Acupuncture
🔶Acupuncture for pain relief and other health problems
Acupuncture is a tried and tested system of alternative medicine. Acupuncture can help relieve pain and treat a range of other health problems. Several studies show that stimulating acupuncture points can trigger various reactions in the body, including releasing natural pain-relieving chemicals, modulating the immune system, and regulating the autonomic nervous system.
The WHO endorses acupuncture and clinical studies have shown it to be a beneficial treatment for many conditions, including:
🔶Neck, Shoulder and Back pain
🔶Sciatica
🔶Migraines and Headaches
🔶Tendinitis, Repetitive Strain Injury, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
🔶Hot flushes and Menopausal symptoms
🔶Stress and Anxiety
🔶Rheumatoid and Osteo Arthritis
🔶Endometriosis- Menstrual Cramps and heavy periods
🔶Hay fever and Sinuses
🔶Irregular periods and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome/ PCOS
🔶Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease /Crohn’s and Ulcerative colitis
🔶Tinnitus
🔶High Blood Pressure
🔶Fatigue, Exhaustion and Fibromyalgia
🔶Acupuncture is a complex branch of ancient Chinese Medicine, but its practical principles and methods are easily understood:
🔶Fourteen major energy channels called meridians course through the human body including the head, arms, hands, legs, feet, torso and internal organs.
🔶A subtle energy called qi, or chi, circulates via the meridians to all parts of the body, even the most remote cells. Qi is the vital force, the presence of which separates the living from the dead. Its balanced, unimpeded flow is critical to sound health. Any blockage, or imbalance of qi may result in pain, dysfunction, and ill health.
🔶The Eastern cultures have been using acupuncture to restore, promote and maintain good health for thousands of years. More and more people are finding this long-established therapy to be an effective solution to many illnesses.
What are the three main objectives of acupuncture treatment?
🔶to relieve pain and other symptoms
🔶to strengthen the immune system
🔶to balance, harmonise, and integrate functions of the organs with each other, making for a unified healthy person.
How Acupuncture Is Performed
🔶An initial acupuncture session usually lasts 1 hour to 1 hour and quarter and involves an assessment of your general health, medical history and a physical examination, followed by insertion of the acupuncture needles. Courses of treatment often involve several separate sessions, but this can vary.
Insertion Of The Needles
🔶The needles are inserted into specific places on the body, which are called acupuncture points. During the session, you'll usually be asked to sit or lie down. You may also be asked to wear warm comfortable loose clothing so that access to the acupuncture points is easier.
🔶The needles used are very fine and are usually a few millimetres to centimetres long. They are single-use, pre-sterilised needles and disposed of immediately after use.
🔶Certain specific acupuncture points are chosen for the needles to be placed, depending on your condition. Several points may be used during a typical session, depending on the number of symptoms you have. The needles may be inserted just under the skin, or deeper so they reach muscle. Once the needles are in place, they may be left in position for a length of time lasting from 18 minutes up to around 30 minutes. You may feel nothing or a tingling or a dull ache when the needles are inserted but you should not experience any significant pain.
Welcome to my - Acupuncture and Nutritional Clinic.
🔶 I have been working as an Acupuncturist (from LCTA, London) and Clinical Nutritionist (from ION, London) for the last 25 plus years. I am based in Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
🔶 Acupuncture treatment can help with a wide variety of conditions. These include acute and chronic pain, sports injuries, gynaecological and fertility issues, anxiety, insomnia, depression, digestive disorders and other chronic conditions. I offer acupuncture treatment for wide range of medical conditions, that have failed to respond to the conventional medical approach.
🔶 I specialise in fertility, pre-conceptual care, IVF support, and miscarriage prevention.
🔶 Acupuncture has shown in studies to improve the blood flow to the womb, ovaries and reproductive organs, helps to balance hormones, reduce stress, and anxiety by balancing body and mind. I give acupuncture treatment to support IVF at different stages, help with prevention of miscarriages during early stages of pregnancy and support pregnancy as well.
🔶 During the nutritional consultation a detailed assessment is made of nutritional status, health history, current lifestyle, major stresses, and other factors which may be influencing the health. Based on that I design a nutritional programme that is specifically tailored to your needs, one that is realistic and can fit into the lifestyle. I also provide menus for breakfasts, lunches and evening meals for several days to make it as easy as possible for the suggested diet to be put into practice.The planned diet helps to rebalance the system, helps weight, helps balancing of hormones, as food is a powerful healer and the body has an amazing ability to repair itself.
🔶 I can do a FaceTime nutritional consultation, if needed. Please also visit my website, www.acupunctureandnutritionalclinic.co.uk for further details.
🔶 I am a member of the British Acupuncture Council.