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What Exercises are Good for Me?

Osteopaths are often asked to advise clients on appropriate levels of exercise as well as specific exercises for injured joints and muscles. Ebony Jacklin, Osteopath at Thame Therapy Clinic, explains the thinking behind exercise… Exercise is essential to keep us healthy. The government recommends that adults should do at least two and half hours of […]

Facial acupuncture – would you? By Sarah O’Hanlon of Muddy Stilettos

I’m a long-standing fan of this alternative therapy clinic in Thame, a buzzy little market town on the Oxfordshire/Bucks borders that’s a handy five minute whizz from Muddy HQ. I reviewed the cupping treatment here last year but this time round I despatched Sarah to try out facial acupuncture. Turns out getting stabbed in the face with […]

Dealing with Depression – could Complementary Therapies help?

Recently in the media there has been a lot of news about the beneficial effects of anti-depressants for treating depression. According to a major study in the medical journal The Lancet, anti-depressants are ‘definitively good for depression and better than any placebos.’ The question of how best to treat depression has been an ongoing debate […]

The hyper-sensitive child and the Moro Reflex…

Did you know that we are all born with primitive reflexes that are essential to our early survival but they must be lost in order for our brain to develop properly? For example, an infant’s palmar reflex allows the baby to grasp anything that is placed in the palm but this reflex must be lost in order for the […]

Muddy Stiletto’s Blogger, Hero, has named us her “local go-to complementary clinic’…

Muddy Stiletto’s Blogger, Hero, has named us her “local go-to complementary clinic’… Read her post here: https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/directory/thame-therapy-clinic/?utm_source=Muddy+newsletter&utm_campaign=2dd2aa3c78-Mail_Mon_29_Jan_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5436923e1e-2dd2aa3c78-26050957

Check out our Fitness Feature in Vale Life Magazine…

Check out our Fitness Feature in Vale Life Magazine… Click here to view: Scan 2018-2-8 0002

Menopausal Issues and Acupuncture

Although the menopause is a normal transition period in a women’s life, it can be a time of difficulty.  Symptoms start occurring such as night sweats, hot flushes, mood swings, disturbed sleep, irritability, tearfulness, problems concentrating, and over tiredness. For some women these are experienced as a minor irritation, like a short-lived physical interruption to […]

HOW DO I MAKE MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS MEANINGFUL?

So here we are again, January 1st 2018, and it only seems like yesterday that 2017 began! It’s probably cold and dark and you might feel a bit ragged for obvious reasons. Is there any point in starting anything?! Actually yes. What’s needed now is a plan to implement those hazy ideas you had recently […]

Male infertility? Acupuncture can help!

When couples are struggling to conceive it is often not appreciated that some 30% of unexplained fertility cases are due to male infertility and not ‘female factors’. This skewed perception of infertility is part of the problem which men face when confronted by an unproductive sperm test as it requires a change of mindset to […]