A cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Oz, of Columbia University Hospital in New York, includes alternative therapies in his surgery cases. A surgery patient is followed through his hospitalization. Therapeutic touch is shown being applied. It is then mentioned that the patient has also received reflexology in preparation for the operation. An ancient healing art for balancing chi.
Alternative health is the topic.
A patient is followed through the program at the Complementary Cardiac Care Unit at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. Reflexology is mentioned as one of the ten therapies being studied. Reflexologists claim that it's a treatment used in ancient Egypt. Specific points on the feet are connected by energy pathways to the internal organs. And then, for the first time in his life, the skeptical football coach doing yoga.