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Therapeutic Touch is a non-contact healing technique developed in the 1970s involving the channeling of healing energy through a practitioner's hands into a client's body to restore energy balance and health. The document discusses Therapeutic Touch's psychological and physiological benefits such as reduced anxiety, stress, and pain. It also explores Therapeutic Touch's value in improving patient outcomes like response to treatment, infection risk, immune function, and hospital length of stay. The document notes barriers to Therapeutic Touch's implementation include a lack of awareness in Western medicine and difficulties measuring its effects scientifically.
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- 1. Therapeutic Touch Presentation Slides Created by: Adam T. Gilbert
- 2. Therapeutic Touch Defining Establishing Value Exploring Benefits Discerning Barriers
- 3. More than meets the skin Therapeutic Touch Defined First described by Krieger & Kuntz in the 1970s as: Energy medicine A meditative, noncontact healing technique An anomalous transfer of energy by the healer purposefully accesses ‘the universal energy’ NIH’s National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), defines TT as: The channeling of healing energy through the hands of a practitioner into the client’s body to restore a normal energy balance and, therefore, health. (NIH NCCAM) (Strickland and Boylan, 2010)
- 4. Value in TT’s Effects Psychological Promotes Positive Mindset Calmness Clarity Relieves Stress Reduces Anxiety Induces Relaxation (Coakly and Duffy, 2010) (Busch, Visser, Eybrechts, Komen, Oen, Olff, Dokter, and Boxma, 2012)
- 5. Value in TT’s Effects (continued) Patient Experience Enhanced Positive Perspective Appreciation of Care Received Enhanced Relationship with Nurse Increased Self Confidence Physiological and Psychological Effects Improve Overall Sense of Wellbeing Outcomes Improved Response to Treatments Medical / Pharmacological Nursing & Holistic Modalities Decreased Risk of Infection Enhanced Immune Function Decreased Hospital LOS Increased Cost Effectiveness Enhanced Patient Wellbeing
- 6. Therapeutic Touch Times and Places Perioperative Patients Room Lying in Bed Sitting During High Anxiety & Stressful Situations When Not Responding to Antihypertensive Medication When Experiencing Increased Pain
- 7. TT Time & Places Example: 21 Vascular Surgical Patients 12 Received TT Significant Improvement in Reported Pain Level Natural Killer Cells (NKC lab results) Increased Cortisol Levels (Lab results) Decreased Measurements Just Before TT & One Hour After 9 Without TT Same Indicators Measured at Same Times via Same Routes No Changes Noted ANCOVA Factors Covariates
- 8. Barriers to Implementation Knowledge & Awareness Need for Increased Awareness Western Medical Culture Associated with Spirituality Intangible Energy Research Difficult to Quantify Action No Instruments yet Invented to Measure Biofeilds Kerlian Photography
- 9. References: Busch, M., Visser, A., Eybrechts, M., van Komen, R., Oen, I., Olff, M., & ... Boxma, H. (2012). The implementation and evaluation of therapeutic touch in burn patients: An instructive experience of conducting a scientific study within a non-academic nursing setting. Patient Education & Counseling, 89(3), 439-446. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2012.08.012 Coakley, A., & Duffy, M. (2010). The effect of therapeutic touch on postoperative patients. Journal Of Holistic Nursing, 28(3), 193-200. doi:10.1177/0898010110368861 National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine &National Institutes of Health. (n.d.) Energy healing therapy. Terms related to complementary and alternative medicine. Retrieved by Hart (2012) on October 26, 2012 from: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/providers/camterms.htm