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1
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What 4 elements are included in the “New Perspective on the Health of Canadians”?

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  1. Human Biology
  2. Environment
  3. Lifestyle
  4. Health Care Organizations
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Stress Management Techniques

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  • deep breathing
  • laughter
  • journaling
  • progressive relaxation
  • visualization
  • guided imagery
  • meditation
  • exercise
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What are the 3 Life Domains?

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  1. Being
  2. Belonging
  3. Becoming
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Allopathic or Holistic: focuses on experience, causes and patterns based on individuals experiences

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Holistic

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What are the signs of stress overload?

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  • experiencing physical symptoms
  • having frequent illness
  • self medicating
  • concentration problems
  • irritable, anxious or apathetic
  • working or studying longer or harder
  • exaggerating the importance of what you do
  • becoming accident-prone
  • breaking rules
  • going to extremes
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When did Pharmaceuticals and Surgery start becoming more popular?

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Late 1800’s - Present

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What are two of the fastest growing modalities today?

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Acupuncture and TCM

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What is another term for western/traditional medicine?

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Allopathic

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Chronic effects of stress?

CHIMMMMUSS

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  • immune sysstem is suppressed
  • upset stomach function
  • mouth ulcers or cold sores
  • skin problems, eczema or psoriasis
  • hypertension
  • sleep
  • memory
  • coritsol can increase appetite, weight gain
  • menstrual irregularities
  • muscular twitches
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Allopathic or Holistic: Degenerative Issues

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Holistic

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What two M words was our nation’s health status based on?

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Morbidity & Mortality

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What are some other terms for Holistic Wellness?

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  1. Natural
  2. Complimentary
  3. New-age
  4. Preventative
  5. Alternative
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What are the 4 aspects of self in the First Nations Medicine Wheel?

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  1. Physical
  2. Mental
  3. Emotional
  4. Spiritual
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TCM

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

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What Holistic medicine is the “Pulse and Tongue Analysis” a part of?

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TCM

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Acute effects of Stress?

DABB M H

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  • breathing quickens
  • digestive system slows down
  • brain becomes more alert
  • HR increases
  • adrenal glands produce more stress hormone
  • muscles tense
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True or False: Regulation is there to protect the professional

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False, it is to protect the public.

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Who discovered the Acupressure modality, and how long ago?

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The Chinese, 5000 years ago.

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What does physical activity reduce the risk of?

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  1. Stroke
  2. Heart Disease
  3. HBP
  4. Predisposed genetic factors
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Allopathic or Holistic: focuses on measurements, symptoms based on population norms

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Allopathic

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In what century, did we move away from whole body or organism thought into individual organs?

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1600’s

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Which modality of Holistic Medicine incorporates many of the others together?

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Naturopathic Medicine

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RHPA

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Regulations Health Professions Act

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What type of Holistic medicine is based on the view that humanity is part of a larger creation, and that we are all subject to the same laws that govern nature?

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TCM

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Definition: Health & Wellness

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not merely the absence of disease or infirmity but a state of complete physical, mental and social well being.

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What happens in the Resistance Stage of GAS?

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  • stressor continues
  • body uses internal resources to try to deal
  • very difficult to do long term

eg., dealing with long term problems, sick parent, issues with children, etc

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27
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The World is made up of what 4 things?

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  1. Individuals
  2. Families
  3. Clans
  4. Nations
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28
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What form can a Herb be in?

LSR BFFS

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  1. Leaf
  2. Bark
  3. Flower
  4. Stem
  5. Seed
  6. Root
  7. Fruit
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Allopathic or Holistic: Chronic Stress & Lifestyle Disorders

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Holistic

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30
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What theory or practice are Bernard & Beschamp responsible for?

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Biological Terrain

31
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What is the best known theory in relation to stress?

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GAS

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GAS

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General Adaptation Syndrome

33
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When was Hippocrates around? What was he about?

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460BC - respect and support nature’s healing force which inhabits each living organism and animates all of nature.

respect for a person’s natural inner healing power is the basic principle that unites many different natural healing therapies and methods

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Naturopathic Scope of Practice

THHH AMC

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  1. Homeopathic
  2. Herbalism
  3. Acupuncture
  4. Toxic Metal Screening
  5. Hair Analysis
  6. Mesotherapy
  7. Chelation Therapy
35
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True or False: Often, the same schools that train the practitioner will also license them.

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True.

36
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What 5 things does Holistic Wellness include?

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  1. Body
  2. Mind/Belief
  3. Emotion
  4. Spirit/Energy
  5. Ecology/Environment
37
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What do OMT’s do?

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treat multiple types of musculoskeletal problems

  • soft tissue manipulation
  • strain or counterstrain of muscles
  • low amplitude, high velocity, thrusting techniques
  • stretching
  • ultrasound, electrical stimulation, or hot pack muscle relaxing
38
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What Act are Naturopaths a part of?

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Drugless Practitioners Act

39
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OMT

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Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy

40
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What happens in the Exhaustion Stage of GAS

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  • stressor continues on over long period of time
  • no longer can function
  • small amount of more stress can cause breakdown
41
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What education do you need to be a Naturopath?

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Bachelor in Science, 4 years 4200 hours at naturopathic college

42
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What century was cell biology and the microscope introduced?

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1800’s

43
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What does Chiropractic mean, what language does it originate from?

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Done by hand, greek

44
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What does Emotional wellness help with?

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  1. Reduce stress
  2. Anxiety coping
45
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What was developed in Canada as a tool to help people enhance their health and well being?

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Quality of Life Model

46
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Definition: Holistic Health

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of or relating to “holism”

relating to or concerned with WHOLES or with COMPLETE systems rather than analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts.

47
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What are the 3 mechanisms to Health Promotion?

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  1. Self Care - what are you doing for your own health?
  2. Mutual Aid - people helping each other i.e.?
  3. Healthy Environments - Conducive to health i.e. healthy public policies - ban on smoking
48
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What 7 modalities are “regulated”?

CHMP KNT

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  1. Chiropractic
  2. Naturopathic
  3. Homeopathic
  4. TCM/Acupuncture
  5. Massage Therapy
  6. Psychotherapy
  7. Kinesiology
49
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Who published “A new perspective on the Health of Canadians”? What year?

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Lalonde report

1974

50
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What are 3 different principles of TCM?

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  1. Yin and Yang
  2. Awareness and manipulation of life energy (Qi or Chi)
  3. Five Element Theory
51
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Allopathic or Holistic: Structural Damage

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Allopathic

52
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What is Acupressure? What Holistic modality does it fall under?

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uses the fingers or hands to press or puncture or heat certain points on the body. The pressure is designed to release energy blocks in the meridians of the body.

TCM

53
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How many years of undergrad and chiropractic college do Chiropracters need to go through?

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3 years undergrad, 4 years chiropractic college

54
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What happens in the Alarm Stage of GAS?

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  • stressor first occurs
  • body responds immediately
  • lowered resistance
  • increased hormone levels
  • increased blood presssure
  • internal adjustments to cope
  • returns to normal state

eg., hitting black ice when driving

55
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Allopathic or Holistic: Trauma

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Allopathic

56
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True or False: Osteopathic Manual Practitioners are NOT Osteopaths.

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True.

57
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What is Bimaadiziwin?

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The way of good life or Everyday good living

Aboriginal.

58
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Allopathic or Holistic: Glandular Weakness

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Holistic

59
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Which modality of Holistic Medicine involves “laying on of hands” above the body and moving the hands over the body without making contact.

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Therapeutic Touch

60
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Who was responsible for the Germ Theory? What century was this?

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Pasteur. Mid 1800’s

61
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How old is TCM?

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at least 3000 years old

62
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What are the top 10 stressful jobs?

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  1. Military
  2. Surgeon
  3. Firefighter
  4. Pilot
  5. Police Officer
  6. Nurse
  7. Emergency Dispatcher
  8. News Reporter
  9. Social Worker
  10. Teacher
63
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Allopathic or Holistic: Acute Conditions

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Allopathic

64
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True or False: Most holistic modalities have national or provincial governing body

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False, sometimes they don’t even have an association.

65
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Allopathic or Holistic: Toxicity

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Holistic

66
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What was the first medical school of “German Scientific Medicine”, and when did it open?

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John Hopkins University

1893

67
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Allopathic or Holistic: Organ failure

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Allopathic

68
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Where does Aromatherapy originate?

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Egypt

69
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Allopathic or Holistc: Immunity

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Survivor, jk

Holistic

70
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What are the stages of GAS?

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  1. Alarm Stage
  2. Resistance Stage
  3. Exhaustion Stage
71
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Why are needles put into the skin during acupuncture?

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to correct and rebalance the flow of vital life energy, thereby relieving pain or restoring health

72
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What are the 7 Dimensions of Wellness?

SEO PIES

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  1. Physical
  2. Emotional
  3. Intellectual
  4. Spiritual
  5. Social
  6. Environmental
  7. Occupational/Financial
73
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What are the 4 fundamental values?

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  1. Kindness
  2. Honesty
  3. Sharing
  4. Strength
74
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Allopathic or Holistic: Systemic Imbalances

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Holistic

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