Acupuncture
Your body holds the innate power to heal itself. Acupuncture’s role is to catalyse your body's natural healing abilities by guiding it back to its optimal state of health. Through a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of the body’s systems, a diagnosis is reached by recognising patterns and root causes, rather than just treating symptoms.
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Celia practices a combination of Five Elements Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Five Elements acupuncture works on a constitutional level, leading to deep and individualised treatments. Traditional Chinese Medicine is a style of acupuncture effective for treating disease caused by external factors such as environment, lifestyle and diet.
At your first consultation, Celia will spend time talking through your health history and lifestyle, asking questions in order to understand your health issues and your constitutional type. She will look at your tongue and feel your pulses. You will also receive a first treatment at your initial consultation. It’s a good idea to wear loose clothing for comfort and so that your back and lower limbs can be easily accessed.
Acupuncture needles are inserted and left for around 20 minutes, during which you might feel tingling, heaviness, a dull ache or warmth. Most find treatment deeply relaxing. There will sometimes be a small bruise where the needle was inserted. Occasionally, people can feel dizzy or tired after a treatment, but this passes quickly. The needles used are hair-thin presterilized, single use, disposable surgical steel
A course of treatment is typically 5 to 10 sessions but this varies from person to person. You might notice improvements starting after the first treatment or it might take longer.
Acupuncture is suitable for all ages, including babies. It is helpful for many childhood problems, including asthma, hay fever and digestive disorders.
