Health-related issues diminish the quality of our lives and can alter our patterns. They rob us of a full life. Many people are turning to medications to manage pain. Prescription drug spending is the fastest growing component of health care costs in the United States and the price of such drugs is more than monetary. (Wall Street Journal, 2004) Negative side effects of pain include excess stress, reducing productivity, depression, and creating addictive cycles.
Pain affects our relationships with our loved ones and our impedes our true potential.Pain affects our sleep cycles. Illness and pain make us feel as if we are not in control of our own life.Each year, 76.5 million Americans suffer from pain that lasts at least 24 hours, according to the NationalCenter for Health Statistics. Pain exacts a terrible toll in terms of diminished quality of life and productivity, and it is the most common cause of long-term disability. The annual cost of pain, including health care expenses, lost income and lost productivity is 100 billion dollars.” (JAPPA, October, 2008, p. 3)
Many people still don’t know that an effective alternative exists.
"According to a nationwide government survey released in December 2008, (only) approximately 38 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 years and over and approximately 12 percent of children use some form of Complementary Alternative Medicine.
CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine. Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine, and alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine. Integrative medicine combines conventional and CAM treatments for which there is evidence of safety and effectiveness." (National Center for Complentary Medicine: nccam.nih.gov, 2009)
SEIMEI is a contemporary system for relieving pain and improving quality of life in many other areas. It can be integrated with any other type of system.