(alternative medicine) A form of therapy applying therapeutic touch to regulate the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and thus improving the patient's overall well-being.
(medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
A somatic educational system designed to reduce pain or limitations in movement, to improve physical function, and to promote general well-being by increasing students' awareness of themselves and by expanding students' movement repertoire.
A somatic educational system aiming to reduce pain and improve physical function and wellbeing by increasing students' self-awareness and expanding their movement repertoire.
A form of therapy for diagnosing and treating disorders of the skeletal muscles and related connective tissue, employing a number of shaped instruments used to rub the muscles.
(acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body.
(archaic) An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Carl Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.
In the psychoanalytic theory of Wilhelm Reich, a form of sexual energy or life force distributed throughout the universe and available for collection, storage, and further use.
The use of painful stimulus to control a subject, including the use of pressure on painful areas, hyperextension or hyperflexion, weapons, or chemical irritants.
An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.
(alternative medicine) A form of complementary medicine involving the stimulation of points on the feet, hands, or ears, in the belief that it will have a beneficial effect on some other parts of the body or to improve general health.
(dated) An acupressure technique in which the pin is inserted into the tissues close to and parallel with the bleeding artery, and its point caused to emerge at a distance.
A form of manual therapy claiming to manipulate energy fields within the human skeleton to improve physical and mental well-being.
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