Análise de técnica alternativa para o controle imediato da dor

Abstract

Objective: Pain is an important signaling agent that has a great impact on quality of life, being multidimensional and with multifactorial causes. Therefore, integrative and complementary practices in health stand out as an adjuvant in treatment, 29 being offered by the SUS through the National Policy for Integrative and Complementary Practices, among those, Reiki therapy stands out. This research aimed to evaluate through the visual analogue scale according to the analgesic effect of Reiki therapy. Materials and methods: The study was carried out with 27 volunteers with myalgias, in different muscles, and who were not using pain control medications. Reiki therapy was performed at the Laboratory of Research in Kinesiological Electromyography of the Department of Human Anatomy of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the Federal University of Uberlândia, where the environment was organized according to the guidelines of the Reiki people who performed the therapy. The volunteers were divided into 3 groups with equal number of components: Group 1 - to continue the therapy with the local presence of the Reiki man; Group 2- inducing therapy with the Reiki in another environment (remote); Group 3- went through a remote simulation. Results: Comparing the data collected before and after the application of reiki, it was noted that the subjective perception of pain, in all groups, volunteers showed reduced values. Conclusion: Reiki therapy was effective both in absolute values and in the statistical significance of the results. In addition, Reiki therapy also stands out for unlocking intrinsic analgesic potentialities.