 What is Healing Touch? Healing Touch is a relaxing, nurturing energy therapy. Gentle touch assists in balancing your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Healing Touch works with your energy field to support your natural ability to heal. It is safe for all ages and works in harmony with standard medical care. How Can Healing Touch Help You? Healing touch beneficial for: Reducing stress Calming anxiety, depression Decreasing pain Strengthening the immune system Enhancing recovery from surgery Complementary care for neck and back problems Deepening spiritual connection Supporting cancer care Creating a sense of well-being Easing acute and chronic conditions Research suggests that there are many benefits. Individual experiences will vary. Where is Healing Touch Used? Healing Touch is used in a wide variety of settings including hospitals, long term care facilities, private practices, hospices, and spas. Janet Mentgen, RN, founded Healing Touch in 1989 as a continuing education program for nurses, massage therapist, other health care professionals, and lay persons. Many hospitals are incorporating HT to calm and prepare patients for surgery, chemotherapy, and other anxiety-provoking procedures. Studies have suggested that HT may decrease wound healing time and shorten the length of hospital stays. Other common indications for HT include chronic pain, headaches including migraines, generalized anxiety, and sleep disturbances. HT therapy is said to facilitate a spiritual connection and often helps clients with emotional distress. Today, Healing Touch has spread world wide and is taught in universities, medical and nursing schools, and other settings internationally.
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