Energy medicine is an integrative form of health care that offers holistic solutions for physical illness and emotional discord. Energy therapy uses various healing techniques such as acupuncture and magnet therapy.
Francesca McCartney is an integrative health clinic physician’s intuitive, pastoral counselor, and author with 30 years of training in Eastern and Western spiritual healing arts.
Researching energy medicine
Research in energy medicine is rapidly growing as more scientists explore how subtle energies impact our health and well-being. While some scientists can measure and quantify these energies, others investigate their effects on body inner workings. All researchers agree that energy influences our physical environment and should be harnessed for healing purposes.
Recently, a feasibility study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of energy healing treatment in hospital settings. Led by biofield science researcher Garret Yount, PhD and clinical researcher Helane Wahbeh ND MCR, 193 participants with carpal tunnel syndrome took part. Each received one 30-minute energy medicine session; outcomes were measured through self-report measures such as pain, expectation, well-being general health affect compassion creativity belief as well as heart rate synchrony between participant and practitioner and environmental measurements such as pH conductivity evanescence measurements were collected as part of this feasibility study.
The results of the study were encouraging: the authors discovered that energy healing can be safely used within hospital environments and integrated into regular pain management programs, providing benefits beyond pain relief to encompass whole-person transformation.
This study’s methodology sought to assess the viability of using an individual volunteer EM solo practitioner to provide energy healing within an inpatient or emergency department setting. This research study served as a pilot, and its authors will use what they’ve learned from it to create an ongoing program that hospitals can implement to treat patients suffering from pain or other ailments. Sue is a former translational cancer researcher who specializes in integrating traditional and complementary modalities into oncological practice. She has written multiple articles and developed holistic programs; Sue welcomes discussions regarding collaboration with researchers interested in energy medicine/healing projects in future projects.
