preventable Disease

• 70 of 1.35 Trillion Nearly 1 Trillion
  Dollars

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STRESS

• Stress, depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal
  disorders accounted for the majority of days lost
  due to work-related ill health, 11.3 and 8.3
  million respectively in 2013/2014
• U.S. business is estimated to be losing upwards
  of 300 billion annually due to unmanaged stress.

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Chronic Illness

• 1987 - 76 of direct medical expenses
• 1996 - 7 of 10 admissions are for chronic illness
• 1996 - 99 million, 45 of population, 470
  billion
• 2020 - 134 million, 60 of population, 685
  billion

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Oklahoma Illness

• Were ranked 47th in the Nation in Overall health
• Largest contributing factors
• Smoking, Sedentary Lifestyles, Diet (lack of
  fruit consumption)
• Cardiovascular, Cancer, Obesity, Premature
  Death are our greatest challenges

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Existing Health Care

• Focuses mainly on diagnosis and intervention, not
  wellness (prevention, nutrition, exercise, and
  healthy living habits)
• Does not improve many stress-related and chronic
  conditions
• Fails to incorporate mind and emotions in
  treatments

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Existing Health Care

• Increases cost
• Increases risk when no doctor-patient
  relationship present
• Increases occurrences of misdiagnosis or
  mistreatment
• Amplifies drug reaction that is a leading cause
  of diseases and death

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U.S. Health Spending Near 18 of GDP (2012)

• Health care spending in the United States
• increased from 5,440 per person in 2002 to
  8,895 per person in 2012
• 3rd highest in the world after Norway Sweden

Data.worldbank.org
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Blending Medical Approaches

• The convergence of
• Ancient Eastern health practices and Modern
  Western science

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

• Complementary Medicine
• Used with conventional (Western) medicine
• Alternative Medicine
• Used instead of conventional medicine

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What are C A Methods?

• Biologically based practices involve
  supplementing a person's normal diet with
  additional nutrients, herbs, extracts, and
  certain foods.
• Manipulative and body-based therapies focus on
  the body's various systems and structures such as
  acupuncture and chiropractic.
• Mind-body interventions use the connection
  between a person's mind, body, and spirit to
  enhance total well being like meditation, yoga,
  and biofeedback.
• Energy therapies are meant to restore
  disturbances in the body's natural energy. Energy
  therapies include such practices as Qigong and
  Reiki.

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Tough Buy-InAlternative Therapies

• Easy Buy-In
• Complementary
• Health Improvement Methods

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Shifts in Wellness

• Wellness visits included in ACA
• Insurance assessments can shift a person towards
  Wellness
• Employers recognizing Wellness typically with
  emphasis towards
• Weight Management
• Fitness
• Massage

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Who Is Reviewing CAM?

• An 8 year study by 8 academic medical centers,
  including Harvard, Duke and Stanford, banded
  together with the purpose of encouraging research
  and education on alternative medicine.
• Eight years later, the Consortium of Academic
  Health Centers for Integrative Medicine has 38
  member universities, and has gathered evidence
  about what practices have solid science behind
  them.

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Consortium Findings

• 5 alternative medicine practices that are
  endorsed for their solid scientific results
• Acupuncture for pain, nausea after surgery and
  chemotherapy.
• Calcium, magnesium, and vitamin B6 for PMS
• St. John's Wort for mild to moderate depression
• Guided imagery for pain and anxiety
• Glucosamine for joint pain

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CAM Today

• Over 100 major health insurance companies have
  implemented programs that reimburse
• Chiropractic Nutrition more widely accepted and
  sometimes reimbursed
• 50 of medical schools teach classes in CAM/IM
• The consortium of major universities is
  developing specific CAM/IM curriculum

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Why Blend Approaches?

• Improves outcomes
• Improves treatment satisfaction
• Allows for oversight
• Encourages full disclosure
• Can reduce costs
• Can elevate overall healthcare system
• May one day be more readily covered by insurance

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Who Is Using CAM?

• 40 of adults and 12 of children use some form
  of complementary and alternative medicine.
• More women
• People ages 40 to 60
• Adults with higher levels of education and
  income.

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The Most Important Part of an Alternative
Medicine Program

• Alternative Thinking

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Exploring CAM

• Biologically based practices involve
  supplementing a person's normal diet with
  additional nutrients, herbs, extracts, and
  certain foods.
• Manipulative and body-based therapies focus on
  the body's various systems and structures such as
  acupuncture and chiropractic.
• Mind-body interventions use the connection
  between a person's mind, body, and spirit to
  enhance total well being like meditation, yoga,
  and biofeedback.
• Energy therapies are meant to restore
  disturbances in the body's natural energy. Energy
  therapies include such practices as Qigong and
  Reiki.

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Biology Based Practices

• Supplements
• Herbs, Extracts, Vitamins, Supplements
• Diet
• Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian
• Juicing, Raw, Ayurvedic

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Body-Based Therapies

• Acupuncture
• Chiropractic
• Massage

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Mind-body Interventions

• Meditation
• Yoga
• Biofeedback
• Qigong and Tai Chi

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Meditation

• Benefits of Meditation
• Results in a sense of calm, peace and balance
  that benefits both emotional well-being and
  overall health.
• Clears away information overload that builds up
  and contributes to stress.
• Thoughts control body processes

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Meditation as a CAM

• Meditation can be a complimentary means of
  dealing with medical conditions, especially ones
  that may be worsened by stress.

• Anxiety disorders
• Asthma
• Cancer
• Depression
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Pain
• Sleep problems

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Meditation in the Media

• The Neuroscience of Meditation-How it changes the
  brain, boosting focus and easing stress
• Scientific American, Nov 2014
• Meditation A simple, fast way to reduce stress
• Mayo Clinic, July 19, 2014
• http//www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/meditat
  ion/in-depth/meditation/art-20045858

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Meditation Practice

• 3 Ways to Meditate
• Clearing all thought
• Focusing on one thought
• Becoming aware of everything

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Energy Therapies

• Reiki
• Qigong

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What is Qigong?

• Pronounced chee kung
• Qi is vital force of energy
• Gong is practice, experience, and cultivation
• Qigong is the cultivation of vital energy to
  balance your energy
• Has also been called moving meditation

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Qigong

• Mind/Body Practice or Energy Therapy?
• Qigong Practice

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Your Internal Power

• Thought and Water Crystals
• If our mind is this powerful on things outside of
  ourselves then think of the power we have to
  change the very structure of our being!

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Wrap Up

• Advantages
• Evolving Process
• Integration into Mainstream (including insurance)
• Personal Perspective

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My Thanks and Credits to

• Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC),
  Roger Jahnke OMD
• Web http//www.FeeltheQi.com
• Kids Health
• http//kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/
  alternative_medicine.html
• CNN News http//www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/10/04/ep.
  alt.med/index.html?irefnewssearch
• Dr. Masaru Emoto-Water, Consciousness, and Intent
  video
• Contact Information
• Christy Hays, ZenMoves
• www.ZenMoves.me
• christyhaystulsa_at_gmail.com
• 918-645-5905