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CAM Modalities is an Alternative Therapy

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CAM Modalities
Conventional treating of patients is not always the best treatment; there are routes a provider can explore to assist in the overall health and wellbeing of the patient. Complementary and alternative therapy (CAM) is the other route for the patient. Each of these modalities can produce a healing effect or relief from an ailment that will have an effect in a positive manner on the quality of life. Too many times patients become settled or complacent in his or her disease process and never look into the other routes.

Basics
Non-main stream therapy is in three categories and five domains by definition. The categories are complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine and the domains are biologically based therapies, manipulative and body-based methods, mind-body interventions, energy therapies, and alternative medical systems. Complementary refers to a non-mainstream approach with conventional medicine in conjunction, while alternative refers to a non-mainstream approach in place of conventional medicine. (NIH, 2013). These are two contrasting or bipolar points the complementary that comes along conventional medication and alternative opposing conventional. The third category is integrative it is the encompassing of the non-main stream health approaches in a holistic, multidisciplinary, collaborative approach by combining conventional and alternative medicine to healing therapy.(Fontaine, 2011). The five domains deal mainly with methods of CAM therapies.
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