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Panchakarma therapy is a form of detoxification which is practised as part of the ancient Indian medical system, called ayurveda, or ayurvedic medicine.
Past life regression therapy is a form of therapy which may be undertaken in an attempt to address a number of psychological or psychosomatic problems, though it is also sometimes used for spiritual reasons and by people who are simply curious.
Phage therapy, sometimes known as ‘biocontrol’ (as in ‘phage-mediated biocontrol of bacteria’) is a somewhat experimental form of therapy which uses bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections.
Photo therapy is sometimes used as part of wider range of counselling or behaviour therapy which uses photography as a means for the client to explore their deepest feelings.
Photodynamic therapy is a form of medical technology and treatment for cancer which has its background in the early 1900s, though it has only recently come to be recognised as a feasible form of therapy.
Physical manipulation therapy is also sometimes known as joint manipulation. It is the manipulation of parts of the body in order to produce movement and to stimulate tissues, and is often associated with ‘synovial’ joints – the most common and most moveable joints within our body. It is classified as a type of ‘manual therapy’.
Physiotherapy (known as physical therapy in the United States) is a programme of care which is usually specifically designed for the individual, according to their needs. It will be performed by a trained physiotherapist or by other healthcare professionals, such as chiropractors or osteopaths.
Phytotherapy is the use of extracts of natural origin for therapeutic value. By ‘natural origin’ this could be from plants as well as other living organisms such as fungi.
Pilates, or Pilates Method, is described as a holistic ‘fitness system’ which was designed to strengthen the deep torso muscles and to hence provide the firm support that the spine requires for overall health and body fitness.
PIP scans are a diagnostic process whereby it is believed that a person’s aura, or energy field, can be photographed in order to detect blockages in that field and hence determine illnesses or problems within the body.
Play therapy is a form of therapy generally used with children between the ages of three and 11. It can be used both as a diagnostic tool and as a therapeutic tool to help children with emotional, behavioural or mental health problems.
Polarity therapy is a holistic approach which has its background in ancient Eastern practises. It is based on the theory that the human body has an energy field which can become unbalanced and blocked, leading to illness and pain.
Pranic healing therapy is an alternative, energy based healing technique. It uses the principle that the body is capable of self-healing, and that by increasing the body’s life force, or vital energy, this healing process can be quickened.
Primal therapy is a type of psychotherapy which aims to resolve repressed pain and the neurosis which this repressed pain is said to cause. Usually such pain is the result of childhood trauma, or other very strong and significant events in a person’s life.
Prolotherapy may also be referred to as ‘proliferative Injection therapy’ or ‘regenerative injection therapy’.
Provocative therapy is a type of psychotherapy. It works on a ‘reverse psychology’ basis, in which the therapist plays devil’s advocate and uses such approaches as humour, exaggeration and irony — siding with the negative half of the client’s psyche in an attempt to provoke the client into a response.
Psychic therapy is a form of alternative therapy which
combines ideas from psychotherapy and spiritual guidance. It is not to be
confused with psychic surgery, which is a process by which disease is reputably
removed from the body just by using psychic powers.
Psychosocial interventions therapy is a type of therapeutic intervention which uses elements of psychotherapy in order to help a variety of different emotional or behavioural problems.
Psychotherapy is a fairly broad term used to describe a form of therapy provided by trained psychotherapists in order to help people with a variety of problems they may be having in their everyday lives.
Pulmonary refers to the lungs and respiratory, or breathing, system and comes from the Latin word ‘pulmonarius’ which means ‘of the lungs’. Pulmonary therapy, therefore, includes medical treatment which is designed to help patients maintain, improve or recover lung functioning which has been affected as the result of an injury or disease.