Acupuncture

Acupuncture stimulates your body’s natural pain killers.

Among many other things, acupuncture can be used to:

• Relieve pain

• Reduce inflammation

• Relax muscles

• Calm your nervous system

• Stimulate healthy digestion

• Disperse headaches

• Improve sleep

I almost always use massage (specifically Tui na massage) alongside acupuncture, as a diagnostic and treatment tool. Massage provides a lot of information about the channels, and whether there is heat, cold, stagnation (or circulatory problems), among other things. This kind of information is very important to be able to use acupuncture to its full extent.

Chinese medicine is holistic and the perspective it gives allows me to offer insights that Western-style treatments may not offer. Any treatments given will not interfere with medicine you take, but should help alongside them.

A 2017 study lists acupuncture as having an effect on a significant number of conditions: Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association research.

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence recommended acupuncture as a treatment for chronic pain in a 2021 report.

I’ve written a blog piece about a few different ways that acupuncture works, click here to read it. Please contact me if you want to find out more or ask any questions.

Contact me to find out more, or to make an appointment.

Recognised by Westfield Health

As a British Acupuncture Council acupuncturist, many health insurance schemes will pay for my acupuncture treatments. I often combine deep tissue massage with acupuncture, which could also qualify. Please ask me for further details if this interests you.

 Member of the British Acupuncture Council

As a member of the British Acupuncture Council, I adhere to its high standards of practice and continue to train to improve my skills.