I am SO passionate about helping your cyclical health.
There is deeply embedded shame in our most natural of bodily processes, and a massive gap in education which needs to change - so come and see me and we can be real and open about getting you to happier period health.
I want to support you to feel better naturally and holistically whilst offering support and education.
You should not be in pain every month, you should not be bleeding super heavily, and those symptoms of PMS are just awful aren't they? Let's sort that.
Perimenopause / Menopause / Premature Ovarian Insufficiency symptoms can be greatly alleviated by acupuncture and diet and lifestyle tweaks - again, a passion of mine is to help you through this stage of life.
Just the other day my client, Annie, who was suffering with debilitating endometriosis told me I had changed her life!
And when my ladies report their happy periods - well, it makes me happy.
For women's Health treatments I will want to see you weekly for at least one month, because I will need to treat you during each phase of your cycle. We can then drop down to just the second half of your cycle before we re-assess.
My aim is never to keep you with me having treatments forever - your journey with me will arm you with all the tools you need to keep your flow happy going forward but most ladies love the self care and reset of monthly treatments - especially if that involves a bespoke extra like a dermaplane facial, a snooze under collagen boosting LED light or, a meditation! (Yeah, I've got you covered, ladies)
Goodness me, us women are really just left to deal with it when it comes to our emotional health & our cycle; either being offered anti-depressants or hormonal contraception, which both come with those unwanted side effects! There is another way, we start with calming your nervous system with acupuncture & traditional chinese medicine and watch the magic happen!
Utilising a holistic approach includes taking care of your nutrition and sleep.
I won't throw a diet plan at you but rather empower you with researched information that you can start to utilise between sessions at my acupuncture clinics and moving forward.
The time of our life when we go 'oh my god what is happening to me?' Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture can help you transition, by calming the debilitation symptoms that come with this change in our life. Your changing hormones make you less able to cope with stress and one of the most stress relieving things you can do is take some time out purely for yourself.
Theoretically, there's only a small window of opportunity when women can get pregnant, and that is the time around ovulation. It's difficult to pinpoint exactly when ovulation happens but it should happen around 10 to 16 days before the next period.
Many women are looking to come off contraception but find that they struggle with their periods. Using a holistic approach, together we can make your cycle a calmer time, whilst you take control over your own fertility.
Did you know that a period should be relatively pain free and you should not be doubled over in pain? In the West we're told this is ok - 'normal' - and to take a pain killer.
But it is not 'normal'.
A study conducted by researchers from Western Sydney University and the University of Auckland has shown that acupuncture for pain relief significantly reduces period pain intensity, duration & symptoms over time, with improvements being sustained up to a year after treatment. Read about the study here.
Whatever you are suffering with, acupuncture can usually help. In fact, it is recommended in the N.I.C.E guidelines which doctors use to recommend treatments for their patients.
New, acute injuries or chronic conditions, headaches, migraines, shoulder aches and pains, back pain and sciatica, knee issues, restless sleep, sports injuries, tendonitis, allergies, anxiety, long covid, fatigue, women's health, emotional issues, night sweats, nightmares.. the list goes on.
Let's start your healing journey...
Below is some information about just two of the things I regularly help with in clinic using acupuncture, with backpain also being a very popular treatment for which I often combine other modalities such as massage and cupping, which you can read about on the next page.
One of the key pillars of dis-ease in Traditional Chinese Medicine comes from emotional health and many of our modern problems are due to underlying emotions.
I provide a judgement free, safe space in my Northwich and Wilmslow clinics, having trained in Emotional Therapy and understand that past trauma and experiences have a very real and physical effect on the body.
Emotional symptoms such as the following have been shown to respond very well to acupuncture.
- Anxiety- Stress- Insomnia- Addictions including food - Symptoms associated with grief, worry, overthinking and more.