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From stressed to de-stressed – your tailor made treatment

This is what makes my work fulfilling! With the type of treatments I offer, acupuncture, tui na massage, deep tissue, therapeutic massage, sports and remedial massages, Cupping, I can help. By working on a deep myofascial and emotional level, it is specific to you. Just like your own fingerprints, we are all unique and so

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Spring is here. Do you have a spring in your step?

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

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Combining Acupuncture with Cupping

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

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Massage for relaxation and combating pain

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

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Finding your balance

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

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Dealing with stressful lifestyles with Acupuncture

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

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Prevention is better than cure

Holistic Health & Healing uses natural means such as acupuncture and massage and advises on correct diet and lifestyle. The saying prevention is better than cure is a way of saying that it is easier to prevent an illness than to treat it. Treatments can be costly, life-changing and sometimes damaging. Therefore, it is often

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Acupuncture – My Story

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

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Spring into action – with acupuncture and sports massage

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

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Benefits of Acupuncture

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

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