Medical Myths
In the news, Personal Development
The BBC has put up an interesting article on medical myths in conventional medicine. It talks about research conducted into many common medical practices that have no evidence to support their use. For example:
- Using disinfectant skin gel before operations is no better than soap and water.
- A screening test for prostate cancer that is ineffective.
- Anti-biotic eye drops that makes no difference (except to possibly make the bacteria more resistant).
The point I want to make by highlighting this research not about the conventional versus complementary debate. From my viewpoint this article is a warning about habits and becoming complacent.
What is happening in the examples listed above is that practitioners are continuing with a practise without giving a thought to the effects or new thinking. The report points out that even when new research is available these unreliable treatments persist. They conclude it is up to the next generation of Doctors to implement the new methods.
As a student I am learning the latest methods and ideas in the Shiatsu world; but as I have been posting recently my thoughts and training are turning towards professional practise. Once I have qualified I will no longer have the support of a teacher or student group to ensure that I maintain a standard or develop in my practise. Like a Doctor of conventional medicine I will start applying this new thinking and develop my own way of working. What I must not do is become stuck in whatever thinking I have on or after graduation.
Tony Brown @ April 11, 2007
This is a very important point. I am a zen shiatsu therapist trained in Australia by Andrzej Gospodarczyk. In training for oriental healing there is much attention given to the ways of the ancients in training the physical body. for example long periods of time in meditation, extreme physical endurance, fasting for lengths of time etc. In my latest esoteric trainings with Serge Benhayon there is evidence to indicate that these methods were relevant all those years ago but time is changing and with the speedy changes in consciousness it is not necessary to take this approach to training and it is almost seen as indulgence and dangerous. There are presented new methods of reaching the same levels. It is important to move with the times to ensure that we are actually healing, not harming.
Lisa,
Thanks for the comment, it made me come back to this post and think about this point again.
Tony