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Italy
A seminar was held
at Fulvio Palombini’s
shiatsu school in Rome from
March 25th – 28th
2004 on “Shiatsu and Stress”
which was organized by the
AIS and
APIS (President is Mr. Roberto
Taverna). Kensen Saito,
Director of the Shiatsu Academy
of Tokyo in Toronto, ON Canada,
offered
his knowledge and expertise
to the Italian students regarding
this condition.
On March 26th, a demonstration
of the basic Namikoshi Method
was given followed
by a more detailed explanation
of how to apply pressure in
the treatment
of stress. Following this seminar,
Saito traveled to Porto San
Giorgio where Sergio Solfanelli
was waiting
for him. A second seminar was
held at the Shiatsu School
in Porto San
Giorgio where the topic again
was “Shiatsu and Stress”.
On the 28th, Saito returned
to
Rome to the first school
where he gave a practical demonstration.
He gave an additional theoretical
lesson on “Shiatsu
and Stress” for
the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students
of Fulvio Palombini’s
shiatsu school. All students
who participated in the special
seminars received certificates
for the event. Following the
seminars,
a meeting was held with Fulvio
Palombini, Sergio Sofanelli
and his wife Katia,
who was the translator, Kensen
Saito and Shigeru Onoda to
discuss important
issues with respect to the
International Shiatsu Association
(ISA) and status of shiatsu
in Europe.
Status
of Shiatsu in Italy:
There is a great
possibility that shiatsu will be officially
recognized as a “socio-sanitary
technique,” practiced by operators
who are not part of the sanitary system,
but they could, under a specific medic
request by doctors, co-operate with
those in the sanitary system. They
are proposing to allow both sanitary
and non-sanitary shiatsu therapists
to operate. Non-sanitary shiatsu therapists
are those operators who don’t
have other sanitary qualifications.
The Netherlands
Paula Kobayashi reports that
in The Netherlands, they have
reached a very “receptive” level
for insurance companies accepting
shiatsu as a healing modality.
One of the largest
social insurance companies
for medical care decided to
pay for nine shiatsu
treatments a year with a maximum
of eighteen treatments in total.
Kobayashi
gave a lecture to the Dutch
Rotary Club where five medical
doctors were “very
pleased” with the results
of her shiatsu practice. After
the lecture,
the doctors sent patients to
her clinic. One of the medical
doctors investigated
the results of her treatments
given to his patients. He informed
her that the patients’ recovery
rate was 75% better than the
results of the physical therapists.
He sent
the most difficult patients
to her office with the worst
injuries. The
results of shiatsu given to
patients who have rehabilitation
needs
and stress
related conditions was
compiled into a report by this
doctor. He was so impressed
by the results, that he sent
the report of his investigation
to the social
insurance bureau in order to
strengthen shiatsu’s
position in The Netherlands.
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