2015: The Year of the Ministry of Wellness?

Co-authored by Renee Moorefield, CEO, Wisdom Works Feel ill? Head to the doctor. Get diagnosed. Treat the issue. (Also known as: Douse with meds. Take a few days off work. Stumble back to the office. Repeat.) Sound familiar? For too long, discussions about wellness have centered on traditional medical treatments, and Western healthcare systems have maintained a focus on illness and disease, making our hospitals and clinics more like "fix-it shops" than agents of prevention. It's time for a change. And it's time governments around the world not only recognize that prevention is the key to wellness but also begin to do something to fix our broken health systems. Something big. Let's look at the facts. Over the past decade, individuals have been increasingly shifting their focus to preventive care and holistic wellbeing, embracing everything from meditation and yoga to massage therapy and natural product supplementation. A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics reports that approximately 38 percent of adults and 12 percent of children in the U.S. alone use some form of complementary and alternative medicine. And these millions of people are not doing it alone. Corporations large and small are also focusing on long-term wellness goals as they begin to reap the rewards from a more healthy and engaged workforce. Whether offering flu shots, health risk appraisals, and ergonomic workstations, or integrating...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news