10 November 2018
STAYING MENTALLY WELL AND PHYSICALLY HEALTHY FOR TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS
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Andy Roscoe offers a view from his work as a Traditional Acupuncturist:- “There is a lot of media interest currently around mental health problems, a lot of it focusing on the mental well-being of teenagers and young adults. I hear first hand accounts from worried parents about the pressures on their children at school particularly […]
Read More15 June 2016
CAN ACUPUNCTURE HELP ME QUIT SMOKING?
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Andy Roscoe, Acupuncturist here at the clinic comments… Stopping smoking is essentially a battle to overcome nicotine addiction and the stress that goes with it. Since Acupuncture is known, anecdotally at least, as an effective method for dealing with stress, many people use it to stop smoking. There is no research evidence to confirm the […]
Read More10 May 2016
What can I do about hayfever?
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After a warm winter and a cold spring, the recent lift in temperatures has brought a sudden rise in pollen levels and for some the start of hayfever misery. Medical solutions range from relatively harmless saline solutions to stronger suppressants such as anti-histamines and steroids. The latter two may be faster acting but often carry […]
Read More19 January 2016
DOES S.A.D. REALLY EXIST?
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It has been fashionable for some years to describe low energy or depression in the winter as ‘suffering from S.A.D. or Seasonal Affective Disorder’. S.A.D. appears to be a general description of mid-winter malaise but in fact the concept is does have diagnostic significance and was well understood more than 2000 years ago in Chinese […]
Read More7 August 2015
Hips, Feet and Acupuncture…
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Being able to move our legs freely is an essential part of staying well. This becomes painfully apparent if you are unfortunate enough to suffer from aching hips or feet. Acupuncturist, Andy Roscoe has worked with these issues for 22 years. He has observed that in the absence of injury, stiffness in the hips often starts […]
Read More4 March 2014
Kill the pain with alternative treatments…
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It is estimated that more than a million people in the UK suffer from some form of back problem every year. In most cases, much of the discomfort centres on the lower part of the back.The figures, according to the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), suggest that back pain is one of the main reasons for […]
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