Acupuncture News

Chronic pain affects millions of people, often leaving them reliant on painkillers or facing limited options after physiotherapy has failed to bring relief. Acupuncture offers a gentle, drug-free alternative that works with the body’s own healing mechanisms rather than against them. By inserting fine needles at specific points along the body’s meridians, acupuncture helps release blocked energy, or qi, restoring balance and reducing inflammation. This traditional Chinese ther

The stresses of modern life can deeply affect a woman’s health. A woman’s wellbeing is naturally linked to her menstrual cycle and hormonal changes at different stages of her life. Ideally menstruation should be regular, moderate and painless, and transitions like the menopause should be a steady, gradual passage into a new stage of life, rather than distressing and debilitating. Acupuncture aims to treat the whole person, restore balance and can be effective for a wide range

Acid reflux/ heartburn / GERD is extremely common affecting up to 1 in 4 adults in the UK . It is a discomfort, often a ‘burning’ sensation, in the chest that occurs after eating, lying down or bending over. Western medicine generally treats the disorder’s symptoms by acid suppression drugs with varying degrees of success. Those who come to my acupuncture clinics in Brentwood, Chelmsford and Leigh on sea are either not helped by the drugs or who dislike taking drugs or wish t

Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammation of the large intestine with symptoms such as pain, diarrhoea/ frequent visits to the toilet, blood and mucus in the stools, tiredness and sometimes weight loss. Research in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology (2006 Sept:41(9):1056-63) on the treatment of Ulcerative Colitis patients with acupuncture found that not only did their colitis symptoms significantly improve, but they experienced significant improvements in ge

For cancer survivors, cancer treatment such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy etc can often cause pain and side effects that may last beyond the final treatment. These side effects may include pain, nausea, vomiting, hot flushes, fatigue, dry mouth, peripheral neuropathy etc. To manage the discomfort, many people turn to acupuncture. In the UK, Macmillan Cancer Support states on its website:‘Some studies show that acupuncture may help to reduce nausea in people who have had ch

In my acupuncture clinics in Brentwood, Chelmsford and Leigh on Sea, I’m often asked if Traditional Acupuncture can help with fertility problems. The answer is yes. Research is increasingly showing that It can be used to improve the chances of conceiving naturally or to boost the chances of IVF success. In the case of IVF, some acupuncturists recommend starting acupuncture 3 months before IVF to optimise the chances of success. The aim of acupuncture is to improve the balanc

This is a common question that I’m asked in my acupuncture clinics in Brentwood, Chelmsford and Leigh on Sea. According to the news agency Reuters ‘half of adults worldwide suffer from headache disorders such as migraines and tension headaches’ with migraine affecting ‘1 in 6 women and 1 in 12 men ‘ and yet headache disorders are ‘widely under-recognised, under-diagnosed snd under-treated.’ Migraine can be defined as a headache disorder with throbbing head pain, often one sid

In my acupuncture clinics in Brentwood, Chelmsford and Leigh on Sea, I often get asked what acupuncture can treat. Here’s an idea: Everyday digestive problems such as acid reflux, nausea, IBS, constipation, diarrhoea to more complex problems such as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s disease. Headaches and migraines – NICE, the advisory body to the NHS recommends acupuncture as a treatment method. Mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. Musculoskeletal problems such a

The NHS lists the most common symptoms of Long Covid as being: Fatigue Feeling short of breath Memory and Concentration problems (brain fog) Heart Palpitations Dizziness Joint pain and Muscle aches. As Acupuncture has anecdotally shown encouraging results in the treatment of Long Covid, the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Hospital, Surrey has carried out a trial of Acupuncture for the treatment of Long Covid / fatigue. Results are awaited but Dr Imogen Locke, a clinical oncologi