Acupuncture: an ancient art for modern times
Practiced for thousands of years, Traditional Acupupuncture helps you to move back into harmony and health.
How Can Acupuncture Help You?
Acupuncture can help all sorts of people of all ages. Many people seek treatment to help them feel better in themselves. Some come for help with specific symptoms or conditions. These might include:
- Arthritis and rheumatism
- Acute and chronic pain
- Headache and migraine
- Asthma
- Allergies
- Skin conditions including shingles and urticaria
- Recovery from a stroke
- Heart problems
- Circulatory disorders
- Pre & post surgery to aid recovery
- Urinary disorders
- Bowel disorders
- M.E. and post viral fatigue
- Anxiety, shyness or depression
- Digestive disorders
- Stress related problems
- Help with overcoming addictions
- Musculo-skeletal problems
- Sports injuries
- Gynaecological and menstrual disorders
- Managing or facilitating pregnancy including morning sickness
How does Acupuncture work?
Acupuncture treatment affects the quality of energy or Qi (pronounced chee) that flows through the meridians in the body. These meridians are like streams and the acupuncture points allow us to adjust the quantity and quality of energy flowing within the streams.
Just like streams, meridians can become silted or blocked so freeing or adjusting these flows helps to improve our sense of well-being and health. Our bodies need this energy or qi to function. A good analogy is of a wonderful well designed expensive car. Engineered to perfection the engine is only able to run when there is fuel in the tank and the fuel flows through the carburettor to the spark plugs.
When our system of energy production breaks down, or becomes blocked we may feel tired and listless, just like an engine that isn’t firing on all cylinders. Eventually organs starved of energy may malfunction and show signs of distress.
The flow of energy in the meridians is assessed by feeling the quality of the twelve pulses, found near the radial artery on both the left and right wrists. I will take your pulses before, during and after every treatment to assess your progress. Your feedback, the information I glean from your pulses and our mutual treatment aims, enable me to choose specific acupuncture points to help you.
Throughout treatment, emotions may come to the surface and resolve. Patients often find that acupuncture strengthens their constitution and increases their energy levels. Usually the person will start to feel better quite quickly, more like their "old self" and be ready to move on in their life .
Acupuncture is often used alongside conventional medicine in the treatment of acute or chronic illness. It also helps to aid recovery from surgery.
Does it Hurt?
I use very fine, top quality, sterile, disposable needles and make sure the techniques I use are as gentle as possible. The sensation of acupuncture is very different to having an injection and most patients find their treatments very relaxing.
For children or those with a fear of needles gentle pressure and tapping techniques can be used.
Professional Standards
All members of the British Acupuncture Council have been trained to a high standard and follow a strict code of practice.
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