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Reiki in Hospitals
Reiki is a method of stress reduction that also promotes healing. Lay practitioners have
used it for more than 90 years, and its popularity is growing. A recent study indicates
that in 2002, over one million adults in the US received one or more Reiki sessions.
Physicians and nurses are beginning to recognize its value and have begun adding it to
services provided by hospitals, medical clinics, and hospice programs. They indicate that
Reiki reduces stress, decreases the need for pain medication, improves sleep and
appetite, and accelerates the healing process. They also indicate that Reiki reduces many
of the unwanted side effects of radiation and drugs, including chemotherapy. Clearly,
Reiki can be very beneficial in a hospital setting. To learn more go to
http://www.reikiinhospitals.org
Reiki is a method of stress reduction that also promotes healing. Lay practitioners have
used it for more than 90 years, and its popularity is growing. A recent study indicates
that in 2002, over one million adults in the US received one or more Reiki sessions.
Physicians and nurses are beginning to recognize its value and have begun adding it to
services provided by hospitals, medical clinics, and hospice programs. They indicate that
Reiki reduces stress, decreases the need for pain medication, improves sleep and
appetite, and accelerates the healing process. They also indicate that Reiki reduces many
of the unwanted side effects of radiation and drugs, including chemotherapy. Clearly,
Reiki can be very beneficial in a hospital setting. To learn more go to
http://www.reikiinhospitals.org
Olson K, Hanson J, 1997. "Using Reiki to manage pain: a preliminary report."
Cancer Prevention Control 1997, June, Vol.1(2): pages 108-13.
The purpose of this study at the Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada was to explore
the usefulness of Reiki as an adjuvant to opioid therapy in the management of pain. Since no
studies in this area could be found, a pilot study was carried out involving 20 volunteers
experiencing pain at 55 sites for a variety of reasons, including cancer. All Reiki treatments
were provided by a certified second-degree Reiki therapist. Pain was measured using both a
visual analogue scale (VAS) and a Likert scale immediately before and after the Reiki
treatment. Both instruments showed a highly significant (p < 0.0001) reduction in pain
following the Reiki treatment
For more information go to:
http://www.thehealingpages.com/Articles/ReikiinHospitals.html
Cancer Prevention Control 1997, June, Vol.1(2): pages 108-13.
The purpose of this study at the Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada was to explore
the usefulness of Reiki as an adjuvant to opioid therapy in the management of pain. Since no
studies in this area could be found, a pilot study was carried out involving 20 volunteers
experiencing pain at 55 sites for a variety of reasons, including cancer. All Reiki treatments
were provided by a certified second-degree Reiki therapist. Pain was measured using both a
visual analogue scale (VAS) and a Likert scale immediately before and after the Reiki
treatment. Both instruments showed a highly significant (p < 0.0001) reduction in pain
following the Reiki treatment
For more information go to:
http://www.thehealingpages.com/Articles/ReikiinHospitals.html
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More Cancer Centers and Doctors Encouraging the Use of Reiki
By Jack Bleeker
April 2010
With groups like the Society of Integrative Oncology, a multi-disciplinary organization of
professionals, touting the advantages of complementary cancer treatment and recovery,
new methodologies, including Reiki are gaining in popularity. More and more cancer
centers and oncologists are beginning to recognize the benefits that these treatments –
once dismissed with a snicker by those “in-the-know” – are providing for those who just
don’t know where to turn to address issues like the pain and stress associated with cancer
and its conventional treatments.
Complementary therapies - not to be confused with “alternative” therapies, which are
unproven treatments – have gradually made their way to the forefront of cancer care as
well-known oncologists who are lauded experts in their field begin to promote these
supportive treatments as a natural part of cancer care. Even the National Institutes of
Health operates a National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
researching complementary therapies and then recommending proven ones for integration
into cancer programs nationwide, including those associated with mesothelioma cancer.
Read More....
By Jack Bleeker
April 2010
With groups like the Society of Integrative Oncology, a multi-disciplinary organization of
professionals, touting the advantages of complementary cancer treatment and recovery,
new methodologies, including Reiki are gaining in popularity. More and more cancer
centers and oncologists are beginning to recognize the benefits that these treatments –
once dismissed with a snicker by those “in-the-know” – are providing for those who just
don’t know where to turn to address issues like the pain and stress associated with cancer
and its conventional treatments.
Complementary therapies - not to be confused with “alternative” therapies, which are
unproven treatments – have gradually made their way to the forefront of cancer care as
well-known oncologists who are lauded experts in their field begin to promote these
supportive treatments as a natural part of cancer care. Even the National Institutes of
Health operates a National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
researching complementary therapies and then recommending proven ones for integration
into cancer programs nationwide, including those associated with mesothelioma cancer.
Read More....
http://reikidigest.blogspot.com/
http://www.centerforreikiresearch.org
Here are two websites worth reading if you are interested in the research being
done with Reiki on medical patients.
The Reiki Digest.blogspot is a good read about a man diagnosed with
Parkinson's and how Reiki is giving him a better quality of life.
http://www.centerforreikiresearch.org
Here are two websites worth reading if you are interested in the research being
done with Reiki on medical patients.
The Reiki Digest.blogspot is a good read about a man diagnosed with
Parkinson's and how Reiki is giving him a better quality of life.
More About Reiki in the Medical Field
Dr. Oz speaks out for Reiki! Watch the video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPj2uuiReds
Also read more on the Reiki Digest blog:
http://reikidigest.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPj2uuiReds
Also read more on the Reiki Digest blog:
http://reikidigest.blogspot.com/
Reiki and Chronic Pain: What the Research Shows
Though Reiki may sound very "new-agey," the effectiveness of this ancient treatment
has been shown in some studies. "A [recent] issue of the International Journal of
Behavioral Medicine reviewed 66 clinical trials on biofield therapies," says Julie
Kusiak, MA, a Reiki practitioner in the integrative medicine department at Beaumont
Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. The authors of the review concluded that there was strong
evidence that biofield therapies help reduce the intensity of pain in general and
moderate evidence that these therapies help reduce the intensity of pain for people who
are hospitalized or who have cancer, Kusiak says.
FOR THE REST OF THE ARTICLE GO TO:
http://www.everydayhealth.com/pain-management/can-reiki-help-your-chronic-pain.aspx
?xid=aol_eh-pain_29-_20110725&aolcat=HLT&icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-w%7Cdl7%
7Csec3_lnk3%7C220035
Though Reiki may sound very "new-agey," the effectiveness of this ancient treatment
has been shown in some studies. "A [recent] issue of the International Journal of
Behavioral Medicine reviewed 66 clinical trials on biofield therapies," says Julie
Kusiak, MA, a Reiki practitioner in the integrative medicine department at Beaumont
Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. The authors of the review concluded that there was strong
evidence that biofield therapies help reduce the intensity of pain in general and
moderate evidence that these therapies help reduce the intensity of pain for people who
are hospitalized or who have cancer, Kusiak says.
FOR THE REST OF THE ARTICLE GO TO:
http://www.everydayhealth.com/pain-management/can-reiki-help-your-chronic-pain.aspx
?xid=aol_eh-pain_29-_20110725&aolcat=HLT&icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-w%7Cdl7%
7Csec3_lnk3%7C220035
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