CB writes: “I have a question about a new technique that I’ve heard of. My mom was given information on Neurostructural Integration Technique for help with back/neck issues. I wasn’t able to find out too much information about it directly and was wondering if it deals with ‘energy’ work and should be avoided?”
Category Archives: Energy Medicine
Why is Energy Medicine and Other New Age Quackery Getting into So Many Hospitals?
MM asks: “If energy medicine and other alternatives are scientifically unsubstantiated, why are so many of them showing up in U.S. hospitals?”
What do Phiten Necklaces and Gullible Pro-Athletes Have in Common?
MG writes: “I was listening to your program today on Sacred Heart Radio in Cincinnati OH. I heard you discussing new age. My 12 yo son wants a necklace called a phiten. Many of the sports players wear them. Are they new age or just a fad?”
Can the color red improve your circulation?
Try the Chaplet of Mercy Instead of the “Mad Russian” to Quit Bad Habits
CL writes: “A couple of people I know are considering a session with a gentleman (Yefim Shubentsov) known as the ‘Mad Russian’ (hypnotist?) in Brookline, MA to help quit smoking (bioenergetics?). I wanted to know how this stands in the eyes of the Catholic Church.”
Offering Polarity Therapy in a Parish Setting is a Bad Idea
CH writes: “My question is about an energy therapy called ‘Polarity Therapy’. Polarity Therapy is being done at the Catholic Church of my friend. I assumed that it was an OK therapy for Catholics because the Catholic Priest in charge of the Church and Nuns allow it and have treatments. I have doubts that it is an approved Catholic therapy.”
There May Be No Scientific Proof that “Chi” Exists, but There’s No Proof of God’s Existence Either. What’s the Difference?
PC writes: “It is said many times on your blog that there is no scientific proof of “energy.” It can be argued that there is no scientific evidence of God either. How do we as Catholics share the potential dangers of energy practitioners with loved ones?”
All Energy Medicine Can Be Summed Up in Two Words – SNAKE OIL
IB asks: “I wanted to know what you thought of Donna Eden’s books and workshops on Energy Medicine.”
PowerBalance Wrist Bands Ordered to Retract Spurious Claims
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration has ordered the distributors of PowerBalance wrist bands to publish a retraction of their ads which make bogus claims that the bands have a therapeutic effect upon the body such as to improve strength, balance, flexibility, because there is no scientific evidence to support these claims.
Woman Reports Bizarre Side Effects After Wearing New Age Energy Pendant
LW wrote to us months ago to inquire about a New Age gimmick known as a Scalar Energy Pendant that she bought from “devout Catholic ladies” during a recent pilgrimage. The pendant alleges protects the wearer from electromagnetic radiation emitting from things like cell phones and computers.Shortly after she began wearing it, she began to experience restlessness, weepiness and anxiety. But things apparently got much worse. I’ll let her explain the rest in her own words.
