In the last decade, the alternative health care industry in Central New York has exploded. A few examples to consider:
Hematology/Oncology Associates, the region's largest cancer treatment facility, has an exam room available for patients who want massages or energy treatments, such as reiki.
Once the doctors realized that traditional medicine wasn't helping everyone at CNY Fertility Center, the area's largest fertility center, they began to offer "integrative fertility care," which includes both massage and acupuncture.
Syracuse's Crouse Hospital offers reiki. Rome Memorial Hospital offers harp-therapy. The syracuse V.A. Medical Center includes a "Center for Integrated Health."
The change is also reflected in various, local small health-related businesses: a pharmacist began Bare Bones Health & Wellness, in Manlius, to give out nutrition and lifestyle advice; a local nurse runs Speedy Greens, an organic restaurant, in Cicero, which also provides reflexology and reiki; a retired investment banker is now a reiki master at The Spring, in Fayetteville, a spiritual/cultural center.
Perhaps doctors, newfound openness to "alternative" medicine and therapies is because of an increase in their patients' interest. About 40% of Americans use some form of alternative medicine, according to a 2007 survey taken by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Source: Syracuse.com
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