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{{Infobox Alternative Medicine | image=Yin and Yang.svg | claims = Healing can be achieved through manipulation of complementary (or polarized) energies.|topics = [[Energy (esotericism)]], [[Energy medicine]]|origyear = 1940s| origprop = [[Randolph Stone]] | laterprop = [[Pierre Pannetier]] | seealso= [[Reiki]], [[Therapeutic touch]]}}
{{Energy therapy}}
(contracted; show full)e emphasized that the energy concept had a larger context; he referred to it as the "Breath of Life"<ref>Stone, R.: "Polarity Therapy Vol. I", page 2. CRCS, 1986.</ref> and used [[esotericism|esoteric language]] (such as ''ki'', ''ch'i'', ''prana'' and ''life force'') from spiritual traditions (especially mystic [[Christianity]],<ref>Stone, R.: "The Mystic Bible." RSSB, 1956.
{{pn}} Initially trained to be a Lutheran priest, Stone has Biblical references throughout all of his books.{{fact}}</ref> [[Ayurveda]],<ref>Morningstar, A,: The Ayurvedic Guide to Polarity Therapy. Lotus Press, 2002.{{pn}} This presents Polarity concepts from the perspective of the Ayurvedic health care system{{fact}}</ref> [[Taoism]], [[Hinduism]],<ref>Burger, B.: Esoteric Anatomy. North Atlantic Books, 1998.  {{pn}}</ref> [[Buddhism]],<ref name="sills" >Sills, F.: The Polarity Process. North Atlantic, 2002.  {{pn}}</ref> [[Sufism]] and [[Yoga]]<ref>Wehrli, K.: The Why in the Road. Earthlit Press, 2005.{{pn}}</ref>) to describe polarity therapy.

According to proponents, blockages in the flow of energy lead to pain and [[disease]] or may be experienced as stuck emotions and lack of vitality. The aim is to re-establish "balance" or "correct" the energetic flow. In addition to polarity bodywork,{{clarify|date=November 2011}} specific polarity [[yoga]] exercises, counseling/positive thinking, and nutritional recommendations are claimed to enhance vitality.

==Practice==

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Polarity therapy has four distinct areas of technique:  touch, stretching and exercise, diet, and mental-emotional process.<ref name="sills" />

==Scientific investigations==
Two studies by a group at the [[University of Rochester]] have suggested that polarity therapy may be effective in controlling symptoms of cancer-related fatigue.<ref name=Roscoe>{{cite journal |
 journal=Integr Cancer Ther. | year=2005 | volume=4 | issue=1 | pages=8-13 | title=Treatment of radiotherapy-induced fatigue through a nonpharmacological approach. | authors=Roscoe JA, Matteson SE, Mustian KM, Padmanaban D, Morrow GR. | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/pmid=15695472}}{{MEDRS}}</ref><ref name=Mustian>{{cite journal | title=Polarity Therapy for cancer-related fatigue in patients with breast cancer receiving radiation therapy: a randomized controlled pilot study. | authors=Mustian KM, Roscoe JA, Palesh OG, Sprod LK, Heckler CE, Peppone LJ, Usuki KY, Ling MN, Brasacchio RA, Morrow GR. | journal=Integr Cancer Ther. | year=2011 | volume=10 | issue=1 | pages=27-37 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21382958}}</ref> Another study has suggested that polarity therapy may be a feasible and culturally acceptable approach to reducing stress, depression, and pain in [[Native American]] populations.<ref name=Korn>{{cite journal | journal=Gerontologist | year=2009 | volume=49 | issue=3 | pages=368-77 | title=A randomized trial of a CAM therapy for stress reduction in American Indian and Alaskan Native family caregivers. | authors=Korn L, Logsdon RG, Polissar NL, Gomez-Beloz A, Waters T, Rÿser R. | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19377083pmid=21382958}}{{MEDRS}}</ref> Another study has suggested that polarity therapy may be a feasible and culturally acceptable approach to reducing stress, depression, and pain in [[Native American]] populations.<ref name=Korn>{{cite journal |pmid=19377083}}{{MEDRS}}</ref>

A 2007 review of the literature on the use of several [[alternative medicine]] treatments, including polarity therapy, concluded that insufficient data exists to recommend any specific complementary medicine modality for cancer-related fatigue.<ref name=Sood>{{cite journal | journal=Integr Cancer Ther. | year=2007 | volume=6 | issue=1 | pages=8-13 | title=A critical review of complementary therapies for cancer-related fatigue. | authors=Sood A, Barton DL, Bauer BA, Loprinzi CL. | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/pmid=17351022}}</ref>

The claim that blockages in the flow of energy lead to pain and disease directly contradicts the [[germ theory of disease]].{{fact}}

==See also==
* [[Ayurvedic]]
* [[Craniosacral therapy]]
* [[Energy medicine]]
* [[Kabbalah]]
* [[Meridian (Chinese medicine)]]
* [[Naturopathic]]
* [[Osteopathic]]
* [[Radionics]]
* [[Randolph Stone]]
* [[Theosophy]]
* [[Vibrational Medicine]]

==Books==
Between 1947 and 1954, Stone published seven books describing polarity therapy principles and applications. These were subsequently consolidated into three volumes:<ref>Stone, R.: "Polarity Therapy, Vol. II", page 227 ff. CRCS, 1986.</ref> 

*''Polarity Therapy Vol. I'' CRCS (1986)  ISBN 978-1570670794
*'' Polarity Therapy Vol. II'' CRCS (1986)  ISBN 978-0916360252
*''Health-Building'' The Book Publishing Co. (1999) ISBN 978-1570670817

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.polaritytherapy.org/ American Polarity Therapy Association]
* [http://www.ukpta.org.uk/ UK Polarity Therapy Association]

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