Archive for the ‘Acupuncture’ Category

Atlas Pain Relief Centre have launched a new acupuncture website in Solihull Birmingham.  The new acupuncture website supports Solihull acupuncturist Chris Byrne who has joined the Atlas team at their Hall Green clinic.

Acupuncture in Solihull

Chris is an experienced 5 Element acupuncture practitioner with 10 years experience in acupuncture treatments.

The new website can be viewed on www.acupuncture-solihull.co.uk

Acupuncture treatments in Solihull is now available at The Atlas Pain Relief Centre Clinic in Hall Green.  Located on The Robin Hood Island the Atlas Clinic has a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare.

Acupuncture practitioner Chris Byrne is an experienced 5 Element acupuncture practitioner with 10 years experience in acupuncture treatments. 

Chris joins the Atlas team of Osteopaths, Physiotherapists and Podiatrist who practice from the Birmingham Pain Relief Clinic.

Well know for its work in Sports Injuries the Atlas Clinic is a one stop shop for private healthcare and will cater for your needs.

You can view the website by visiting www.solihullbackpainclinic.co.uk   or telephoning for an appointment to  0121 745 8792

Acupuncture treatments in Tamworth is now affordable thanks to the efforts of female acupuncturist Rebecca Richards.  Rebecca who is based at Atlas Pain Relief Centre in Lower Gungate, Tamworth, Staffordshire is offering acupuncture for pain relief at only £15 per visit on a Saturday morning.

The affordable acupuncture clinic will treat acute and chronic pain symptoms such as arthritis, tennis elbow, shoulder pain, knee pain, back pain, neck pain, sciatica, trapped nerve, headaches and migraines.  Within driving distance of Atherstone, Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield, the Tamworth acupuncture clinic represents great value for money.

At just £15 a session the Tamworth acupuncturist wants to make acupuncture treatment affordable to everyone including the unemployed,  people on low income and pensioners.

Tamworth acupuncture treatments at Atlas offer much more than pain relief, anxiety, stress, depression, menapause symptoms, digestive disorders, circulatory problems and tiredness can all be treated.  Rebecca has experience at working in a Spanish fertility clinic using acupuncture as a way of enhancing success rates of pregnancy.

The website page to visit is www.tamworthosteopath.co.uk/acupuncture.html  if you wish to take advantage of the affordable acupuncture clinic on a Saturday morning in Tamworth

Acupuncture for shoulder pain

Tamworth osteopath and physiotherapist John Williams is currently adding acupuncture to his list of skills. The Staffordshire osteopath based at Atlas Pain Relief Centre will be using acupuncture for pain relief and treatment of painful muscular trigger points.

Acupuncture is widely recognised as an effective form of treatment by many who have experienced the benefits. Osteopaths, physiotherapists, GP’s, nurses, chiropractors and medical trained professions are increasingly adding acupuncture treatments to their skills and training with the BMAS.

Only people who have medical training and access to medical diagnosis are trained by the BMAS so you know you are in safe hands when you undergo acupuncture treatment.

There are currently 3 Tamworth osteopaths working from Atlas Pain Relief Centre in Lower Gungate and 2 of them are female practitioners. Offering a choice of practitioners is something that Atlas wants to promote and by offering both male and female osteopaths the public can make a choice.

Pain relief acupuncture treatments can be used on back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, tennis elbow, neck pain and muscle spasms. For details about Atlas treatments please visit the website www.atlaspainrelief.com

Acupuncture Solihull for a female Solihull acupuncturist. If you are looking for an acupuncture practitioner and have fertility problems then call 0121 745 8792. Acupuncture for fertility may help potential parents to have the family they dreamed about. Working alongside IVF the acupuncture treatment will cause no harm and many couples have endorsed acupuncture to aid fertility.

Solihull acupuncture clinic is part of the Atlas group of clinics and offers Free Consultations with our female acupuncture practitioner. Acupuncture is painless and can treat many problems such as hormonal, digestive, emotional and pain related problems.

Stress, anxiety and depression respond well to acupuncture treatments and Solihull acupuncture clinic have treatments designed for your needs.

Acupuncture is available to new patients from Cheswick Green, Dickens Heath,Earlswood,Solihull, Shirley and Hall Green. If you prefer to be treated by a female practitioner call us today.

Visit Solihull Acupuncture Clinic and see what they have to offer. Book your free consultation by calling 0121 745 8792 or visit our website on www.atlaspainrelief.com

Atlas Back pain clinics in Hall Green Birmingham & Tamworth Staffordshire can help you.

Some people suffer back pain for years without questioning whether there may be a better option to pain killers or other therapies that do not seem to improve their situation.

Birmingham and Solihull Osteopaths (an alternative to Chiropractors) Solihull Back Pain Physiotherapists and Female Acupuncture practitioners, all experts in their field, join forces and provide a top quality back pain service. This combination of skills and therapies offers our patients focused treatment plans which can lead to rapid recovery rates from many back pain conditions. If you are currently on long term medication for your Back pain, sciatica, shoulder or neck pain why not try a free consultation at the Tamworth or Solihull Birmingham clinics, we will be very happy to help you.

Being in constant pain is a sensation that those who have not suffered may not be able to understand or appreciate. Because we are continuously dealing with severe painful conditions on a daily basis we have gained a tremendous insight, through experience, on dealing with pain control and those who suffer. All of our patients feel relaxed and calm while being treated, comforted by the knowledge that our treatments do not have any side effects.

Practicing in clinics in Tamworth and Solihull, Birmingham there is easy access for patients from Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield, Swadlincote and Brownhills.

How acupuncture helps with Back Pain

Research carried out in 2002 indicated that almost 80% of the world’s population would suffer from some kind of back pain with lower back pain being the most common type. In addition to the high rate of incidence, back pain is also known to have a high rate of recurrence in patients.

Acupuncture is a natural method of treatment that involves no chemicals or surgery. Thin stainless steel needles are inserted into the body at various acupuncture points to stimulate the free flow of Chi or life force through the body. Free flowing Chi results in a healthy and pain free body. Large bodies of research have been able to establish a connection between acupuncture and relief from back pain-especially sciatica.

Sciatica refers to a type of back pain in which the pain radiates from the buttocks down the legs. Sometimes, sciatica pain can also be a consequence of a muscle spasm impinging on the sciatica nerve. Acupuncture can be effectively used to alleviate muscle spasms. The results are almost immediate and can provide relief within minutes.

Back pain may be caused because muscles that are not frequently exercised and stretched are suddenly put to excessive use. Muscle spasms are common in such cases and result in the individual feeling sore, stiff and a dull ache in the back. Patients suffering from sciatica may even feel a tingling sensation or numbness. This can be due to the narrowing of the disc space or a disc protrusion in the lumbar region.

Acupuncture is used to improve blood circulation to the entire lumbar region and spinal cord. It is suggested that it relaxes paraspinal muscles and provides relief from muscle spasms. The increased blood flow provides greater nourishment to the discs and increases their elasticity. Thus, acupuncture can be extremely effective in reducing back pain symptoms. It is important to remember that different patients respond differently to acupuncture sessions and it can take anywhere between 4-12 sessions to really feel the difference.
Atlas Back Pain Clinics are part of the Atlas Pain Relief Centre group of back pain clinics located in Hall Green Birmingham near Solihull and Shirley and Tamworth town centre, Staffordshire near Lichfield.
The Clinics are currently offering free acupuncture consultations by telephoning 01827 59943 or visit the website www.atlaspainrelief.com for more information

Acupuncture Solihull or Acupuncture Birmingham is often spelt incorrectly to read Accupuncture. In an attempt tp promote acupuncture in Solihull and Birmingham, Atlas Pain Relief Centre are offering free acupuncture consultations. Visit our website on www.atlaspainrelief.com

Solihull, Shirley, Hall Green, Birmingham and West Midlands patients can now arrange a Free acupuncture consultation to see how acupuncture can help you. Acupuncture is available at Atlas Pain Relief Centre in Hall Green Birmingham from our female acupuncturist. Located on the Robin Hood roundabout, Stratford Rd, Hall Green, Birmingham, the Free acupuncture consultations will be available to anyone interested in how acupuncture works and see how it can help their condition or ailment.

Acupuncture is growing in popularity and is used in treatments for depression, anxiety, stress, emotional conditions, digestive disorders, hormonal conditions, pain relief, back pain and fertility treatment. Many more conditions can be treated with acupuncture and this is your opportunity to arrange a free consultation to see how acupuncture may help you.

To book your free acupuncture consultation, please telephone 01827 59943 and quote reference APR/SOL/1

See how acupuncture is growing in stature by reading the following article.

BMJ 2000;321:11 ( 1 July )

News
Acupuncture wins BMA approval
Mark Silvert, BMJ
Acupuncture should become more widely available on the NHS and family doctors should be trained in some of its techniques, a BMA inquiry has concluded. The therapy has proved effective in treating back and dental pain, nausea and vomiting, and migraine, the BMA’s Board of Science and Education has found after a two year study.
Acupuncture is one of the most frequently requested of the complementary therapies. Up to five million people may have consulted a therapist specialising in complementary or alternative medicine in the past year, the report says.
Welcoming the report, Dr Richard Halvorsen, a GP and press officer for the British Medical Acupuncture Society, said: “It indicates a complete change in the way that the medical establishment views complementary therapies.” The study was commissioned in 1998 to “investigate the scientific basis and efficacy of acupuncture and the quality of training and standards of competence in its practitioners.” It reviewed literature and current research on acupuncture and examined safety aspects, including adverse effects.
Complication rates associated with acupuncture are “relatively low,” the study found. They generally fall into one of three categories: physical injuries, infections, and other adverse reactions. Many of the physical injuries could be avoided by ensuring that acupuncturists are fully trained in anatomy and physiology, with particular emphasis on teaching the location and depth of major organs. Inadequate or improper sterilisation techniques constitute a serious risk factor for infections, and this is recognised by professional acupuncture bodies and reflected in their codes of practice, states the report.
Transmission of infections can be avoided if all practitioners use only sterile disposable needles rather than reusable needles, which need sterilisation. Other adverse reactions include more minor events such as bleeding on withdrawal of the needle, bruising, and drowsiness. A survey of UK family doctors carried out as part of the study showed that nearly half had arranged acupuncture for patients and 58% had referred patients for some form of complementary or alternative medicine. The BMA is calling for a national register of all acupuncturists who are medically or non-medically qualified and for a national surveillance system to report adverse events.
Dr Vivian Nathanson, head of health policy at the BMA, said: “We need to see more high quality research into the effectiveness of acupuncture. Greater use of acupuncture would save the NHS millions of pounds each year.” However, she added that a consensus needed to be built on the minimum standards of training required for all potential acupuncture practitioners.
The BMA hopes that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will consider the value of acupuncture as a next step and produce guidance for the NHS.
Acupuncture: Efficacy, Safety, and Practice can be seen at the BMA’s website (www.bma.org.uk).

Another female Tamworth acupuncture practitioner joins Atlas Back Pain Relief Centre

Tamworth pain relief centre is delighted to announce the arrival of a second female Tamworth acupuncture practitioner who will join their busy team of professionals. Rebecca Southwell MBAcC has been recruited from Hampshire and will join the Tamworth team in February 2008.

Rebecca graduated with her 3 year acupuncture degree from the University of Lincoln and is a member of the British Acupuncture Council. She joins acupuncturist Maddy Sharp and will provide additional acupuncture services at the busy Tamworth and Solihull practices.

Acupuncture is very effective in treating symptoms of back pain, trapped nerves, tennis elbow, heel pain, arthritic pain, hormonal conditions, stress, anxiety, depression, fertility, digestive problems and much more.

Staffordshire pain relief centre clinic in Tamworth Staffordshire is a multi-disciplinary clinic and also offers Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists/Chiropodists and Sports Massage alongside Acupuncture. Both the Tamworth acupuncture practitioners are female as it is felt women have a better awareness of female problems and better suited to listening and providing support.

Staffordshire acupuncture patients will now have access to two excellent Tamworth acupuncture female practitioners at either Tamworth Staffordshire or Hall Green Birmingham, West Midlands.

Details can be accessed by visiting the Atlas Website on www.atlaspainrelief.com

Acupuncture is often spelt incorrectly as accupuncture.

Acupuncture can be an effective treatment for back pain however firstly the cause of the problem has to be identified. Bulging discs leading to nerve root irritation such as sciatica are of a mechanical nature and acupuncture treatments in these cases would only be treating the symptoms not the cause.

Many medications prescribed via your GP are only treating symptoms and in numerous cases the cause of the complaint has not been established. Acupuncture treatments may be viewed as similar to this by not addressing the nature of the complaint.

Acupuncture practitioners who work alongside other professionals such as GP’s, osteopaths, chiropractors and physiotherapists will have the support of practitioners with diagnostic skills and knowledge of medical testing. This can be valuable as a health screening process as some patients who present with low back pain may have a serious disease. Spinal Mets are a common site for prostate cancer and other local tumor sites and often present as back pain.

Some acupuncture practitioners prefers to work independently and will offer acupuncture as a treatment for every condition. Once again it must be stressed that acupuncture can be effective in the management of pain but for mechanical back pain the important factor is to identify the cause.

Treating pain without looking at the cause is like removing the red warning light lamp behind the dashboard of your car to prevent the irritating light coming on every time you drive. Diagnostic testing is very important when faced with back pain and once the cause of the back pain has been established the treatment regime can be selected.

A multi-disciplinary clinic where your first appointment will be carried out by a registered qualified practitioner capable of diagnostic testing to screen for any serious complaints is a good idea for safety. Missing early clinical signs may lead to a delay in diagnosing serious complaints and thus a delay in getting valuable early lifesaving intervention.

Many acupuncture practitioners are unable to register with private health companies such as Bupa due partly to the nature of the training they have previously received.

Atlas Back Pain Relief Centre in Tamworth Staffordshire and Solihull Birmingham is a multi disciplinary centre with osteopaths, physiotherapists and an acupuncture practitioner and all practitioners work together as a team. Acupuncture is used successfully within the clinic and the acupuncture practitioner has the comfort should they require it to seek a second opinion on patient symptoms or have a health screen done before commencing acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture can be more succesful than western medicine in some cases and is a great alternative for osteopaths and physiotherapists should they require an alternative viewpoint,

Atlas has the reputation for quality and customer service and all their practitioners have experience at treating back pain.

Testimonials can be viewed by visiting the website www.atlaspainrelief.com

Staffordshire Acupuncture Tennis Elbow treatment success story

Staffordshire acupuncture practitioner Maddy Sharp is proving a great success with her treatments for Tennis Elbow. Tamworth near Lichfield Staffordshire is the base of Maddy Sharp who works from Atlas Pain Relief Centre in Tamworth town centre. Maddy has joined the industry respected team of Sports Injury Professionals at Atlas and is already making a huge impact.

Chronic Tennis Elbow and Golfers Elbow conditions seem to respond well to acupuncture treatment. Recently a patient arrived for treatment with a long standing problem of Tennis elbow and was referred to Maddy for acupuncture treatment.

The patient was not convinced that acupuncture could help as many previous attempts at treating this condition had failed to get a positive result.

Following the first acupuncture session, before the patient left the practice, he remarked he was pain free and the grip strength had returned in his hand which was previously weak. He was totally amazed that the symptoms of tennis elbow had been drastically reduced after just one session.

The next visit a week later, the patient had reported a vast improvement and was so delighted that he had been spreading the gospel about the benefits of acupuncture to everyone he met.

The patient reported an overall 60% improvement in symptoms overall since the initial visit.
The second treatment had much the same impact as the first and the patient was able to remove the support strap he was wearing on his forearm.

The patient is currently completing his treatment plan and expects to be discharged after 6 treatments.

Acupuncture is painless and the needles are so fine they mostly cannot be felt when inserted.
Acupuncture treats many conditions such as anxiety, depression, digestive disorders, hormonal conditions, fertility treatment, pain relief and much more

Testimonials can be viewed by visiting the website www.atlaspainrelief.com

Anyone interested in acupuncture treatment can contact Atlas Clinic on 01827 59943