Knee pain: pain relief & cartilage repair

Relieve pain, and repair the joint!

Knee pain can be debilitating, it can greatly impact on quality of life, reduce mobility and through lack of exercise promote weight gain..... further impacting on knee pain.  Recent research shows that acupuncture not only relieves pain, but also repairs cartilage damage!

How does it work?

Acupuncture stimulates cartilage repair for patients with knee osteoar...

Due to our sedentary lifestyles that is spent either in front of a computer (8 hours a day at work); driving a car, sitting in front of a TV (We all love to veg out in front of the tv right?); and sleeping on incorrect pillows; we all experience neck pain at some stage.  The longer we ignore neck pain, the worse it gets and the more damage it can do. Lucky for you Acupuncture is extremely effective, and I am very proficient in relieving that pain and can offer you a treatment plan that w...

 

I love prescribing Chinese herbal medicine; I love that something so natural has these powerful properties to heal our bodies from the inside out; it is a wonderful gift that our awe-inspiring planet has bestowed on us: the means to heal ourselves. I am thankful for the gift of prescribing Chinese herbal medicine because I know my patients are having a little bit of Chinese medicine every day; and this gets them thinking about their health every day. I find th...

Electro-acupucnt for back pain is a highly effective treatment for pain; and it is one that I have incorporated a lot into my treatments

I can say a lot about hoew effective it is, but this extract of clinical research proves the effectiveness of electro-acupuncture for back pain.  If you wish to read the whole articleI have provided the link below 

To investigate the clinical efficacy of acupuncture treatment for lumbar spinal canal stenosis and herniated lu...

This is hardly a technical blog, nor will this blog give you any insights into a mediall condition.  What this blog will do though is show you why I love acupuncture.  

Acupuncture firstly allows me to work with people; this in itself requires a great deal of skill, patience, understanding, and most importantly: compassion.  This aspect of my job is something that comes naturally; I feel that if you want to help people than these qualities should be inher...

When treating back and neck pain, it is essential tohave a strong understanding of the underlying anatomy, and the range of movement these areas are capable of.  I also look very closely to nearby structures that could be causing stress to this area.  To do this my knowledge of the biomedical framework has to be equal to, or greater than, my Chinese medicine knowledge.  

So when you come to your first consultation with me I'll use a numer of tools to dete...

How can Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine contribute to a positive outcome in an IVF cycle?

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine can help to improve the success rate of the IVF process in a number of ways.  I have broken this up into 2 stages:

Acupuncture leading up to IVF (ideally 6-8 weeks before IVF)

• Alter and stabilise oestrogen and progesterone hormones to support the four phases of the menstrual cycle.
• Regulation of hormones to pr...

According to the American Society of Physicians - Acupuncture is a front line treatment for back pain!

The American Society of Physicians (Professional body that represents biomedical Doctors) recommends that for acupuncture for back pain be a front line treatment!  In fact this prestigious professional organisation recommends that acupuncture for back pain is moreeffective that:

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Herbal medicine for infertility - evidence of efficacy

 

Herbal medicine is a powerful tool to treat infertility; as a skilled herbalist it is an area of medicine I rely heavily on to deliver high pregnancy rates.

Below is some research that examines and reviews all evidence derived from Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs); this evidence is pretty powerful as it pools data from a number of research papers and finds that Chinese herbal medicine can improve...

Boosting sperm numbers, volume, and quality using acupuncture and Chinese medicine will really enhance your fertility and therefore your chances of creating a baby.

In my clinical experience, increasing the quality and quantity of male sperm as part of the fertility process has really yielded wonderful results. A recent patient came to see me with very poor sperm morphology, and low sperm volume; these figures were so low that it raised serious questions about the ability...