What are the 7 best acupuncture points for treating acute lower back pain?
What is lower back pain? Lower back pain is a generic term for pain that occurs beneath the ribs but above the gluteal line. How common is lower back pain? An estimated 619 million people worldwide live with low Back Pain (LBP), and it is the leading cause of disability (1). LBP is a major […]
Acupuncture Vs Dry Needling
What is the difference between acupuncture and dry needling? One of the questions I get asked frequently by my students and patients is what is the difference between acupuncture and dry needling, and which is better? I teach and practice both techniques and if I had to choose between the two, I would say acupuncture […]
How to treat hay fever symptoms
How to treat hay fever symptoms Hay fever falls under the umbrella of allergic rhinitis (seasonal allergic rhinitis) and will affect people at different times of the year depending on which type of plant they are allergic to. I suffer from hay fever which I developed when I turned forty years of age. When hay […]
Using Acupuncture To Boost Overall Wellbeing
Acupuncture And Your Overall Wellbeing Acupuncture is a key part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), practised for thousands of years. The therapeutic practise involves the insertion of fine needles at specific points along your body’s meridians in order to release energy flow through your body so that you can attain physical and mental health. In […]
Acupuncture And The Winter Blues
How Can Acupuncture Effect Your Winter Blues? As I write, December 21st is right around the corner. The shortest day of the year. While we typically only experience around five months of the year with less sunlight, we often feel its effect more acutely at the onset of fall. This is because it’s those first […]
Dry Needling VS Acupuncture: Which Is Right For You?
Dry Needling VS Acupuncture First things first, many individuals wonder, isn’t dry needling the same as acupuncture? Both forms of treatment use thin, stainless steel needles, and both require the needles to be inserted into the skin in order to treat pain. It is definitely easy to get confused! However, this is where the similarities […]
What Is Acupuncture?
What Is Acupuncture? Acupuncture is a form of ancient Chinese traditional medicine involving inserting fine needles into specific points in channels along the body. The practise dates to as early as 300 BCE. Today, acupuncture has evolved into a modern medical and technological procedure. The purpose of acupuncture is to calm and maintain the flow […]
An Holistic Approach To Acupuncture
An Holistic Approach To Acupuncture Acupuncture can go one of two ways; it can be astounding how quickly it sets the body on track or you may see slow but steady improvement over time. Acupuncture is a magnificent tool designed to guide the body to wake up its own healing processes but also to overcome […]
A blog for podiatrists (and those interested in podiatry)
Acupuncture For Podiatry As well as seeing and treating clients at my clinic, I also have online courses and workshops for the use and understanding of classical acupuncture and evidence-based dry-needling acupuncture. I will be holding workshops for my course on Podiatric Medical acupuncture (Level 1) which will be run over 3 days and will […]
How accurate is the cun measurement?
The Accuracy Of The Cun Measurement Locating acupuncture points accurately is imperative for successful research and treatment outcome (Bailey 2018). The cun measurement There are two methods of point location generally used in traditional Chinese medicine, which are directional (finger cun Fig 1.) and proportional (bone cun Fig 2.) measurements. The finger cun (F-cun) unit […]