Wellness Evidence
Quite often we come across someone who is interested in a more holistic approach to health. Unfortunately, they hesitate because there is no wellness evidence. Without “evidence” so many therapeutic modalities are dismissed as placebo effect or even just “woo woo” (we’ve actually heard that term). Some systems like Traditional Chinese Medicine or Ayurveda have millennia of clinical outcomes. However, they are grounded in medical systems that predate even Hippocrates. Other therapeutic approaches developed much more recently. We need wellness evidence to shed more light on these complementary and alternative therapies.
Will a deep tissue massage really reduce aches and pains? Will a sauna clear up my cold? And will a foot reflexology session have a long-lasting effect on my overall health?
All common questions about various well-known spa modalities, but what are the scientifically based answers?
Recently key members of the Global Spa Summit (GSS) unveiled a new portal, Wellness Evidence, that gathers medical evidence for spa and wellness therapies.
It provides an easy way for people to check out the laboratory-based research that has been done to date on spa treatments.
“We do not need to wait for the research to happen. We need to aggregate the research that already exists and broadcast it,” says Dr Pelletier, an integrative health expert, university professor and one of the people behind the Wellness Evidence website.
Source: Is massage good for you, or does it just feel nice? | CNN Travel
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