While desk work seems gentle on the face of it, your neck has to work overtime. Screens tend to capture our attention and lock the body in one position. Over the weeks, small strains stack up and create desk job neck pain. You sit for longer than you move, and the body’s tissues start to […]
How does Acupuncture work? Traditional Approach The human body contains vital energy, or Qi. When symptoms or disease appear, the flow of this energy is blocked or imbalanced. Acupuncture stimulates specific points on the body to restore a harmonious flow of energy. Conventional Approach In evidence-based terms, acupuncture is understood to release hormones and neurotransmitters […]
Almost everyone recognises that acupuncture is good for the body, but most people don’t know much about why. Acupuncture uses fine needles at specific points on the skin — but what those needles are actually doing, and why the effects reach so far beyond the injection site, is less well understood. Acupuncture benefits patients in […]
Acupuncture is most likely the best-known element of Chinese medicine. But how does acupuncture work? During the procedure, long, slender needles are gently inserted into the skin at specific points on the body — points identified over centuries of TCM practice as producing strong therapeutic effects. Practitioners use the treatment to restore general wellbeing and […]
