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Acupuncture in Bristol and Shaftesbury
Dwara Young practises traditional Acupuncture based on the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She has Acupuncture clinics in Clifton, Bristol and in Shaftesbury, Dorset.
What is acupuncture?
Acupuncture is part of the traditional medicine of China, where it continues to feature in mainstream healthcare both as a stand-alone therapy and in combination with conventional western medicine.
Acupuncture is now widely used and accepted all over the world. In the UK more and more people are finding out what acupuncture can do for them. Dwara practises acupuncture based on Chinese medicine principles that have been developed, researched and refined for over 2,000 years. She trained in the UK and China, where she witnessed and assisted in the treatment of patients with acupuncture in Beijing hospitals.
Many people come for acupuncture seeking help with specific symptoms such as nausea, or to relieve specific pains such as that created by osteoarthritis of the knee. Some use acupuncture because they feel generally unwell but have no obvious diagnosis. Some choose acupuncture to help maintain good health or simply to enhance their feeling of wellbeing.
Very fine sterile needles are inserted into specific, selected points on the body's channels of energy to regulate the flow of 'qi' - your body's vital energy. It is not yet fully understood how this mechanism works physiologically. One theory (that the fluid in the collagen layers making up the bulk of connective tissues in the body provides conduction pathways) indicating a possibility of how this may function, was recently published in the American Journal of Complementary Medicine but this is only one theoretical possibility. Acupuncturists' understanding is that the insertion of needles stimulates patients' own healing responses and helps restore their natural balance.
Who has acupuncture?
Dwara gives acupuncture treatment to people in all age groups,including pregnant women and children.
Many people return to acupuncture again and again because they find it so beneficial and relaxing.
How can acupuncture help?
People with a wide variety of conditions regularly have acupuncture, and much has been published in recent years about the help acupuncture can provide in helping people who have various symptoms, but there is as yet limited conclusive proof. If you would like to phone Dwara at any of her practices, she would be pleased to discuss your health problem with you and give her opinion as to the likelihood, in her experience, of acupuncture being helpful to you. You can also look at research for further information. There are a number of Fact sheets published by the Acupuncture Research and Resource Centre which are available online. Click here then scroll down and click on Fact Sheets.
Is acupuncture available on the NHS?
In 2009, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended that acupuncturre should be made available on the NHS, as a cost-effective short-term treatment for the management of early, persistent non-specific lower back pain. The British Acupuncture Council supports NICE's recommendation and is endeavouring to work with the NHS to find a way to implemement the policy. Read their press release here
Your acupuncturist
Dwara Young MSc DipAc MBAcC.
Dwara is an experienced, professionally trained acupuncturist and a member of the British Acupuncture Council. She has been in practice since 1992.
If you would like to have a chat with her before making an appointment, do phone the practice nearest you and ask Dwara to get in touch with you, or email dwara@acupuncture-bristol.co.uk, putting "Enquiry from website" as your subject heading.
Clifton Physiotherapy
111 Pembroke Road
Clifton
Bristol BS8 3EU
0117 970 6390
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Trinity Osteopathic Practice
42 Bell Street
Shaftesbury
Dorset SP7 8AE
01747 851 726
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