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Slide 1: Relaxation Therapy Kathleen M. Parlanti
Slide 2: What is Relaxation Therapy? Relaxation therapy is a treatment modality that can be used alone or in addition to other methods of treatment for a variety of health care issues. There are several types of relaxation therapies including: progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, guided imagery and paced respirations to name a few.
Slide 3: History • Chinese • Native American Indians • Nightingale • Today
Slide 4: Applications • • • • Insomnia High Blood Pressure Chronic Pain Asthma • • • • Anxiety Disorders Depression Phobias Panic Attacks
Slide 5: Population There is no limit as to who can benefit from relaxation therapy. Relaxation therapy has been used from the pediatric setting right up through the geriatric environment.
Slide 6: The Medical Arena The current consumer-driven trend in medicine is to seek out alternative treatment modalities to the once medication-driven treatments that have been prescribed for years. Doctors and nurses are becoming more educated in these areas and returning to their use.
Slide 7: Research • • • • Extensive Ongoing Catch up with the past Eli Bay: The Relaxation Response Institute http://www.elibay.com
Slide 8: References Bay, E., (2008) The Relaxation Response, Retrieved September 30, 2008 from http://www.elibay.com Day, P. & Horton-Deutsch, S. (2004), Using mindfulness-based therapeutic interventions in psychiatric nursing practice – part I: Description and empirical support for mindfulnessbased interventions. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 18, 164-169. Matteliano, D. (2003), Holistic nursing management of pain and suffering; a historical view with contemporary applications. Journal of the New York State Nurses Association, 34, 4-8. Nightingale, F. (1859). Notes on nursing: what it is, what it is not. London: Sons. Snyder, M. & Lindquist R., Editors (2006), Complementary/Alternative therapies in nursing, (5th ed.), New York, Springer Publishing.