Deep Tissue Massage
What is Deep Tissue Massage? Deep tissue massage as the name suggests is massage that works on the muscles of the body at a deep level. The tissues of the body are manipulated using various techniques. These can include gentle…
Food Intolerances/Weight Gain
I regularly see patients who have eaten the same food everyday for years and years, craving the same things day in and out. Often the items we desire are the ones that lead to weight gain. Once these products are…
Elements of Successful Therapy - The Right Type of Therapy with the Right Therapist
It is of course true that there are many different kinds of psychotherapy and counselling – person centred and cognitive behavioural therapy are perhaps two of the best known, but other well-known approaches include gestalt therapy, psychoanalysis and transactional analysis.…
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Acceptance and Commitment therapy or ACT The goal of ACT is to create a rich and meaningful life, while accepting the pain that goes with it. It is only through mindful action that we can create a meaningful life. ACT…
Empathy and counselling
What is Empathy? Empathy has been described in different ways: walking in another's shoes, entering into another person's frame of reference or having the ability to experience life as the other person does by entering the person's world of thoughts,…
Counselling for Work-Related Stress
Work related stress is an increasingly common issue in today’s busy society. Health and Safety Executive figures for 2013/2014 indicate that ‘Stress, depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders accounted for the majority of days lost due to work-related ill health.’…
Emotional Energy
During any given day your physical and emotional energy levels fluctuate, for some people it can be like the ebb and flow of a gentle tide, or for others it’s more like crashing waves, and then brief moments of quiet…
Injury Will Prevent The Fluid Golf Swing.
Injury Will Prevent The Fluid Golf Swing. You can’t do a thing if you’ve not got that swing. Sounds like words from an old song, but believe me having treated quite a few golfers these are words I hear quite…
Acupuncture in Pregnancy: Natural Inductions, Breech, Nausea etc
Acupuncture for Pregnancy Acupuncture is now widely accepted all over the world, it is a tried and tested system of traditional medicine that stems back thousands of years. This safe and effective natural therapy is now very popular amongst all…
Eczema
Itch, scratch, itch…… Eczema is an inflammatory skin condition which is becoming more prevalent amongst both children and adults throughout the UK. It is often characterised by a red, itchy rash, which can be both physically uncomfortable and effect self-confidence…
Stress and Success - why these DO NOT go hand in hand and what you can do to control your stress.
"But if I'm not stressed, it means I don't care" So it seems stress is beginning to be a normal part of daily life for almost everyone, including our teens and children. Stress, worry, anxiety and fears all seem to…
What is Osteopathy and how does it compare to Physiotherapy and Chiropractic?
What is Osteopathy and how does it compare to Physiotherapy and Chiropractic? This is a question which I am often asked in practice. It can be difficult to answer because practitioners tend to work in different ways and the boundaries…