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Acupuncture treatment for Hayfever

It seems like spring is finally here! But while many people are looking forward to enjoying the summer ahead, for 20% of our population it not such an enjoyable season. For those that suffer with hay fever, or seasonal rhinitis,  it can be a miserable time of year. But sufferers should know that this need notContinue reading “Acupuncture treatment for Hayfever”

Acupuncture Awareness Week: Acupuncture for Sports Injuries

7-13 March is Acupuncture Awareness Week! Our focus this year is on how acupuncture can help sports injuries. Acupuncture is a fantastic treatment for muscular-skeletal pain and injuries sustained from sport (or any other reason!). We see all kinds of injuries in clinic, they are some of the most common things we treat, and they respond really successfully to treatment.Continue reading “Acupuncture Awareness Week: Acupuncture for Sports Injuries”

Now is the time to start Hayfever treatment

Spring is here! But while many people are looking forward to enjoying the summer ahead, for 20% of our population it not such an enjoyable season. For those that suffer with hay fever, or seasonal rhinitis,  it can be a miserable time of year. But sufferers should know that this need not be the case. Acupuncture canContinue reading “Now is the time to start Hayfever treatment”

UK multibed acupuncture and the wonderful ACMAC

Last month we were lucky to spend a weekend with other multi-bed acupuncturists like ourselves at the ACMAC conference. ACMAC (http://acmac.net/acu/) is a fantastic organisation that is both raising public awareness of this way of receiving acupuncture, as well as supporting all of us who are out there running affordable clinics. Multibed acupuncture is stillContinue reading “UK multibed acupuncture and the wonderful ACMAC”

Anxiety and Acupuncture

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week (12-18 May 2014) with the theme of Anxiety, so we’d like to talk about anxiety and how acupuncture can help. What is anxiety? Anxiety is a feeling of fear, worry, and uneasiness. Normal anxiety, stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system, has its root in fear and serves an important survivalContinue reading “Anxiety and Acupuncture”

Acupuncture and Insomnia

Sleep is important, and yet so many of us struggle to get enough. It is thought that as many of 1 in 3 of us experience insomnia, a condition of unsatisfactory sleep, whether that be due to difficulty falling asleep, waking early or through the night, or shallow restless sleep. We need sleep for itsContinue reading “Acupuncture and Insomnia”

Happy Chinese New Year: Year of the Wood Horse

So what does Chinese tradition say that this means for us? The Wood Horse is said to be an auspicious year with a strong convergence of yang energy -the charismatic Horse and the Wood element. This is a big shift from the last 2 years of Water energy. In five element theory Water is theContinue reading “Happy Chinese New Year: Year of the Wood Horse”

Inspiration for Autumn

This morning the presence of autumn was palpable, the mist in the air, the damp smell, and the slight feeling of heartbreak that brings me.  For many including me, autumn brings a sense of melancholy, a feeling of loss; having to say goodbye to the warmth and joy of summer. Autumn is a time ofContinue reading “Inspiration for Autumn”