What happens during treatment sessions?

The first session will include a holistic assessment of your health. I will identify underlying patterns of disharmony and work out the most effective treatment for you.

We will discuss any symptoms, medical history, diet, digestive system, sleeping patterns and your emotional health.  I will also take your pulses on both wrists and examine your tongue as part of the assessment. 

People vary in their response to acupuncture but there is usually a sensation as the needle is inserted and stimulated.  This sensation is known as de qi, and can be a feeling of tingling, numbness or a dull ache. There is often a feeling of relaxation during treatment. 

As well as the insertion of needles I may use other therapies which include: 

• massage
• acupressure
• moxibustion, which is the application of warmth
• cupping, which is the application of suction
• electro-acupuncture, which involves increasing the stimulation of needles with a electrical current
• ear seeds

I will, of course, discuss any proposed therapy with you before use.