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Nature Pays in Different Ways



by Joyce-Anne Locking

Human nature, as described in Wikopedia, the online enclyclopedia, is the concept that there are a set of characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting that all human beings have in common. It is also human nature, I might add, to expect some abundant form of reward for the work we provide.

There are conditions that apply to the flow of natural rivers of wealth. It is said that money flows back to us if we follow our heart, for example. Millions of books have been written about the topic of how to make money. This is not the reward I intend to explore in this article, however. My topic might better be described as payment in psychic dollars. What I mean to say is "invisible pay" might turn out to be far more valuable than other, more obvious forms of remuneration.

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Tactile massage within the primary health care setting



This paper describes an observational study describing how Tactile Massage (TM) was integrated into Swedish clinical medical care, the impact of this initiative suggests a foundation for future research. Subjects completed three questionnaires pre- and post-tactile massage. These were: Sense of Coherence (SOC), an enlarged Health Index (HI) and the Borg CR10 scale. RESULTS: A convenience sample of forty-three subjects (37 women and 6 men) were referred to TM treatment for a range of problems including for pain, sleep disorders, inability to move, headache and tense body. Patients received 10 TM treatments, each lasting approx. 1h in length. The enlarged HI questionnaire indicated that eleven out of fourteen parameters were significantly affected according (p-values between 0.0015 and <0.001). These included energy, mood, tiredness, sleep, pain, movement, health, general health and physical health. Pain reduction was also significantly reduced using the Borg CR10 scale (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: TM seems to affect several dimensions of health, and this should be explored more fully in future research.

Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2009 Aug;15(3):158-60. Andersson K, Törnkvist L, Wändell P. Center for Family and Community Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden. katarina.andersson5@comhem.se

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