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
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
I was recently asked, what made me want to do acupuncture and massage? I am specialised in five different types of massage. In order of training, therapeutic massage, tuina (Chinese massage), manual lymphatic massage (MLD), sports and remedial massage and most recent, myofascial release. My entire family had acupuncture for aches and pains. Having experienced
Acupuncture and Massage helps the transition into Spring…the spring in the step! The transition from the recuperative, long and hopefully rested and hibernated winter can bring out the ready to go, geared up spring in our step once spring is upon us. It seems the case in the last few weeks. There are more smiling
Reflecting on the year just gone, I had received quite a few comments/remarks about the benefits of acupuncture from patients and would like to share some with you here. Here is a brief, but not exhaustive list of what acupuncture can do: Decrease stress levels Improve immune function Promotes youthful appearance Provides pain relief Improves
Acupuncture during pregnancy can help with several conditions with which some pregnant women suffer, such as morning sickness, fatigue, heartburn, constipation, and gestational diabetes, back pain, ligament pain, premature cervical ripening, preeclampsia (pregnancy-induced hypertension.) As acupuncturists we are trained to know which acupuncture points are helpful during pregnancy and which points should be avoided. There
This week’s acupuncture blog is inspired by a testimonial received from a patient following a recent accident abroad: “I had travelled to London on vacation several days after an automobile accident involving me as a passenger. I had been of several minds whether to cancel the trip altogether as I had injured my foot, right
My blog for this week is about a particular type of pain, tennis elbow. You don’t have to play tennis to suffer from tennis elbow that I can tell you for sure! I have treated various different age groups with this condition in the last 12 years of practice. Tennis elbow is considered an overload
Acupuncture is great for pain relief and is well known for it. People always associate needles to help pain of various sorts. I shall focus on headaches this week, as I treated a lot of them last week! They say there is a pill for every ill. One of the more natural way of relieving
At Holistic Health & Healing we are pleased to be of help for a vast number of conditions, the most common being aches and pains and to assist fertility. Acupuncture as a natural pill-less treatment is known to be of great benefit for pain relief and we see it work time and again. As recent
