This comes on the back of the London marathon yesterday. I have been helping patients/athletes to help their injuries and performance levels with acupuncture, sports and remedial massage, deep tissue massage, myofascial release massage and manual lymphatic drainage massage. As a first aider with St. John’s Ambulance, I was volunteering at the 21 mile mark
Treatments at Holistic Health and Healing are all about promoting and re-establishing wellbeing, balance, energising and rejuvenating the body and mind. What is stopping you from enjoying the longer days and going with the flow? Help is around, all we need to do is ask and look for it. It may be stress, tiredness, aches
Headache? Backache? Aches and pains? Painful knees? As an Acupuncturist, “Pain” is one of the symptoms patients come to ask for help. Everyone is different and hence the cause of pain needs to be ascertained and then treated accordingly. I have increasingly been using “cupping “treatment in my practice. It is great for a number
We are now well into the second month of 2015. I woke up in reflection mode this morning and noticed that last month, was all about helping my patients relax, rejuvenate, ease muscle tightness and tension and help them achieve their new year goals, whatever it may be. All with the help of Acupuncture, the
Another week and another interesting reflection. Over the last week, I have been doing more Massage, specifically Manual lymphatic drainage ( MLD), Sports and Remedial, Deep Tissue and, not to forget, Myofascial release. Comments during and after massage seem to be,” I did not realise how stiff I get during the winter.” “I feel so
So what do I do people ask when I am introduced to them. Other than naming what I do, Acupuncture, and the different sorts of massage, TuiNa, Deep Tissue, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Myofascial Release and Sports and Remedial massage, what I should say is I look to restore balance and harmony. What is balance? That
So we are into the middle of January. How are we doing? How are the New Year resolutions doing? Have we gone back to a “pattern” that we would like to change but finding a struggle? Is it a “food” thing, “exercise motivation” or is it a lack of “pick me up “and go factor?
Wishing all those who come across this blog a very Happy New Year! May 2015 be the year of achievement and progress in whatever you would like to pursue. We have goals and visions and new years’ resolutions are a norm all over the world. It would be great to achieve the resolutions and make
Where has the year gone! We are in the second half of the year and summer is usually the time to spend time outdoors and socialise more which for some can be stressful. We expend our energy outwards with longer days and more things to do. Not only during summer, but in today’s world a
Over the last 6 months, it has been all go go go. What I am finding is I am seeing more pregnant women who need help at different stages of their pregnancy. From first trimester, where they need help with morning sickness, nausea, low energy, tiredness, Constipation, backache, breech presentation to help with preparation of
