Conditions
What does acupuncture treat?
These are the conditions we see most in the clinic. If yours is not listed, call or book an initial consultation, and we will tell you honestly whether Chinese medicine is a good fit.
Pain
Achilles Tendinitis
Achilles tendinitis is pain and stiffness in the thick tendon at the back of the ankle, usually from overuse. Acupuncture and related treatments can…
Ankle Sprain
A sprained ankle is a stretched or torn ligament, usually from rolling the foot inwards. Acupuncture and related treatments can help ease pain,…
Back Pain
Back pain covers everything from a strain you got lifting last week to stiffness you have lived with for years. We treat it with acupuncture and…
Bursitis
Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa, a small fluid-filled cushion that lets tendons glide over bone, most often at the outer hip, shoulder, elbow or…
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome causes numbness, tingling and pain in the hand when a nerve is squeezed at the wrist. We use acupuncture and related treatments…
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is long-term pain spread across the body, usually with poor sleep, tiredness and trouble concentrating. We use gentle acupuncture and…
Frozen Shoulder
Frozen shoulder is a painful stiffening of the shoulder joint that can take a year or more to settle. We use acupuncture and related treatments to…
Golfer's Elbow
Golfer's elbow is pain on the inner side of the elbow from strain on the tendons that bend the wrist and fingers. We treat it with acupuncture and…
Gout
Gout is a form of arthritis where uric acid crystals build up in a joint and set off sudden, intense attacks of pain and swelling. Acupuncture and…
Headaches & Migraines
Headaches and migraines can come from stress, tight neck muscles, hormones, sleep or food. We treat them with acupuncture and related treatments,…
Hip Pain
Hip pain can sit in the groin, on the outer side of the hip or in the buttock, and each place points to a different cause. We use acupuncture and…
Knee Pain
Knee pain can come from wear in the joint, an old injury or strain from how you move. We treat it with acupuncture and related treatments, based on a…
Neck Pain
Neck pain can come on overnight or build up over years at a desk. We use acupuncture and related treatments to ease pain and stiffness, based on a…
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is wear-related change in the joints that brings pain and stiffness, most often in the hands, hips, knees and spine. We use acupuncture…
Peripheral Neuropathy (Numbness & Tingling)
Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves of the hands and feet that causes numbness, tingling, burning or pain. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine…
Piriformis Syndrome
Piriformis syndrome is a deep ache in the buttock from a small hip muscle that tightens and can irritate the sciatic nerve beside it. We use…
Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis is irritation of the thick band of tissue under your foot, causing stabbing heel pain that is often worst with the first steps in…
Repetitive Strain Injury
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is pain and tightness that builds up in the hands, arms, shoulders or neck from doing the same movements for hours. We…
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that inflames the joints and needs care from a rheumatologist. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can be…
Sciatica
Sciatica is pain that runs from the low back or buttock down one leg, often with numbness or tingling. We treat it with acupuncture and related…
Shin Splints
Shin splints is pain along the inner edge of the shinbone that builds with running, jumping or a sudden increase in training. We use acupuncture and…
Shoulder Pain (Rotator Cuff & Impingement)
Rotator cuff strain and impingement cause a sore shoulder that hurts when you lift or reach, while the joint itself still moves. We use acupuncture…
Sports Injuries
Sports injuries range from a pulled hamstring last weekend to a shoulder that has ached every season for years. Acupuncture and related treatments can…
Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow is pain on the outer side of the elbow from strain on the tendons that extend the wrist and fingers. We treat it with acupuncture and…
Trigger Finger
Trigger finger is when a finger or thumb catches, clicks or locks as you bend it, because the tendon no longer glides smoothly through its sheath.…
Upper Back Pain
Upper back pain sits between and around the shoulder blades, often from posture, screens, stress or a strain. We use acupuncture and related…
Whiplash
Whiplash is a neck injury from a sudden jolt, most often a rear-end collision. Once a doctor has checked you, we use acupuncture and related…
Wrist Pain & Tendinitis
Wrist pain often comes from irritated tendons, especially on the thumb side of the wrist. We use acupuncture and related treatments to ease pain and…
Digestion
Acid Reflux & Heartburn
Acid reflux is when stomach contents flow back up into the esophagus, causing heartburn, a sour taste or a cough. Chinese medicine calls this Stomach…
Bloating
Bloating is a full, tight or swollen belly, often worse after meals or as the day goes on. Chinese medicine sees it as digestion that is weak,…
Chronic Diarrhoea
Chronic diarrhoea means loose or watery stools that go on for four weeks or more. Once your doctor has checked for a cause, Chinese medicine looks at…
Constipation
Constipation means bowel movements that are infrequent, hard or difficult to pass. Chinese medicine asks why the bowel is slow, whether from heat,…
Crohn's & Colitis (IBD) Support
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are lifelong inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) managed by a gastroenterologist. Chinese medicine does not…
Gastritis
Gastritis is inflammation of the stomach lining, which can cause a gnawing or burning ache, nausea and a poor appetite. Once your doctor has found and…
Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids are swollen veins in and around the anus that can bleed, itch or ache. Chinese medicine looks at what is pushing them down or congesting…
Indigestion (Functional Dyspepsia)
Indigestion is pain, burning or uncomfortable fullness in the upper belly, often after eating. When tests find no cause, doctors call it functional…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
IBS brings cramping, bloating and bowel habits that swing between loose and constipated. Chinese medicine sorts it into patterns, often linked to…
Nausea
Nausea is a symptom with many causes, from stress and weak digestion to pregnancy and medication. Chinese medicine sees it as the Stomach's energy…
Women’s health
Breech Baby (Moxibustion)
A breech baby is lying bottom or feet first late in pregnancy. Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine method sometimes used at this stage, only…
Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a long-term condition in which tissue like the lining of the uterus grows outside it, causing pelvic pain that is often severe.…
Fertility Support
Chinese medicine looks at fertility through the menstrual cycle: its length, flow, pain and the symptoms around it. Acupuncture and herbs can be used…
Heavy Periods
Heavy periods mean bleeding that soaks through protection quickly, lasts longer than a week, or wears you out. Chinese medicine looks at why the Blood…
Labour Preparation
Some women use acupuncture in the last weeks of pregnancy to help them feel ready for labour: to ease aches, support sleep and calm nerves. It is used…
Menopause & Hot Flashes
Menopause brings hot flashes, night sweats, poor sleep and mood changes for many women, sometimes for years. Chinese medicine reads these as a shift…
Missing or Irregular Periods
Periods that stop, come months apart or arrive at random need a medical check first. After that, Chinese medicine looks at the whole cycle to work out…
Morning Sickness
Nausea and vomiting are common in early pregnancy and usually settle by mid-pregnancy. Acupuncture can be used alongside your prenatal care to help…
PCOS
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormone condition that can bring irregular periods, acne, extra hair growth and weight changes. It needs…
Period Cramps
Period cramps are aching or cramping pain in the lower belly around your period, sometimes spreading to the back and thighs. Chinese medicine sees…
PMS
PMS is the irritability, low mood, bloating, breast tenderness and cravings that come in the week or two before your period and ease once it starts.…
Postpartum Recovery
The months after giving birth bring exhaustion, aches, broken sleep and big emotional changes. Chinese medicine sees this as a time to rebuild Qi and…
Men’s health
Chronic Prostatitis & Pelvic Pain
Chronic prostatitis, also called chronic pelvic pain syndrome, is long-lasting pain in the pelvis, groin or genitals, often with urinary symptoms,…
Erectile Dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction means trouble getting or keeping an erection firm enough for sex. It is common, often linked to circulation, stress or other…
Male Fertility
When a couple has trouble conceiving, a male factor often plays a part. Chinese medicine looks at a man's general and reproductive health as a…
Bladder & urinary
Overactive Bladder
Overactive bladder means a sudden, hard-to-put-off need to pass urine, often many times a day and again at night. Chinese medicine looks at why the…
Recurrent UTIs
Recurrent UTIs are bladder infections that keep coming back, usually two or more in six months or three in a year. An active infection needs your…
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence is leaking urine you did not mean to pass, most often when you cough, sneeze, laugh, lift or exercise. Acupuncture can support…
Sleep, stress & mood
Anxiety
Anxiety is worry or fear that is hard to switch off, often with a racing heart, a tight chest, poor sleep or an upset stomach. Chinese medicine looks…
Depression
Depression is a low mood, loss of interest and flat energy that last for weeks and get in the way of daily life. Chinese medicine can offer support…
Insomnia
Trouble falling asleep, waking in the night, or waking too early, for weeks or months. Chinese medicine looks at when and how your sleep breaks down,…
Sinus & respiratory
Asthma
Asthma is long-term inflammation and narrowing of the airways that brings wheezing, tightness and cough. Acupuncture is used as support alongside the…
Chronic Cough
A chronic cough is one that lasts more than eight weeks in adults. Once your doctor has looked for the cause, Chinese medicine treats the pattern…
Colds, Flu & Frequent Colds
Colds and flu are viral infections of the nose, throat and airways. Chinese medicine can support you through one, and between colds it works on the…
Seasonal Allergies (Hay Fever)
Hay fever is an allergic reaction to pollen and other airborne triggers, with sneezing, a runny or blocked nose and itchy eyes. Chinese medicine…
Sinusitis
Sinusitis is swelling in the sinuses that brings a blocked nose, thick mucus, and pressure around the face and eyes. Chinese medicine treats the…
Skin
Acne
In Chinese medicine, acne is a skin problem with an internal cause: usually heat, sometimes with digestive or hormonal patterns underneath. Treatment…
Eczema
Eczema is itchy, inflamed skin that flares and settles, often starting in childhood. In Chinese medicine it is usually read as wind, damp and heat in…
Hair Loss
Hair loss has many causes, from stress and illness to hormones, genes and the immune system. Chinese medicine looks at the pattern behind it, and…
Hives (Urticaria)
Hives are raised, itchy welts that come and go on the skin. When they keep returning for more than six weeks, they are called chronic hives. Chinese…
Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a long-term immune condition that builds thick, scaly patches of skin. Chinese medicine usually reads it as heat in the Blood, with…
Rosacea
Rosacea is a long-term condition of facial redness, flushing and bumps. In Chinese medicine it is usually read as heat rising to the face, and Chinese…
Shingles & Post-Shingles Pain
Shingles is a painful, blistering rash caused by the chickenpox virus waking up in a nerve. Some people are left with nerve pain after the rash heals.…
Head, ears & eyes
Bell's Palsy
Bell's palsy is a sudden weakness on one side of the face from an inflamed facial nerve. After your doctor has ruled out a stroke and started…
Dry Eye
Dry eye is when your eyes do not make enough tears, or the tears dry up too fast. Chinese medicine links the eyes to the Liver and to the body's…
Tinnitus
Tinnitus is ringing, buzzing or hissing in the ears that no one else can hear. Chinese medicine looks at how the sound started and what makes it…
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia causes sudden, electric-shock pain in the face, often set off by touch, chewing or wind. Acupuncture can be used as support…
Vertigo & Dizziness
Vertigo is the feeling that you or the room is spinning; dizziness can also mean feeling light-headed or off balance. Once your doctor has checked the…
Other conditions
Quitting Smoking
Quitting smoking brings cravings, irritability, restless sleep and a bigger appetite for a few weeks. Acupuncture can be one part of your quit plan,…
Raynaud's
Raynaud's makes the fingers or toes turn white or blue in the cold or with stress, then red and painful as blood returns. Chinese medicine sees it as…
Restless Legs
Restless legs syndrome is an uncomfortable urge to move your legs, worse in the evening and when you sit or lie still. Chinese medicine often links it…