Thanks for the note. Lots of good points. I’m going a follow up in my open tomorrow. Preventative medicine alternatives are good ideas. Also, we are too heavy as a society. Americans do not take health seriously enough. Relative to other developed countries we are massively over weight. Thanks for the note. Eric
Hi Eric. Great piece on HC. What is baffling to me is how slow the acceptance or even awareness of alternative medicine is in this country. Treatment for stress alone can be so much simpler with meditation skills or Accupuncture or acupressure. Yet, many traditional western doctors still don’t incorporate any of this into their suggestions for treatment. And even if they did, very few insurance plans will cover it. I can get a 1 1-4hour Accupuncture and Accupressure treatment for $125 at a very high end Eastern Medicine practice in NYC. No drugs, no unnecessary tests but great results after a few sessions. Nothing has been covered, but I have kept myself out of the system, saving myself, my company(higher premiums) , and the insurance companies untold amounts of money. Naturopathic medicine is another area of neglect by the western medical world. As with most things in life, there are cross over benefits in many situations where using a combination of best practices can work well to fix the problems not just the symptoms. Cheers
Ps. Maybe 5 days a week for your body type is too much. Tailor a plan for 3 days and a couple days of qigong or tai chi.
Thanks for the note. Lots of good points. I’m going a follow up in my open tomorrow. Preventative medicine alternatives are good ideas. Also, we are too heavy as a society. Americans do not take health seriously enough. Relative to other developed countries we are massively over weight. Thanks for the note. Eric
Hi Eric. Great piece on HC. What is baffling to me is how slow the acceptance or even awareness of alternative medicine is in this country. Treatment for stress alone can be so much simpler with meditation skills or Accupuncture or acupressure. Yet, many traditional western doctors still don’t incorporate any of this into their suggestions for treatment. And even if they did, very few insurance plans will cover it. I can get a 1 1-4hour Accupuncture and Accupressure treatment for $125 at a very high end Eastern Medicine practice in NYC. No drugs, no unnecessary tests but great results after a few sessions. Nothing has been covered, but I have kept myself out of the system, saving myself, my company(higher premiums) , and the insurance companies untold amounts of money. Naturopathic medicine is another area of neglect by the western medical world. As with most things in life, there are cross over benefits in many situations where using a combination of best practices can work well to fix the problems not just the symptoms. Cheers
Ps. Maybe 5 days a week for your body type is too much. Tailor a plan for 3 days and a couple days of qigong or tai chi.