Being pregnant and having a baby is probably the most amazing time in a woman’s life. The whole nine month journey is nothing short of miraculous. And while some women sail though it others encounter some hiccups along the way. Some issues that can arise during pregnancy include: morning sickness, a misnomer if ever there […]
It’s hard to know where to start with Mary’s* story but I guess the beginning is as good as any. I started treating Mary in the autumn of last year. To say that Mary was a fan of acupuncture would be a lie, in fact nothing could have been further from the truth. She only […]
Despite being around for over 3 thousand years, acupuncture is still having to fight its way to be seen as a reputable medicine here in the west. Some people dismiss it as a placebo, while others see it as nothing more than voodoo or some sort of magic. Yet acupuncture is steeped in science and […]
It’s fair to say that the majority of male clients that attend me do so for musculoskeletal problems. It can be anything from back pain to neck pain to shoulder pain to hip pain to sciatica. I see all of this daily. I’m also seeing a lot more male athletes that utilise treatment to prepare […]
It was a cold November afternoon when Emma* first presented in my clinic. She was pale and drawn and looked exhausted. Emma had just been told that she would never have a child naturally due to endometriosis that had gone undiagnosed for a number of years. She was clearly still reeling from the news. IVF […]
Fertility is a very emotive topic for all of us. Our ability to reproduce and have children is fundamental to us as human beings. The desire to do so is literally written in our DNA yet we barely give it a thought until it goes wrong! More often than not I’m the last port of […]
Several weeks ago a lovely lady popped into one of my clinics. She is an avid reader of the Health & Wellbeing magazine and remembered that in one of my articles I had said that acupuncture was extremely effective at treating hay fever and sinus issues. She wasn’t interested in treatment for herself, it was […]
The first day Sheila* attended me she walked with a pronounced limp. She had been referred to me by her daughter because of hip pain. Since undergoing a surgical procedure some months earlier Sheila was experiencing chronic and debilitating pain in her left hip. Some damage had occurred during the procedure and after trying various […]
I first met Mark* around this time last year. He arrived into the clinic accompanied by his wife, who was obviously very concerned about him. Mark had been referred to me by a local chiropractor who felt that Mark might benefit from some acupuncture for his back pain as he was not progressing as she […]
Spring is fast approaching and with it the promise of more clement weather (we hope!) and longer daylight hours. As nature rouses from her winter slumber and looks ahead to the new growth of spring, we too emerge into spring “raring to go”, making plans and decisions, and determining our direction for the coming year. […]