The Initial Consultation and Treatment
The initial consultation and first treatment will take around 75 minutes. During this time, I will ask you questions about your current symptoms, medical history, diet, digestive system, sleeping patterns and emotional state. I will then take your blood pressure, your pulses on both wrists, do a tongue diagnosis and then palpate for areas of muscular tension. From this information I will then put together a personalised treatment plan which may include advice on diet and lifestyle choices.
Follow-up Appointments
Follow-up appointments generally last for 45 -60 minutes. At the start of each appointment I will ask you for feedback on how you have been feeling since the previous treatment. Your feedback is important as it helps me to plan treatments suited to your needs.
How Many Treatments Will I Need?
This really does depend on each individual’s response to acupuncture and the severity and duration of the complaint. Some people will feel the benefits within one or two sessions, others may take a little longer. As a general guide, however, I like to see patients on a weekly basis for the first 5-6 treatments, and then re-assess the condition. Follow-up appointments will be arranged as necessary. The eventual aim is to have maintenance treatments perhaps four or five times a year to ensure continued balance and harmony.
The initial consultation and first treatment will take around 75 minutes. During this time, I will ask you questions about your current symptoms, medical history, diet, digestive system, sleeping patterns and emotional state. I will then take your blood pressure, your pulses on both wrists, do a tongue diagnosis and then palpate for areas of muscular tension. From this information I will then put together a personalised treatment plan which may include advice on diet and lifestyle choices.
Follow-up Appointments
Follow-up appointments generally last for 45 -60 minutes. At the start of each appointment I will ask you for feedback on how you have been feeling since the previous treatment. Your feedback is important as it helps me to plan treatments suited to your needs.
How Many Treatments Will I Need?
This really does depend on each individual’s response to acupuncture and the severity and duration of the complaint. Some people will feel the benefits within one or two sessions, others may take a little longer. As a general guide, however, I like to see patients on a weekly basis for the first 5-6 treatments, and then re-assess the condition. Follow-up appointments will be arranged as necessary. The eventual aim is to have maintenance treatments perhaps four or five times a year to ensure continued balance and harmony.
After Effects
Most people feel relaxed and calm following a treatment. Some people may feel tired or sleepy and this should be taken into account if you are planning to drive or use machinery immediately after your treatment. As acupuncture is a holistic therapy, as well as reporting symptomatic relief of the main condition, many patients also report feeling generally better overall.
Does Acupuncture Hurt?
Acupuncture needles bear no resemblance to the syringe needles used for injections. Acupuncture needles are of a very fine gauge and are inserted extremely lightly. You may not even feel them penetrate the skin and, once in place, they are hardly noticeable. Some patients report feeling a dull ache or tingling sensation. Depending on your individual treatment plan, needles may be inserted only for a few seconds or they may be retained for 15-20 minutes.
Side Effects?
Acupuncture has virtually no unpleasant side effects. Any that do occur are mild and self-correcting. Occasionally there may be minor bruising at the needle point or a short-term flare up of your symptoms as your qi clears and resettles.
Most people feel relaxed and calm following a treatment. Some people may feel tired or sleepy and this should be taken into account if you are planning to drive or use machinery immediately after your treatment. As acupuncture is a holistic therapy, as well as reporting symptomatic relief of the main condition, many patients also report feeling generally better overall.
Does Acupuncture Hurt?
Acupuncture needles bear no resemblance to the syringe needles used for injections. Acupuncture needles are of a very fine gauge and are inserted extremely lightly. You may not even feel them penetrate the skin and, once in place, they are hardly noticeable. Some patients report feeling a dull ache or tingling sensation. Depending on your individual treatment plan, needles may be inserted only for a few seconds or they may be retained for 15-20 minutes.
Side Effects?
Acupuncture has virtually no unpleasant side effects. Any that do occur are mild and self-correcting. Occasionally there may be minor bruising at the needle point or a short-term flare up of your symptoms as your qi clears and resettles.