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Richenda
Power -
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BA (Hons); MSc; PhD; DO
Naturopathy
or 'nature cure' is not so
much a therapy but more a
way of life, to assist the
enjoyment of 'high level
health' through natural
means.
A first
consultation includes: a review of health
history, an enquiry into self-care (work,
rest and play; feeding, drinking and
breathing etc.), and a physical examination.
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Practitioner and
patient then discuss
appropriate action
(occasionally this
could be referral to
your GP, or to
another specialist).
Usually some
treatment is given
straight away. |
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Physical treatments
include osteopathic
massage and
manipulation. And a
programme for use at
home is given.
This can include
eating or fasting,
exercises,
relaxation
techniques, and
hydrotherapy.
Diplomas in Naturopathy and Osteopathy (1983) followed a BA Hons (1982) and, previously, in the 1970s, Diplomas in Montessori Method, and Philosophy and Practice of Yoga.
Academic studies continued while I established my practice, with a Masters in Sociology of Health and Illness (MSc with distinction, 1984) for which I wrote a dissertation called 'A Natural Profession? - issues in the professionalisation of British Nature Cure, 1930 to 1950.' This involved interviewing several Edinburgh School of Natural Therapeutics graduates, for example, Tom Keell Wolf, James Johnson, Leslie Harrison, as well as those who would not be classified as 'straight nature cure' practitioners, to get an idea of the big debates of the time, as the health service was being debated and set up.
A research paper on that work was published by the Polytechnic of the South Bank (1989): 'Specialists of the Natural, 1930-1950'
My PhD (1991) was also undertaken at South Bank, and is called 'The Whole Idea of Medicine. A critical evaluation of the emergence of 'holistic medicine' in Britain in the early 1980s.
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