Acupunture Treatment In Physiotherapy

The theory with ear acupuncture is that the ear is the same basic shape as the human foetus. Small fine needles which are attached to skin coloured surgical tape are inserted into four points that relate to parts of the body or bodily functions. The needles are left in for a week at a time. The process works by pressing the needles as soon as you get an urge or craving which in turn stimulates the corresponding point and takes away the craving momentarily so you can get over the crisis period. How much does Ear Acupuncture cost? The cost of ear acupuncture is £25 per session and a course lasts for 5 weeks, the final consultation being free. Group discounts are available upon request for groups of 3 people or more.

That is why we’re offering a FREE initial health assessment (for a limited time only!), in which we do a brief assessment of your health and advise a basic treatment strategy for you. It gives you the opportunity to see if the team and I are the right people to help you. Simply give us a call on 9486 5966 or click here to book online. Elaine has trained and worked in various settings, both in Australia and China. She has over 20 years experience in treating many health problems.

Elaine loves to provide a health care experience for people that is respectful, effective, empowering and enjoyable. Elaine’s acupuncture treatments are gentle, powerful, amazingly relaxing and incorporate Japanese & Chinese techniques, as well as Medical Qi Gong if appropriate. Elaine has a particular interest in Gynaecology, Fertility, Obstetrics, Family Medicine, Wellness promotion and Mental Health.

Obesity may have significant health, social and economic impacts and is closely related to lack of exercise and to diet. Being overweight or obese increases the risk of suffering from a range of conditions, including coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, some cancers, knee and hip problems and sleep apnoea. Western anti-obesity drugs have been limited due to side-effects including mood changes, suicidal thoughts, and gastrointestinal or cardiovascular complications. The effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine including Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) and acupuncture provide an alternative established therapy for this medical challenge.

Other new research on the effectiveness of acupuncture for weight loss notes that the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference to hip ratio (WHR) are used to determine the norms for weight. BMI is the person’s mass in kilograms divided by the square of the individual’s height in metres.

A BMI above 30 is considered obese and below 18.5 is underweight. Normal weight is approximately 18.5 - 24.9 BMI. WHR is used to determine visceral adiposity versus subcutaneous fat distribution. Excess visceral fat is considered a more serious health risk. According to the research, biomedical factors of obesity include: excess food intake, lack of adequate exercise, genetics, depression and low self-esteem.

New fat cells are created (hyperplastic obesity) during childhood whereas adult onset obesity merely expands existing fat cells (hypertrophic obesity). Diet and exercise reduce fat cell size but cannot reduce the number of fat cells present in the body. Therefore, those with childhood onset obesity can have up to 5 times the number of fat cells as someone with adult onset obesity.

Our Metabolic Acupuncture programs can help! Go beyond diet and exercise to boot your metabolism and repair the underlying imbalances that lead to weight gain in the first place! Whether this is the first time you have struggled to lose weight or you’ve battled it your whole life, the Metabolic Boost and Metabolic Repair packages pump up your body’s response to weight loss efforts.

Our holistic approach combines elements of both Eastern and Western nutrition with specialized abdominal acupuncture and herbal medicine to stimulate the metabolism and burn fat. To be clear: this program will not make the weight magically fall off of you. You still have to exercise and eat healthy. This program maximizes your ability to lose weight so that your efforts actually work and last. During your consultation, we will do a full assessment to identify imbalances that are contributing to your inability to lose weight and/or constant creeping weight gains.

Your metabolic acupuncture specialist will then make recommendations for which program is right for you and schedule your treatment sessions. We have two programs designed to help two different types of weight loss patients. Whatever else we think might be helpful in your individual case, such as cupping or moxa. Metabolic Boost is a 6-week jump-start for metabolisms that are just starting to lag. People who need to lose 5-10 pounds and are struggling with losing the weight for the first time are perfect for this program!

Stubborn baby weight, middle age hormone shifts, and stress-overwhelm weight gain are well within this program’s scope. This program is a quick six weeks of acupuncture treatments twice a week. Metabolic Repair is a 12-week program for people who have struggled with weight for a long time. Their metabolisms are far off track and usually complicated by other health conditions. Metabolic Repair aims to repair the deep underlying patterns of imbalance by first rebuilding the foundations of the metabolism and THEN revving things up for some weight loss.

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