Alternative Medicine School

If you think that the only "medical schools" are those that award traditional medical degrees, think again. The demand for natural treatment for human maladies is growing by leaps and bounds.


With every "recall" of a prescription drug and with every high-profile "malpractice" suit, people are losing confidence in traditional medicine and those who practice it. There is an increasing demand for healing by natural means. And with the increasing demand, an increasingly large number of schools and colleges are providing training to those who want to practice healing using no synthetic drugs or scalpels. You can find schools and colleges who train people to be chiropractors, massage therapists, naturopathic medicine practitioners, and nutritionists, and there are dozens of other fields in alternative medicine for which training is available.

Holistic health practitioner schools teach massage therapy, acupressure, nutritional counseling, herbology, reflexology, yoga, traditional Chinese medicine, polarity, breath work, and many more. Holistic health practitioners do not just treat ailments; they teach patients the habits and healthy practices to obtain and sustain optimal health and prevent illness. An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure.

Dietary programs and exercise routines are two very important parts of holistic medicine. This advice is no different than what a medical doctor with a degree from medical school would provide. The difference is that holistic practitioners believe that diet and exercise along with other natural treatments like massage therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic adjustments, deep breathing exercises, and yoga will restore health, while doctors believe that diet and exercise plus the ingestion of synthetic drugs is the answer to all of life's health problems.

Doctors who attend medical schools are given training in traditional Western medicine practices while those who attend alternative medicine schools and colleges are given training in natural and less intrusive methods of healing.