Therapies and other healing methods?

[Rose Too]

Hi

I wanted to add this thread to sort of balance out some of the arguments about complimentary therapies. I am a therapist trained in a range of different areas from aromatherapy and Reiki to Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Remedies and Homoeopathy..all holistic! Now the usual way to treat illness or dis-ease is to boost the immune system and get the body busy healing itself?

Since I was dx with SLE I have had to relook at what I was doing. Obviously the main cause(?) reason (?) result (?) of Lupus is that our immune systems are already in overdrive, superboosted and working overtime? Usual remedies like Echinacea, st John's Wort and other herbs become a no go and could actully make us worse! Crystals that speed up the normal healing process send us into orbit what we need is almost the opposite, things that balance and calm and steady and soothe then we can begin to remove the pain and slowly come back to normal? With Reiki I am sure that we should be looking at treating from the head downwards to calm and not from the feet upwards to boost.

I'm not sure how many therapists actually really understand Lupus and what it actually is so I am wondering if that is why so many are saying treatments don't work or get worse? Perhaps the therapist is trying their best to charge up the immune system unknowing that it is the wrong way to help us to heal?

Its early days for me on this route, but I do feel this area needs more looking at and for me, it has made me stop and look at how I treat other conditions in the future too.


Rose xxx

[helloos]

HI Rose.
I think you are right and that most aren't familar with Lupus and are going about it all wrong.

Hey, if you come up with something let us know and maybe you will become rich !!

[kellykay]

hello.. as a therapist myself..i do shiatsu and reiki..

when the body heals itself.. it means to me that if it needs calming down.. or boosting .. the body does this..

i have found that reiki and soft treatments work best.on my clients with autoimmune issues

i think i do agree with you that if the therapist doesn't have an understanding of autoimmune diseases.. then their focus may be wrong..

another thing i think i have found is alot of therapist end up sick.. like myself.. i spent many yrs trying to help and make others better.. instead of just being the meduim to which the healing has occured.. i find the less i try to help .. the more i help... and with anytreatments.. i let the body tell me what it needs.. so a set pattern doesn't work for me.. Hope i make some sense here

Also.. my teacher told me .. the therapist that get sick make better more understanding healers.. i feel that through my process of being and getting scik i have a new understadning for my clients and when a clients says she feels something. i never doubt them for a minute

[raggedyann1]

Rose,

The reason you see some of us posting warnings is our concern that people will not continue taking the medications that their doctors prescribe to keep their lupus under control.

I know from personal experience that chiropractic, accupuncture and massage (when done right) help ease my pain levels. However they don't treat lupus. We would hate to see someone think that accupuncture could heal their lupus and stop taking their medications and end up dying.

Joanne the site owner has always been interested in complimentary therapies. If you go to the main page you will find information she has gathered and posted.

Karen

[mandynor]

I find that some of my meds (especially the steroids) make me hyper and edgey...and that meditating for at least 20 mins a day really helps me keep my body in check. I definately believe in complimentary therapies, and am willing to try many things, when the finances allow it. I would never use these as a replacement for my meds, tho! Each has it's place in my healing process. I'd love to try reiki sometime...

peace,
mandy

[Rose Too]

HI style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

Thanks for all the replies!


Paula wouldn't that be great? If only more people knew what Lupus was , it seems that those that have heard of it have a wierd idea of what it is too, but then look at me? A month ago and I would have been in the dark too!



Hi Kellykay, style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
I agree with your post too, especially about the sick becoming healers and healers becoming sick. Reiki wasn't really my focus here, I think it is a fantastic helper for anyone. I have had students that pick up pain and illness from their clients and I explain to them about channelling and blocking and letting go so that they don't take on the condition themselves, I'm sure you know this anyway. But what did occur to me is that perhaps we are over-reikied? Is that apossibility I wonder? I have swopped to earthing and grounding and cooling rather than trying to energise and heal that way..... Will think some more, I'm interested to hear your views onthis too.

Hi Karen style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
Yep I do understand , just wanted to start a thread up and see where it leads, I am constantly learning everyday, expanding my knowledge and experiences. Perhaps any misunderstanding is in the language not the meaning? You can treat a symptom, ease the pain, relax the body, but it doesn't necessarily heal the condition?

Hi Mandy style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
Meditation... oooh yep a great way to calm and centre and put things into perspective with some me time? How do you settle to meditate? I find I am either dropping off to sleep now or can't keep focussed.



Rose xxxx

[raggedyann1]

Rose,

The answer to your question is yes.

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Some of the medications we take are to ease pain and inflammation but they don't heal the body. Examples would be Nsaids and Narcotic pain pills. Others for me would include dom peridone; it helps my stomach empty itself properly but doesn't heal the cause for the gastro-paresis in the first place.

The medications that we take to actually halt/alter/slow down lupus can't be replaced by complimentary therapies. Some of those meds are plaquenil, prednisone, methotrexate, imuran, cellcept and other immune suppressing medications. Plaquenil is the safest and often the most effective medication we take. It is safer than most OTC meds that people take without thinking twice about it. It works by altering the ph balance in our cells then the cells can no longer be attacked by lupus. They still don't know why this works but it does.

Karen

[Rose Too]

Hi Karen style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

You said..The medications that we take to actually halt/alter/slow down lupus can't be replaced by complimentary therapies...

Thats why they I prefer to call them complimentary, rather than alternative! They can help the mind, body and spirit to calm down and relax. Don't worry I'm not some nut that would ever advocate stopping or replacing anything, I'm first at the doc's lol, infact I'm off there now.... again ..... wish me luck!

Rose xxx