Acupuncture News
Latest news about acupuncture including stories of trips we have taken and much more
Love
Valentine’s Day is looming, but did you ever consider that love has consequences for health and well-being. Engaging in joyful activities whether with a person or hobby may activate areas in the brain responsible for emotion, attention, motivation, and memory, and it further serves to control the autonomic nervous system, i.e., stress reduction. This specific activity pattern exerts a protective effect, even on the brain
Acupuncture and Stress
We’ve all experienced stress at some point in our lives, worry, fear, anger, and sadness are all normal, healthy emotions, whether it’s your first day at school, starting a new job or a romantic date, it is normal to experience these emotions in certain situations. What is not normal is when that feeling becomes so powerful that it makes you uncomfortable or stops you doing
Acupuncture for Back Pain
Acupuncture can help with alleviating pain from lumbar disc herniation Overview of back pain The number of studies that have investigated the use of acupuncture to alleviate intense pain caused by all kinds of diseases and sports injuries is ever increasing and the subject of a common problem encountered by many people regardless of age, gender or profession is back pain. Here the focus
My Journey with Acupuncture
It is an unusual profession to embark upon and frequently my patients and others that I meet socially ask how I got into it. As with most things it was not planned, definitely not on my list of careers to pursue when I was younger but the way unfolded and that led me into this wonderful mode of medicine that enables me to meet a
Acupuncture – What it is. How it works. What it can help
Acupuncture is a system of medicine that has survived for over 2500 years, that in itself should give an idea of its capabilities. Originating in the Far East it is the main form of medicinal treatment in China and Japan, and its use can be traced along the Silk Road west to include India, the Middle East and as far as Algeria. In the UK
Focus on Arthritis
By far arthritis is a condition that I help many patients with, it is painful and uncomfortable and can be very difficult to live with even prescribed medication at hand. The treatment approach is simple but first an understanding of what it is. Arthritis is an inflammation, pain, redness, swelling and stiffness in a joint or joints. It isn’t a single condition and there are