Types of Fertility Treatments | Massage, Bodywork, and Biomedicine

In this post we’re not so much looking at individual treatment modalities, but more generally at what types of fertility treatments exist.

It’s perhaps best to make a distinction in Modern Biomedicine fertility treatments and Traditional Medicine fertility treatments.

Modern Medicine

Here we’ll typically find practices like:

• Fertility Medication, which is often hormonal or medication that stimulates hormone production;
• Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), which is about medical egg, sperm and embryo handling, IVF, ICSI, IUI, and freezing, to give some examples;
• Surgery;
• Diet and Nutrition;
• Supplements (vitamin and minerals);
• Lifestyle advice;
• Psychological help and Counseling.

Traditional Medicine

In Traditional Medicine one typically finds modalities such as:

• Massage and Bodywork;
• Energy Work;
• Acupressure
• Acupuncture;
• Herbal Medicine, including herbal baths, herbal saunas, herbal compresses, and such;
• Diet and Nutrition;
• Exercise;
• Lifestyle advice;
• Meditation;
• Religiously based counselling and psychological help.

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