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2.04 Current Trends in Health Care (Wellness)
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| Physical Wellness | well balanced diet, regular exercise, routine physical exams and immunizations, dental and vision exams, and avoidance of alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, drugs, environmental contaminates and risky sexual behavior |
| Emotional Wellness | understanding personal feelings and expressing them appropriately, accepting one's limitations, adjusting to change, coping with stress, enjoying life, and maintaining an optimistic outlook on life |
| Social Wellness | Showing concern, fairness, affection, tolerance, and respect for others |
| Mental and Intellectual Wellness | Using common sense, continually learning, learning from life experiences, and using flexibility and creativity to solve problems |
| Spiritual Wellness | Using values, ethics, and morals to find meaning, direction, and purpose to life, believeing in a higher authority, and observing religious practices |
| Holistic Wellness | Promotoes physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual well-being by treating the whole body, mind and spirit |
| Ayurvedic Practitioners | Developed in India and determines a person's dominant dosha to prescribe diet, herbal treatments, exercise, yoga, massage, minerals, and living practices to restore and maintain harmony in the body |
| Chinese Medicine Practitioner | Uses ancient holistic-based healing practices. Based on the belief that life-energy (chi) flows through every living person. Uses acupuncture to promote health |
| Chiropractor | Uses spinal manipulation, massage, and exercise to adjust the position of the vertebra to restore the flow of energy |
| Homeopaths | Believe the ability of the body to heal itself through the immune system |
| Hypnotists | Help individuals to obtain a trance-like state with the belief that the person will be receptive to verbal suggestions to change behaviors |
| Naturopaths | Uses only natural therapies such as fasting, special diets, life style changes, and supportive approaches to promote healing. Avoid the use of surgeries and medicines to treat disease |
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West Caldwell High School |
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