SOUTH LONDON ACUPUNCTURE NEWS

South London acupuncture therapy since 2007 with Mark Kiely of the British Acupuncture Council in SE10, SE5, and SW8 South London Acupuncture Low-Cost Clinic Update The south London acupuncture low-cost clinic is based at the Corner Surgery GP practice on Coldharbour Lane SE5. The building work that has been going on at the surgery for … Read more

LOW COST ACUPUNCTURE

The low cost acupuncture clinic at the Corner Surgery on Coldharbour Lane was set up in 2012. I had approached the partners in some of the local GP practices, and found those at the Corner Surgery to be the most receptive. My reasons for wanting to set up a low cost acupuncture clinic in south … Read more

LABOUR ACUPRESSURE

Labour acupressure seems to be more effective than the use of needles with regard to providing pain relief and to help facilitate efficient labour. Acupuncturists with active experience in this field report women experiencing pain reduction combined with a sense of calmness and satisfaction with their own experience of giving birth. There are numerous acupuncture … Read more

ACUPUNCTURE SAFETY

Acupuncture safety is a very important issue both for patients and practitioners. It is advisable, therefore, to only ever have traditional acupuncture from a practitioner who is a member of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC). Sadly, despite protracted legal and political wrangling, the term acupuncturist is not legally-protected in the same way that some professions … Read more

RECENT TRIAL CARRIED OUT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ACUPUNCTURE WITH IVF

British Acupuncture Council member, Karin Gillerman, has carried out a trial at the Homerton hospital in London on the effectiveness of acupuncture together with IVF. The data collected showed a conception rate of 46% in the acupuncture group and only 22% in the non-acupuncture group. She funded the costs of treatment for this study herself … Read more

CROHN’S DISEASE

Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory intestinal disease. Regions of the ileum (the distal part of the small intestine from which food passes into the caecum part of the large intestine) become inflamed and oedematous. The condition usually starts quite suddenly in teens or in young adults. Presenting symptoms are likely to be lower … Read more

NEW YEAR’S OPENING

Here are the new years opening times. Apologies for failing to provide an update of my availability over the Christmas period. A couple of people have pointed this out to me. Here is my altered availability for the new year period. Saturday 31 Dec: not working Sunday 1 January: Greenwich Natural Health Clinic closed Monday … Read more