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We
have all tried products that were listed as one size fits all. For most
of us
these are too large or too small. Likewise, many movies that are
praised by a
reviewer we do not like. We had a friend who was a very reliable movie
reviewer. Every movie that she hated we loved.
This
goes on and on. Most of our favorite restaurants close and McDonalds
grows and
expands. The local store with great service, excellent products and low
prices
is driven out of business by a store with poor service, little
selection, low
quality and great advertisements. In school the teacher that most of
the
students like we often found to be pleasant but we did not learn from
them.
In
healing the same is true. A modality that works for one client may not
work for
another. A practitioner who comes highly recommend may not be effective
for
another client.
There
are many ways to describe and view the human energy system. Most of
them are
valid. One system is easier for one person to understand and another
person can
not understand it at all. Practitioners using one modality have great
success
with one client and another client gets no relief.
Reiki,
for example, does not work for or on us. Healing Touch does work, even
though
much of it is based on Rekei. We work at the Healing Touch clinic and
see and
have experienced treatments by many of the practitioners. Some of those
who we
hear are the best, we find to be ineffective and some that are just
starting
get the best results for the clients.
The
first alternative modality we tried was Chiropractics. We had a great
Chiropractor. Unfortunately he sustained an injury and had to stop
practicing.
His partner was not effective. We tried several others. Some of these
were not
just ineffective but made issues worse. We found one that was
acceptable. We
recently found a good Chiropractor at the Authentic Living Center.
Eight
years ago we both experienced issues that “Medical
Science” was unable to
relieve. We tried acupuncture. We found an Acupuncturist who not only
took care
of the issues but introduced us to some new healing powers in us and
helped us
better tap into our healing abilities. Fortunately, when one of us
experienced
a slipped vertebrae, he was still practicing and at the same phone
number and location.
Speaking,
or in this case typing, about the pinched nerve and the slipped
vertebrae, the
first Doctor we saw recommended physical therapy. The therapist seemed
concerned. However he treated the symptoms. The exercises he
recommended for
home support made matters worse, or at least reversed any progress.
That
Doctor also referred us to a specialist. The specialist referred us to
a
different physical therapy location. He also cautioned us that the new
location
does a lot of work with strokes and that we should make sure we get a
therapist
that specializes in pinched nerves. He also gave us the name of a
therapist he
felt was good.
When
we contacted the facility they would not schedule us with the therapist
that
the Doctor had recommended. Why, because that therapist specialized in
the
neck. The therapist they did schedule us with is excellent.
Again,
one size does not fit all. Even though the one facility handles a
number of
stoke victims, it also has people who specialize in other types of
physical
therapy. Even though one therapist is very good with pinched nerves in
the neck
another is better with pinched nerves in the lumbar. This therapist
evaluated
the weakness in the core muscles and the over tightness in the
hamstrings and setup
a regiment of exercises to correct the issues. She then changed the
exercises
to maintain and improve on the progress that had been made.
If
you believe that one size does fit all, you may want to reflect on why
there
are so many diet programs. All of the weight loss programs work for
someone.
Most work when the person is both over weight and highly motivated.
Most have
only a short term improvement.
The
companies even change the terminology. Sometimes it changes to reflect
the
increase in knowledge. Other times the changes are just to confuse
those who
feel that they were taken in by the last fad. Weight loss is giving way
to body
shaping. Many of the new programs customize the diets and exercise to
the
individual, their metabolism and their goals.
Often
several therapies can be employed together. If the right combination is
used
each therapy makes the others work better. Synergistic therapies
increase the
effectiveness and reduce the recovery time. Likewise is the therapies
conflict
with each other or too many therapies are used at the same time, the
effectiveness of each therapy will be reduced and the recovery time
increased.
We
recommend the use of no more than three therapies at one time. Let all
of the
therapists know what other therapies you are using. Do not be surprised
when
the therapist know of and approve of the other therapies. If there is a
conflict the therapist will let you know.
During
the pinched nerve experienced, the Doctor and physical therapist wanted
to know
how to get in touch with the acupuncturist. They had both been looking
for
someone who they could trust for acupuncture. The physical therapy was
enhanced
by the acupuncture. Our acupuncturist is also an anesthesiologist so
when the
Doctor prescribed an epidural, he concurred and stated that it would
enhance
the effects of the acupuncture and physical therapy.
One
more recommendation, share information. We got the results from the
x-rays and MRI to the
chiropractor, acupuncturist and
physical therapists. These allowed them to design the treatments to fit
the
individual problem.
The
chiropractor, for example, did not do several interventions because
they could
cause the vertebrae to slip further. With HIPPA the doctors are
required to
make records available to you. They can charge reasonable fees to
recover the
cost of making the copies. Usually, if it is only a few pages they will
make
you a copy without charge. There is one exception; mental health
records can be
withheld.
One
size does not fit all. The best treatment or the best practitioner for
one person
may not be the best for another. A combination that is synergistic for
one
person may well be destructive to another.
When
a treatment or combination seems not to work or
to be counterproductive you have the right to a second opinion. It is
your
fault if you have a problem with a treatment and do not let the doctor,
therapist or practitioner know. The more information each of them have
the
better the treatment should be. The better the custom fit.
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