Complimentary Therapies Questionnaire

Q1: What are the Principles of Complimentary Therapies? To support a person's health through prevention and treatment, alongside any orthodox treatment required. Q2: What are the Practices of Complimentary Therapies? Don't understand question. Q3: Which Complimentary therapies to you recommend can backup which Orthodox Therapies? Too long to list all but examples would be Qigong or Aromatherapy (agreed with medical practitioners) in recovery/convalescence from cancer treatment, acupuncture for symptoms of type 2 diabetes (alongside orthodox drug or nutritional treatment), Massage alongside orthopaedic/physiotherapy treatments. Q4: Would you use Complimentary Therapies to backup Orthodox Therapies? Yes! Q5: How do you use your Complimentary Therapies? Massage, Aromatherapy (currently for friends/other therapists) and Qigong teaching. Q6: How do you use Complimentary Therapies in comparison to Orthodox Therapies? Mostly as a back-up to orthodox therapies rather than as an alternative. Q7: What are your opinions of Complimentary Therapies and Orthodox Therapies? I think orthodox therapies are often needed and can be life saving whereas complimentary therapies tend to support a more long term solution (but are also very important/beneficial). Q8: How often do you use Complimentary Therapies compared to Orthodox Therapies? For myself, I use Qigong every other day and Aromatherapy regularly, occasionally Reiki too but am only alive due to an orthodox treatment so use that every day too. Q9: Do you recommend Complimentary Therapies? Yes. Q10: what are the values of Complimentary Therapies? As said above, I see them as helping to support a healthy lifestyle and preventing both minor ailments and in some cases more serious illnesses. Q11: What are the values of Orthodox Therapies/ Treatments? As said above, often life saving but not always a sustainable long term solution. Q12: What is the best Treatment you suggest for a Cancer Patient? I think it depends on the patient/client and type of cancer but the best complimentary therapy I know of is Qigong, alongside professional orthodox treatment/monitoring.

Please remember to spell COMPLEMENTARY therapies correctly! Complimentary means a spoken or written expression of praise, complementary means completing, accompanying, making complete, hence accompanying orthodox medicine.