Bodywork (alternative medicine)

Chiropractic was used by 19.9% of the population,

with 7.5% having used it in the last year.

In alternative medicine, bodywork is any therapeutic or

personal development technique that involves working
with the human body in a form involving manipulative
therapy, breath work, or energy medicine. Bodywork
techniques also aim to assess or improve posture, promote
awareness of the "bodymind connection" rather than the
"mind-body connection", or to manipulate a so-called
energy eld surrounding the human body and aecting
health.[1]

Deep breathing exercises were used by 14.6% of the

population, with 11.6% having used the technique in
the last year.
Yoga was used by 7.5% of the population, with 5.1%
having used it in the last year.
T'ai chi was used by 2.5% of the population, with
1.3% having used it in the last year.

Forms

Qigong was used by 0.5% of the population, with

0.3% having used it in the last year.

Some of the best known forms of non-touch bodywork

methods include: reiki, yoga, pranayama, as well as other
non-touch methods: breathwork respiration techniques,
therapeutic touch, Bates method for sight training,[2]
qigong, and t'ai chi.

Energy healing and reiki were used by 1.1% of the

population, with 0.5% having used it in the last year.

4 See also

The better known forms of manipulative bodywork include Alexander technique, applied kinesiology, Bowen
technique, chiropractic, craniosacral therapy, Feldenkrais
method, Hakomi, reexology, Rolng Structural Integration, shiatsu, Somatic Experiencing, and Trager Approach.

Somatics
Energy medicine

5 References
2

Massage

[1] Thackery, Ellen; Harris, Madeline (2003). Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders (1st ed.). Gale. p. 153-7. ISBN
978-0787657680.

Further information: List of branches of alternative

medicine

[2] Bates Method. Seeing The Bates Method. Retrieved 6

February 2014.

One form of bodywork is deep tissue massage therapy,

and the terms massage and bodywork are often used interchangeably. While bodywork includes all forms of
massage techniques, it also includes many other types of
touch therapies. [3]

[3] Cassar, Mario-Paul (2004). Handbook of Clinical Massage: A Complete Guide for Students and Practitioners
(2nd ed.). Churchill Livingstone. p. 48-49. ISBN 9780443073496.
[4] Barnes, Patricia M.; Eve Powell-Griner; Kim McFann;
Richard L. Nahin (2004-05-27). Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults: United States,
2002 (PDF). Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics. 343. Retrieved 2010-05-21. Lay summary.

Statistics in the United States

According to a 2002 survey of adults in the United States

by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (NCCIH) and the National Center for
Health Statistics (NCHS):[4]
Acupuncture was used by 4.0% of the population,
with 1.1% having used it in the last year.
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