The term synergy comes from the Greek word synergos which means 'working together'. Or put in a different way. The sum of all the parts joined together has a greater effect than that of the individual parts on their own. What this refers to is, if you look at the results of each individual part on their own the results wouldn't be the same as when they are combined.
Who Uses Synergy?
Some of the most common users of synergistic practices is in the study of the sciences - chemistry in particular uses experiments made from a combination of chemicals to produce a completely different compound. Synergy, however, isn't just limited to the field of science as can be seen from the two following examples. Business mergers also have a synergistic effect to produce a more powerful and stronger company by combining two companies together. Aromatherapists also constantly uses synergy through a combination of essential oils to achieve a tailored treatment for an individual client.
What elements create a synergistic treatment? So what do I mean when I talk about a synergistic tennis elbow treatment? I refer to treating your tennis elbow by using more than one approach and by combining those approaches together at the same time to end up with a far superior result. You might by now be asking yourself how do I treat my tennis elbow synergistically? I'll come back to that point later but for now I would like you to consider what types of treatment are already synergistic.
You've probably heard of the most famous synergistic treatment for weight loss. Diet and Exercise! Notice how only by following 1 element it doesn't give you all the benefits that you get from combining them. In fact it is only by following both elements that you will achieve your goal of a strong, healthy & slender body. There is no other way to achieve it.
Arthritis often has a synergestic treatment program that brings together the allopathic medicine (orthodox medicine) combined with specific exercises. Many years ago I was working as an exercise instructor in a clinic called the Rebound Centre. We had many arthritic clients because rebounding was known to ensure safe exercise without the damage of skeletal shock. We had many success stories with these clients which discovered a far greater degree of mobility and pain relief than they would otherwise have had.
What do doctors recommend for patients who are recovering from a heart attack? Well, apart from the medication a rehabilitation program of exercises is put in place to strengthen the heart muscles, improve circulation etc. So it seems that without really being aware of it many treatments contain some form of synergistic approach for maximum benefit.
One of my favourite treatments, as a qualified professional, is an aromatherapy massage. This particular therapy pulls in 3 or 4 different strands to create a unique and enjoyable experience.
1) single essential oil - therapeutic properties
2) multiple different essential oils - additional therapeutic properties - synergistic blend
3) fixed carrier oil - additional therapeutic properties
4) benefits of a physical therapy Combining all these elements together it is very easy to see how the synergstic approach of an aromatherapy message provides for a very effective therapy.
I am sure that now you are beginning to get some ideas of what type of elements create a synergistic treatment, pain relief, exercise, other therapy and why a synergistic approach to your condition - be it lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) or anything else is a far better option for providing a superior treatment program. So when you are suffering in the future treat it synergistically.
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