Healthcare An Alternative Approach

1. Healthcare An Alternative Approach Christy Hays ZenMoves Tulsa, OK www.zenmoves.me

2. Overview • Current Trends • Definition of CAM • Evolving Process • Integration into Mainstream • Advantages • Methodologies • Personal Perspective

3. Disease and Chronic Illness 70% of disease is preventableHealthy People 2000, DHHS, 1991, #91-50213, National Center For Health Statistics DHHS, 1992, # 92-1232 8 of 9 causes of disease are preventable New England Journal of Medicine, Fries, Koop, et al, 329:321-325, 7/93 70% to 85% of illnesses sending patients to the doctor are rooted in unmanaged stress

4. Cost of Preventable Disease 70% of $1.35 Trillion =Nearly $ 1 Trillion Dollars

5. STRESS Stress, depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders accounted for the majority of days lost due to work-related ill health, 11.3 and 8.3 million respectively in 2013/2014 U.S. business is estimated to be losing upwards of $300 billion annually due to unmanaged stress.

7. Chronic Illness • 1987 - 76% of direct medical expenses • 1996 - 7 of 10 admissions are for chronic illness • 1996 - 99 million, 45% of population, $470 billion • 2020 - 134 million, 60% of population, $685 billion

8. Oklahoma Illness • We’re ranked 47th in the Nation in Overall health • Largest contributing factors: • Smoking, Sedentary Lifestyles, Diet (lack of fruit consumption) • Cardiovascular, Cancer, Obesity, & Premature Death are our greatest challenges

9. Existing Health Care • Focuses mainly on diagnosis and intervention, not wellness (prevention, nutrition, exercise, and healthy living habits) • Does not improve many stress-related and chronic conditions • Fails to incorporate mind and emotions in treatments

10. Existing Health Care • Increases cost • Increases risk when no doctor-patient relationship present • Increases occurrences of misdiagnosis or mistreatment • Amplifies drug reaction that is a leading cause of diseases and death

11. U.S. Health Spending Near 18% of GDP (2012) Health care spending in the United States increased from $5,440 per person in 2002 to $8,895* per person in 2012 *3rd highest in the world after Norway & Sweden Data.worldbank.org

12. Blending Medical Approaches The convergence of Ancient Eastern health practices and Modern Western science

13. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) • Complementary Medicine • Used with conventional (Western) medicine • Alternative Medicine • Used instead of conventional medicine

14. What are C & A Methods? • Biologically based practices involve supplementing a person's normal diet with additional nutrients, herbs, extracts, and certain foods. • Manipulative and body-based therapies focus on the body's various systems and structures such as acupuncture and chiropractic. • Mind-body interventions use the connection between a person's mind, body, and spirit to enhance total well being like meditation, yoga, and biofeedback. • Energy therapies are meant to restore disturbances in the body's natural energy. Energy therapies include such practices as Qigong and Reiki.

15. Tough Buy-InAlternative Therapies Easy Buy-In Complementary Health Improvement Methods

16. Shifts in Wellness • Wellness visits included in ACA • Insurance assessments can shift a person towards Wellness • Employers recognizing Wellness typically with emphasis towards: • Weight Management • Fitness • Massage

17. Who Is Reviewing CAM? • An 8 year study by 8 academic medical centers, including Harvard, Duke and Stanford, banded together with the purpose of encouraging research and education on alternative medicine. • Eight years later, the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine has 38 member universities, and has gathered evidence about what practices have solid science behind them.

18. Consortium Findings 5 alternative medicine practices that are endorsed for their solid scientific results: • Acupuncture for pain, nausea after surgery and chemotherapy. • Calcium, magnesium, and vitamin B6 for PMS • St. John's Wort for mild to moderate depression • Guided imagery for pain and anxiety • Glucosamine for joint pain

19. CAM Today • Over 100 major health insurance companies have implemented programs that reimburse • Chiropractic & Nutrition more widely accepted and sometimes reimbursed • 50% of medical schools teach classes in CAM/IM • The consortium of major universities is developing specific CAM/IM curriculum

20. Why Blend Approaches? • Improves outcomes • Improves treatment satisfaction • Allows for oversight • Encourages full disclosure • Can reduce costs • Can elevate overall healthcare system • May one day be more readily covered by insurance

21. Who Is Using CAM? • 40% of adults and 12% of children use some form of complementary and alternative medicine. • More women • People ages 40 to 60 • Adults with higher levels of education and income.

22. The Most Important Part of an Alternative Medicine Program Alternative Thinking

23. Exploring CAM • Biologically based practices involve supplementing a person's normal diet with additional nutrients, herbs, extracts, and certain foods. • Manipulative and body-based therapies focus on the body's various systems and structures such as acupuncture and chiropractic. • Mind-body interventions use the connection between a person's mind, body, and spirit to enhance total well being like meditation, yoga, and biofeedback. • Energy therapies are meant to restore disturbances in the body's natural energy. Energy therapies include such practices as Qigong and Reiki.

24. Biology Based Practices • Supplements: • Herbs, Extracts, Vitamins, Supplements • Diet: • Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian • Juicing, Raw, Ayurvedic

25. Body-Based Therapies • Acupuncture • Chiropractic • Massage

26. Mind-body Interventions • Meditation • Yoga • Biofeedback • Qigong and Tai Chi

27. Meditation • Benefits of Meditation • Results in a sense of calm, peace and balance that benefits both emotional well-being and overall health. • Clears away information overload that builds up and contributes to stress. • Thoughts control body processes

28. Meditation as a CAM Anxiety disorders Asthma Cancer Depression Heart disease High blood pressure Pain Sleep problems • Meditation can be a complimentary means of dealing with medical conditions, especially ones that may be worsened by stress.

29. Meditation in the Media • The Neuroscience of Meditation-Howit changes the brain, boosting focus and easing stress • Scientific American, Nov 2014 • Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress • Mayo Clinic, July 19, 2014 • http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/meditation/in-depth/meditation/art-20045858

30. Meditation Practice • 3 Ways to Meditate • Clearing all thought • Focusing on one thought • Becoming aware of everything

31. Energy Therapies • Reiki • Qigong

32. What is Qigong? • Pronounced “chee kung” • “Qi” is vital force of energy • “Gong” is practice, experience, and cultivation • Qigong is the cultivation of vital energy to balance your energy • Has also been called “moving meditation” Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC)

33. Qigong Mind/Body Practice or Energy Therapy? Qigong Practice

34. Your Internal Power • Thought and Water Crystals • If our mind is this powerful on things outside of ourselves then think of the power we have to change the very structure of our being!

35. Wrap Up • Advantages • Evolving Process • Integration into Mainstream (including insurance) • Personal Perspective

36. My Thanks and Credits to: • Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC), Roger Jahnke OMD • Web http://www.FeeltheQi.com • Kids Health: • http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/alternative_medicine.html • CNN News: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/10/04/ep.alt.med/index.html?iref=newssearch • Dr. Masaru Emoto-Water, Consciousness, and Intent video Contact Information: • Christy Hays, ZenMoves • www.ZenMoves.me • christyhaystulsa@gmail.com • 918-645-5905