More than 4.9 million people in the UK are living with diabetes. This is the highest number ever and is set to increase to 5.5 million by 2030. Around 90% of diabetics have Type-2 diabetes – a condition that used to be associated with old age but is now increasingly...
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Having cream tea in Cornwall - June 2021 A few months ago, I celebrated a special birthday – my 50th! (July 2021) Check out this page, If you wish to find out more about me. I feel so lucky to be enjoying good health, a job I love, meaningful and loving human...
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Rising numbers of patients needing care, combined with a shortage of doctors is causing huge pressure on GP surgeries nationwide. After fifteen months of lockdown restrictions and millions of delayed and cancelled appointments, GPs are now seeing what one doctor...
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This is a special year for York Traditional Acupuncture: it’s our tenth anniversary! I founded York Traditional Acupuncture back in 2011, after several years working in Australia, Slovenia, and on board a cruise ship in the Caribbean. I love York, having previously...
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As the pandemic continues, more reports are emerging of a new phenomenon – the so-called ‘long Covid’. From an alternative health perspective this isn’t a new phenomenon at all. It’s another manifestation of something I see many patients with already in my acupuncture...
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While we progress through the second national lockdown, I am pleased and relieved at being able to keep my clinic open and continue working with patients. As a healthcare provider I give acupuncture treatments for a wide range of medical issues. These include chronic...
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It’s been just over two months since I reopened the acupuncture clinic after the restrictions eased, and it has been fantastic to see my wonderful clients again! So many people have been suffering during lockdown. Coronavirus may have hit but that didn’t mean every...
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The Covid-19 outbreak has certainly made people aware of the importance of good hygiene for disease prevention. I want to take this opportunity to reassure you and all my clients about the high standards of hygiene and care in my clinic – high standards that have been...
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The usual winter flu season is being made much worse this year with the dramatic spread of Coronavirus. Here in the UK, Government advice is focusing on regular handwashing, using alcohol hand sanitisers, avoiding physical contact, and self-isolating if you have been...
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Reading through this blog, you could be forgiven for thinking that acupuncture is a ‘cure all’! While it is proven to be effective for a vast range of conditions, there are certain problems acupuncture can’t help with, and we must turn to Western medicine instead. The...
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