BACK ON TRACK HEALTHCARE

Acupuncture practitioners use fine needles, moxa and cupping techniques in an holistic approach to health, based on over 2, 000 years of development and refinement in the Far East. The tradition is as much about the maintenance of health as the management of disease. Its focus is on improving the overall wellbeing of the patient, rather than the isolated treatment of specific symptoms, with the benefit of no side effects. Although originally known in the West for providing pain relief, acupuncture is used to treat people with a wide range of illnesses.

According to traditional Chinese philosophy, our health is dependent on the body's motivating energy - known as qi - moving in a smooth and balanced way through a series of meridians (channels) beneath the skin. The flow of qi can be disturbed by many factors, physical, mental and emotional: anxiety, stress, anger, fear or grief, poor nutrition, weather conditions, hereditary factors, infections, poisons and trauma. By inserting fine needles into the channels of energy, an acupuncturist can stimulate the body's own healing response and help to restore its natural balance.

The exact pattern and degree of disharmony is unique to each individual and so following diagnosis, the acupuncturist puts together a personalised treatment plan.