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tx
mental/emotional
depression
Physical Therapies


exercise

• aerobic exercise program: three hours per week can significantly improve mood and reduce the level of depression
• qigong
• tai qi chuan


hydrotherapy

• cold mitten friction
• constitutional hydrotherapy
• neutral bath
• wet sheet pack: stage 2


manipulation

• Chapman's reflex: check and treat intercostal space between 5th and 6th ribs from mid-mammillary line to sternum R side, then check and treat interspace between TP of T6 and T7 midway betweenSP and TP, R side
• spine: check and align T10-T12 and L1, L2 as innervation to reproductive organs, then check and align C6-T3 for thyroid gland innervation


electrical and oscillating


footnotes

Martinsen EW. Benefits of exercise for the treatment of depression. Sports Med 1990;9:380-389. (Review)
Abstract: In general, depressed patients are physically sedentary. They have reduced physical work capacity but normal pulmonary function compared with the general population. This indicates that the reduced fitness level is caused by physical inactivity and is a strong argument for integrating physical fitness training into comprehensive treatment programmes for depression. Exercise is associated with an antidepressive effect in patients with mild to moderate forms of nonbipolar depressive disorders. An increase in aerobic fitness does not seem to be essential for the antidepressive effect, because similar results are obtained with nonaerobic forms of exercise. More than half of the patients continue with regular exercise 1 year after termination of the training programmes. Patients who continue to exercise tend to have lower depression scores than the sedentary ones. Patients appreciate physical exercise, and rank exercise to be the most important element in comprehensive treatment programmes. Exercise seems to be a promising new approach in the treatment of nonbipolar depressive disorders of mild to moderate severity.

Martinsen EW, Medhus A, Sandivik L. Effects of aerobic exercise on depression: a controlled study. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1985 Jul 13;291(6488):109.

Martinsen EW. Physical activity and depression: clinical experience. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl. 1994;377:23-27. (Review)