I
RAN INTO
AN OLD FRIEND TODAY.
SHE WILL SOON BE MY NEW
that interfere with
their daily life," ex-
plains Dr. Kushner.
"The job of the
Feldenkrais teacher is
to figure out how indi-
viduals move, how
that relates to the
problem they experi-
ence, and how they
could move differently
so that the problem
won't continue. This
therapy is valuable be-
cause it gives people
techniques to help
eliminate tension, pain
and fatigue and it
works especially well
with the elderly, im-
proving posture and
muscular efficiency."
Today, Americans
aged 65 or older num-
ber more than 33 mil-
lion; by the turn of the
century, the baby Dr. Nusbaum: Traditional and nontraditional.
boom wave will accel-
erate these numbers to more to acute diseases and traumas.
than 53 million. New research is Eastern medicine, on the other
dramatically changing the way hand, well developed over the
aging and the aged are viewed. past 4,000 years, uses a different
Research at the Complementary medical strategy, one that at-
and Alternative Medicine Pro- tempts to balance the interactive
gram at Stanford (CAMPS) energies within the body.
"The [eastern] treatment for
demonstrates that much of what
is called aging is not the assumed restoring the body to a healthy
inevitable physical and mental balance are non-invasive and
decline. Moreover, to a surpris- include nutrition, acupuncture,
ing extent, individuals are re- and manipulation. Patients can
sponsible for the quality of their benefit from either or both modal-
ities, depending upon their con-
own old age.
CAMPS defines its Successful dition."
Harriett Freedman of Orchard
Aging program as maintaining
high cognitive, physical, psy- Lake understands that her good
chosocial and spiritual function- health and medical progress is
ing and is conducting scientific the result of her physician using
inquiry on the specific effects of traditional and non-traditional
selected complementary and al- medical practices that compli-
ternative medicine therapies that ment one another. She has os-
could increase successful aging. teoporosis and sees Dr. Ed
This includes evaluating the Linkner in Ann Arbor for regu-
clinical effectiveness of comple- lar treatment.
"With Dr. Linkner's help I
mentary therapies such as im-
agery and spiritual practice in made a commitment to improve
the prevention and treatment of my life style 2.5 years ago and
cardiovascular and muscu- that meant changing my diet,
loskeletal disease as well as doc- taking Fosomax and hormone
umenting evidence for the supplements such as DFIEA and
potential health benefits of nu- exercising regularly. I'm happy
trition and herbal medicine and to report that at my last visit in
the traditional Chinese modali- May there was a strong indica-
tion of an overall general im-
ties such as acupuncture.
Dr. Mitchell Elkiss, neurolo- provement of bone mass density.
gist, has used acupuncture and Needless to say, Fm very happy."
Dr. Linkner is a charter mem-
holistic medical modalities with
his patients for many years. Dr. ber of the American Holistic Med-
Elkiss champions the concept ical Association and considers
that the essence of medical treat- himself part of a new specialty
ment is to get patients to a point that focuses on the body, the
where their bodies can begin to mind, and the spirit.
"Symptoms are red lights, sig-
heal themselves.
"The issue is that comple- nals that something is wrong
mentary medical practices not be with the engine that runs our
excluded from the mainstream body," explains Dr. Linkner. "The
of health care," says Dr. Elkiss. goal is to find out the reasons for
"Western medicine is relatively this message rather than just
new, but within that short peri- treating the symptoms.
"For instance, taking an as-
od of 200 years has made in-
credible advances in diagnosis, pirin for a headache eliminates
surgical procedures and thera- the headache but the real prob-
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