Acupuncture
Used throughout East Asia and the West as an amazing form of health care for both acute and cronic health concerns.
My acupuncture practice is more than just the strategic placement of needles on the skin.
It comprises a broad range of healing techniques such as herbal prescription, bodywork and manual structural correction, passive exercise, and diet.
Acupuncture is a system of art and philosophy and healthcare designed to improve the health of the body, the energy of the individual, and create the conditions for personal thriving.
How can it Help
In Chinese philosophy, it is believed that energy flows through pathways or meridians through the body. Illness is caused by blockages in the flow of energy through the body. There are 2,000+ acupuncture points along the body’s meridians. By stimulating the points with thin needles or pressure the flow of energy will be restored and the body can heal itself.
Different points correspond to different organs in the body. In Western medicine, it is believed to work by stimulating the central nervous system. The body responds to needles or pressure used at these points by releasing neurotransmitters and hormones.
Stimulating the nervous system can assist with pain relief and prevention of:
- Lower / Upper Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Addiction
- Anxiety & Depression
- Migraine and Headaches
- Shoulder Pain and Elbow Pain
- Knee, Foot, and Ankle Pain
- Allergies
- Chronic Fatigue
- Digestive Disorders
- Stress
- Infertility
So whatever “conditions” you or your family may be experiencing, visit our NYC Acupuncture office today to start living a better life.
What Happens during the visit?
Your first visit will usually last between one hour and one and a half hour (depending on the complexity of your medical history); subsequently, visits will last approximately one hour. During the first consultation you will be asked various questions, some relating directly to your condition (current symptoms, what treatment you have received, your medical history), some others regarding your perception of your energy level, diet, digestion, sleeping patterns and emotional life.
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Are you a qualified acupuncturist?
I am a member of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC). The BAcC is a registering body for professional acupuncturists.
- All members of the BAcC can offer you the following assurances:
- BSc or BA degree level training or its equivalent in traditional acupuncture, Chinese medicine, and western biomedical sciences including anatomy, physiology and pathology (3,600 hours of study)
- compliance with current UK health and safety legislation
- full medical malpractice and public/products liability insurance cover
- expert practice skills maintained by following a mandatory individual programme of continuing professional development (CPD)
- regular updates from the BAcC regarding practitioners’ professional obligations to the public
- compliance with BAcC Code of Safe Practice and Code of Professional Conduct
- patient access to the BAcC complaints and disciplinary procedures
- English language skills at least equivalent to those required of doctors and nurses working in the UK
Acupuncturists registered with the BAcC carry the letters MBAcC after their name. Furthermore, BAcC is the only professional association for traditional acupuncture that is accredited by the Professional Standard Authority.
This is an account of the high standards of training, CPD, safe practice and professional conduct of the members of the BAcC. The Authority accredits registers so that members of the public can be confident when choosing health and care practitioners. In addition GPs are permitted to refer patients to health and care practitioners on accredited registers.
For appointments or to ask question get in touch
07496367554
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This shory video was made by the BAcC in 2017 to highlight some aspects of acupuncture practice.
