I talked a few weeks ago about the abortion industry trying to
combine a spa and a clinic in one. While I am completely against that
idea, they may be on to something with respect to treatment and recovery for
other conditions. Let us discuss.
Relax and heal: Basically, pamper a patient before
a procedure and then after to promote healing. A person going for an operation
is nervous and thus tense, which means they lose their natural harmony with the
body and their everyday life. Also, a doctor's office invokes stress with
some people thus giving false readings on things like blood pressure, so
creating a spa like atmosphere is essential to keeping the patient's mind off
treatment and more on healing. Relaxed patients are less tense and to my
knowledge, that decrease in stress and tension aids in the bodies healing
process. If a treatment is ongoing like cancer treatments, then a day at
the spa to remove the bodies stress, and even to remove toxins through the skin
reduces the amount of work the body has to do to recover from treatments.
Heck, even a basic massage will do, with some sort of meditation or yoga
like session in a spa like format.
And you know what? Even the doctor
can get in on the act with the nurses. They are stressed during the
procedure as they try to do everything in their power to help you. So
periodic spa treatments for them will aid in reducing their health, reducing
their overall stress, and maybe make them more personable with their patients.
As such, this mental and physical health break can be positive for all
involved.
Additionally, if these spa like rooms are
set up, then patients with similar ailments and procedures and the doctors and
nurses who treat them will relax together. It will help patients to relax
to know that they are not alone in their discomfort and fears. And with
the doctor and nurses there, the patients can get to know them rather than
having people they barely know cut into them, let alone treat them. So
this is a possible side benefit if it can be set up to allow for this.
Conclusion: Mental and physical relaxation are
needed to advance healing. Patients and those that treat them can both
benefit as a positively thinking relaxed person has their immune system
function normally, while to my knowledge, a stressed person will have a
weakened immune system. So is this a good idea? Can this truly help
patients and thus make it worth the cost? Maybe hospitals can use it to
garner extra revenue as part of pre-emptive treatment and thus help patients
boost their immune systems so they can avoid needing to go to the doctor.
Who knows, but if I owned a hospital, I would add a spa in it along with
yoga, tai chi and similar relaxation and meditative components so as to insure
the health and happiness of patients.
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