Acupuncture

Nurture Studio has three qualified and experienced Chinese Medicine Practitioners: Nea Ovens, Charity Carleton and Angela Gray.

Acupuncture is part of an integrated system of primary health care, known as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that has an uninterrupted history of development dating back almost five thousand years in China and other parts of East Asia. Acupuncture takes a holistic approach to understanding normal function and disease processes and focuses as much on the prevention of illness as on the treatment.

When healthy, an abundant supply of qi (pronounced chee) or "life energy" flows through the body's meridians (a network of channels that run through the body). If the flow of qi in the meridians becomes blocked or there is an inadequate supply of qi, then the body fails to maintain harmony, balance and order, and disease or illness follows. This disharmony can result from stress, overwork, poor diet, disease pathogens, weather and environmental conditions, and your genetic constitution. A pattern becomes evident to TCM practitioners through observable signs of bodily disharmony. TCM practitioners look carefully for these signs of health and disharmony, paying particular attention not only to the presenting signs and symptoms, but also to the medical history, general constitution, and the pulse and tongue.

Acupuncture treatment involves the insertion of fine, sterile needles into specific sites (acupuncture points) along the body's meridians to clear energy blockages and encourage the normal flow of qi through the individual. The practitioner may also stimulate the acupuncture points using other methods, including moxibustion, cupping, laser therapy, electro-stimulation and massage, in order to re-establish the flow of qi.

Acupuncture has the following benefits:

• effectively treats a wide range of acute and chronic ailments including: muscle and joint pain; womens health (including infertility); headaches; immune response; metabolism; stress, anxiety and panic attacks.
• provides drug free pain relief
• treats the underlying cause of disease and illness as well as the symptoms
• provides an holistic approach to the treatment of disease and illness, linking body, mind and emotions
• assists in the prevention against disease and illness as well as the maintenance of general well-being