The wellness approach is to look for underlying causes of any disturbance or disruption and make whatever interventions and lifestyle adjustments that would optimize the conditions for normal function.
The main difference between wellness care and standard medical care is that wellness care seeks to turn on the natural healing ability. The traditional medical system believes that biology makes mistakes. That somehow if someone is sick, then something went wrong with biology to cause that disease. In the wellness paradigm we recognise that biology does not make mistakes, but that our health is determined by physical, chemical or emotional stressors. Wellness care does not seek to alter something natural within your system, instead it removes anything that might interfere with normal function (toxicity) or adds something that may be missing (deficiency). Wellness care trusts that the body would know what to do if nothing were interfering with it. Standard medical care, on the other hand, seeks to treat a symptom by adding something man made from the outside – a medication, a surgery or procedure.
Inside Out vs. Outside In
If a person has high blood pressure, a standard medical approach would be to choose a drug that lowers blood pressure, and ask the person to take the drug. This may serve to lower the blood pressure, but ignores the underlying cause that is making the blood pressure high, and runs the risk of side effects complicating the person’s recovery. Whether it’s a nutritional issue, faulty control by the nerve system or a manifestation of stress, the medication could decrease the blood pressure, leaving the problem causing the symptom of high blood pressure unaddressed.
The Wellness Approach
Wellness is a state of optimal conditions for normal function. The wellness approach is to look for underlying causes of any disturbance or disruption (which may or may not be causing symptoms at the time) and make whatever interventions and lifestyle adjustments that would optimise the conditions for normal function. That environment encourages natural healing, and minimises the need for invasive treatment, which should be administered only when absolutely necessary. When the body is working properly, it tends to heal effectively, no matter what the condition. When the body heals well and maintains itself well, then there is another level of health that goes beyond “asymptomatic” or “pain-free” which reveals an open-ended opportunity for vitality, vibrant health, and an enhanced experience of life. This is true for mental and emotional health as well as physical health. While some people may suffer psychological disorders, creating an atmosphere of mental and emotional wellness will address all but the most serious problems.
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