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One needs to look no further than conventional medicine to find a variety of energy tools—EEG, EKG, X-Ray, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Electromyography (electrical responses of muscles), and nerve conduction studies. Radiation therapy is one of the strongest uses of energy. In surgery we use electrical energy to cauterize blood vessels to stop bleeding. And of course the cardiac pacemaker is widely used, along with several other implanted electrical devices. All drugs, surgery, and nutrition are themselves applications of energy. Chiropractic and osteopathy have gained increasing acceptance in the last century. Technically, all therapy involves energy. However, in general, the approaches we call Energy Medicine are currently mostly considered alternative, complementary, or holistic. Some of them are gradually being introduced as part of Integrative Medicine. Of course, many of the Energy Medicine therapies are often used by ordinary people. Indeed, frequent studies over the past two decades show that a majority of people use one or more of the alternatives that we include in Energy Medicine.