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.

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.