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  • Accelerate healing
  • Assist the body in cleansing toxins
  • Balance the flow of subtle energy by releasing blockages
  • Help the client contact the ‘healer within.

 

A treatment feels like warm, gentle sunshine which flows through you, surrounds you and comforts you. Reiki treats the person’s body, emotions, mind and spirit as a whole. Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use.

 

Reiki is powerful, yet wonderfully gentle and nurturing. During a treatment, the clients remain fully clothed. Reiki is an effective alternative, or complement to massage therapy. Reiki supports any medical, or supplemental healing methods a client may be using and is of growing interest to chiropractors, medical doctors, physiotherapists, psychotherapists, psychologists and hypnotherapists.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”From International Centre for Reiki Training”][vc_column_text]Reiki In Hospitals

 

At hospitals and clinics across America, Reiki is beginning to gain acceptance as a meaningful and cost-effective way to improve patient care. Personal interviews conducted with medical professionals corroborate this view.(1) “Reiki sessions cause patients to heal faster with less pain,” says Marilyn Vega, RN, a private-duty nurse at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in New York. [Reiki] accelerates recovery from surgery, improves mental attitude and reduces the negative effects of medication and other medical procedures.

 

Scientific Validation

 

A research study at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut indicates that Reiki improved patient sleep by 86 percent, reduced pain by 78 percent, reduced nausea by 80 percent, and reduced anxiety during pregnancy by 94 percent.(7)

 

In 2009, The Center for Reiki Research completed the Touchstone Project, which summarized Reiki studies published in peer-reviewed journals. The 25 studies examined were further evaluated to determine the effectiveness of Reiki. The conclusion states: “Overall, based on the summaries of those studies that were rated according to scientific rigor as “Very Good” or “Excellent” by at least one reviewer and were not rated as weak by any reviewer, 83 percent show moderate to strong evidence in support of Reiki as a therapeutic modality.”(8)

 

Reiki at Portsmouth Regional Hospital

 

In the hospital setting Reiki is presented as a technique which reduces stress and promotes relaxation, thereby enhancing the body’s natural ability to heal itself.”

 

The California Pacific Medical Center’s Reiki Program

 

Dr. Cantwell states: “I have found Reiki to be useful in the treatment of acute illnesses such as musculoskeletal injury/pain, headache, acute infections, and asthma. Reiki is also useful for patients with chronic illnesses, especially those associated with chronic pain.”

 

In her book Reiki and Medicine she includes descriptions of using Reiki to treat trauma, heart attack, respiratory problems, CPR, child abuse, allergic reactions and other emergency-room situations. Dr. Eos now maintains a family practice at Grass Lake Medical Center and is an admitting-room physician at Foote Hospital in Jackson, Michigan, where she continues to use Reiki in conjunction with standard medical procedures. According to Dr. Eos, there are at least 5 other physicians at Foote hospital who have Reiki training along with many nurses.(11)[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Energy Therapies in Oncology Nursing”][vc_column_text]Coakley AB, Barron AM.

CONCLUSION:
There is growing evidence that energy therapies have a positive effect on symptoms associated with cancer. While there is need for further research, it is clear that an appreciation for the value of research methods beyond the randomized control trial is important.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Benefits of Reiki therapy for a severly neutropenic patient with associated influences on a true random number generator”][vc_column_text]Morse ML, Beem LW.

 

RESULTS:

 

Statistically significant relationships were documented between Reiki therapy, a quieting of the electronically created white noise of the RNG during healing sessions, and improvement in the patient’s ANC. The immediate clinical result was that the patient could tolerate the high-dose interferon regimen without missing doses because of absolute neutropenia. The patient was initially a late responder to interferon and had been given a 5% chance of clearing the virus. He remains clear of the virus 1 year after treatment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Pilot crossover trial of Reiki”][vc_column_text]Tsang KL, Carlson LE, Olson K

 

They were diagnosed with a variety of cancers, most commonly colorectal (62.5%) cancer, and had a median age of 59 years. Fatigue on the FACT-F decreased within the Reiki condition (P=.05) over the course of all 7 treatments. In addition, participants in the Reiki condition experienced significant improvements in quality of life (FACT-G) compared to those in the resting condition (P <.05). On daily assessments (ESAS) in the Reiki condition, presession 1 versus postsession 5 scores indicated significant decreases in tiredness (P <.001), pain (P <.005), and anxiety (P<.01), which were not seen in the resting condition.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Touch Therapies for pain relief in adults”][vc_column_text]Olson K, Hanson J, Michaud M.

 

Participants in Arm B experienced improved pain control on Days 1 and 4 following treatment, compared to Arm A, and improved quality of life, but no overall reduction in opioid use.

 

(Arm B = group that received Reiki Treatment)[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”The application of Reiki in nurses diagnosed with Burnout Syndrome has beneficial effects on concentration of salivary IGA and blood pressure”][vc_column_text]Díaz-Rodríguez L, Arroyo-Morales M, Cantarero-Villanueva I, Férnandez-Lao C, Polley M, Fernández-de-las-Peñas C.

 

A Reiki session can produce an immediate and statistically significant improvement in sIgA concentration and diastolic blood pressure in nurses with Burnout Syndrome.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”The Effects of Reiki Therapy on Pain and Anxiety in Patients Attending a Day Oncology and Infusion Services Unit”][vc_column_text]Birocco N, Guillame C, Storto S, Ritorto G, Catino C, Gir N, Balestra L, Tealdi G, Orecchia C, De Vito G, Giaretto L, Donadio M, Bertetto O, Schena M, Ciuffreda L

 

Overall, the sessions were felt helpful in improving well-being, relaxation, pain relief, sleep quality and reducing anxiety. Offering Reiki therapy in hospitals could respond to patients’ physical and emotional needs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”The use of healing touch in integrative oncology”][vc_column_text]Hart LK, Freel MI, Haylock PJ, Lutgendorf SK.

 

Specifically, healing touch recipients demonstrated a minimal decrease in natural killer cell cytotoxicity over the course of treatment, whereas the cytotoxicity of patients receiving relaxation therapy and standard care declined sharply during radiation. Healing touch recipients also showed decreases in depressed mood compared to relaxation therapy and standard care recipients. The findings suggest that appropriate integration of complementary modalities into oncology care can enhance the impact of conventional care by putting patients in the best condition to use their innate healing resources.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Reiki as a clinical intervention in oncology nursing practice”][vc_column_text]Bossi LM, Ott MJ, DeCristofaro S.

 

Reiki is a practice that is requested with increasing frequency, is easy to learn, does not require expensive equipment, and in preliminary research, elicits a relaxation response and helps patients to feel more peaceful and experience less pain. Those who practice Reiki report that it supports them in self-care and a healthy lifestyle.[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Reiki therapy: a nursing intervention for critical care”][vc_column_text]

Toms R.

 

Complementary and alternative medicine-related research reveals that complementary therapies, such as Reiki, relieve pain and anxiety and reduce symptoms of stress such as elevated blood pressure and pulse rates. Patients and health care professionals alike have become increasingly interested in complementary and alternative therapies that do not rely on expensive, invasive technology, and are holistic in focus. Reiki is cost-effective, noninvasive, and can easily be incorporated into patient care. The purpose of this article is to examine the science of Reiki therapy and to explore Reiki as a valuable nursing intervention.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Immediate effects of reiki on heart rate variability, Cortisol levels, and body temperature in health care professionals with burnout”][vc_column_text]Díaz-Rodríguez L, Arroyo-Morales M, Fernández-de-las-Peñas C, García-Lafuente F, García-Royo C, Tomás-Rojas I.

 

Burnout is a work-related mental health impairment comprising three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Reiki aims to help replenish and rebalance the body’s energetic system, thus stimulating the healing process. These results suggest that Reiki has an effect on the parasympathetic nervous system when applied to health care professionals with BS.

 

(GOOD DETAILED ARTICLE)[/vc_column_text][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”A randomised controlled single-blind trial of the efficiacy of reiki at benifitting mood and well-being”][vc_column_text]

Bowden D, Goddard L, Gruzelier J.

 

The participants with high anxiety and/or depression who received Reiki showed a progressive improvement in overall mood, which was significantly better at five-week follow-up, while no change was seen in the controls. While the Reiki group did not demonstrate the comparatively greater reduction in symptoms of illness seen in our earlier study, the findings of both studies suggest that Reiki may benefit mood.

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