Cupping therapy is the placement of glass, plastic or bamboo cups on specific areas of the body using a vacuum to relieve muscle tension and pain. The type of cups typically made from glass, bamboo, plastic or silicone. It is believed that placing these cups on specific areas of the …

My Pregnancy Guide is based on my 20 years clinical experience in helping women during pregnancy and the latest scientific evidence sourced from over 750 research studies. This self-help guide blends modern fact-based research together with the ancient theories of Chinese medicine to deliver a powerful and concise understanding of pregnancy …

It’s ideal to wear loose clothing to your acupuncture treatment to make it easily accessible to parts of the body. Clothing should be able to be rolled up to the elbows or knees to get easy access to where commonly used acupuncture points are located. Most acupuncturists will want to …

Dry needling uses trigger points to release muscle spasms. It doesn’t stimulate acupuncture points on the acupuncture channel and is therefore completely different to acupuncture. During a dry needling session, a thick acupuncture needle is inserted into the spasming muscle to locate the trigger point. Once the trigger point has been located and stimulated …

There are around 13 different types of acupuncture being performed in the world today, 10 traditional and 3 western. All types of acupuncture treatment aim to improve health and wellbeing using a treatment plan. Tui na, cupping, gua sha and moxibustion are not types of acupuncture but are separate treatment …

Acupuncture is often viewed as a strange form of therapy originating from East Asia where they are all Buddhists. This is far from the truth! There is now some proof with the discovery of the frozen Ötzi tattoo man found in the Italian Alps in 1991 that acupuncture may have …