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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They can be good for approaches to general health, though one would want good drugs for anything serious.

Tai chi = is an East Asian / Taoist martial art that's good for physical health. Kids would benefit from it.

Acupuncture or acupressure = an ancient method of manipulating certain nerves, to temporarily limit pain and help other areas of the body receive more attention and thus heal in the process. A good massage can also help (by adults, not kids)

Reiki = a Japanese approach to a kind of acupressure and sensory body awareness that I know very little about. I doubt it's useful to someone who doesn't believe in it.

(I worked in a healthfood store a hundred years ago, where I learned about these options.)

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I'm doing something called gua sha, a Chinese scraping/massage that's supposed to help break down scar tissue. It seems to help. Their tools are handy for pain that's hard to reach, like under the knee cap.

They're all based on Chi energy, and I don't believe in that, but when there's a massage component, as you mentioned that can be very helpful.