It will come as no surprise to you to learn that one of the most common reasons more people don’t consider acupuncture as a treatment for their health problem is their fear of needles. It’s understandable, of course. For most of us, ...
We’ve all seen them – the terrible photographs of people who’ve been on the wrong end of cosmetic surgery. The lips that have ballooned with injectable dermal fillers and the facelifts that make the unsuspecting patient look more like ...
It may be what many women dream of, but it’s as rare as hen’s teeth – and the truth is that a perfect body is a myth … at least in the conventional sense. But whilst acupuncture can’t make the imperfect perfect, it can definitely help ...
Acupuncture is a brilliantly effective way of re-setting your body’s systems to make sure you’re operating at your peak – physically and emotionally. There was a time, not all that long ago, when mobile phones were the size of a brick ...
Now is the time to rid yourself of the misery of hay fever for good – and acupuncture is a brilliantly effective way to do it. Who’d have thought we’d be basking in temperatures of more than 20C before we’d even slammed the door on ...
Current statistics suggest 11 million work days are lost to UK business each year through staff absence caused by work-related stress. The cost of that – either in reduced productivity and profit or in additional staffing cover runs to ...
It’s only the end of January and many people already feel like they could use a holiday from the hustle and bustle of day to day life! One month into 2019 and stress seems to be a constant companion for many of the people I see each ...
In my last blog I talked about the physical and mental impact pain can have on people’s lives and I wanted to expand here on how acupuncture deals not just with the practical limitations of the discomfort some people live with, but ...
Over my many years practising acupuncture, the list of conditions or reasons that have brought them through my door has been long and varied. But one has loomed large above the rest: pain. Anyone who’s lived with persistent or chronic ...
As I’ve got older and, hopefully, a little bit wiser, I’ve come to realise that often the old ways are the best ways. That doesn’t mean I don’t like to see change where change is needed – I prefer my tumble dryer to a mangle and I ...
