Eyes darting left and right. Your neck sore from constantly looking over your shoulders, chasing the shadow of pedestrians going about their business. Agitated. Sensitive. Wanting to hole up in a secluded dark corner at your workplace. Maybe its not as bad as the description above. Maybe it is. If it is, I recommend that […]
Tag: acupuncture
Acupuncture for cancer rehabilitation
Cancer is one of the leading health burdens in Australia (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020). For most people, the news of cancer diagnosis is quite devastating, and few things can prepare them for the arduous journey that is to follow. Fortunately, with awareness for early screening and advances in medical technology, the survival […]
What is PCOS and can Chinese Medicine help deal with It?
PCOS stands for polycystic ovary syndrome –- is characterised by the growth of multiple small follicles on the ovary. It is often undiagnosed as the person may still menstruate, but usually very irregularly, for example, having six week or a few months in between periods. The actual blood flow can also be quite scanty, so […]
How acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine may help PMT and period pain.
Research – and millennia of use — has shown that acupuncture has an anti-inflammatory effect on the body, that it improves blood flow, relaxes the muscles, and stops pain. One of the reasons for pain at period time, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory, is constraint of liver* energy, as its role is to […]
Anxiety-Gut connection: why one affects the other
Have you ever felt nauseous, desperately trying to push down the contents of last nights dinner before giving the bad news to your boss? Or the churning inside your stomach when something you have been preparing for a long time falls apart? You were probably experiencing anxiety. Anxiety, though classified as a mental disorder, is […]
Acupuncture for Mental Health
This past year has perhaps been the most chaotic period of our generation. Despite our best efforts, the virus has proven itself to be very, very resilient. Unfortunately, this has proven to be fatal to us bi-pedal vertebrates. In addition to the obvious physical and social toll, COVID has demanded a prolific mental health toll. […]
To sing a lullaby with Acupuncture
Fighting the morning call How often have you spent your night intimidated by the sound of your bedroom clock? It’s ticking sounds the footsteps of the approaching daylight. Desperately hoping that the whisper of sleep will drown out the ticking herald of the alarm bell? For some people, sleep disturbance is a singular experience on […]
Pain And Inflammation in the Body
Western medicine doesn’t recognize the concepts of qi and meridians. However, scientific evidence suggests alternate explanations for why acupuncture might provide pain relief. “There’s a lot of research that says when we put an acupuncture needle into the body, a number of physiological mechanisms occurs,” says Brian Berman, MD, professor of family and community medicine and director […]
Dos And Don’ts for Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is also known as the spring festival, as it marks the end of the coldest days, and brings a fresh start. Firecrackers are supposed to scare off bad luck, which is done at midnight on New Year’s Eve – although I remember when I was studying post-grad acupuncture in Guangzhou, they were […]
Acupuncture and Inflammation
Inflammation is commonly a response to some form of injury or trauma. The idea behind inflammation is to flood the injury site with white blood cells, natural killer cells, etc to help clear the site from foreign debris or pathogens, in order to promote healing. But with all these extra cells in a location where […]
Facial Acupuncture
Yes it’s Christmas time again, that perfect time to treat yourself or a loved one to a personal experience towards their health and inner happiness. Cosmetic Acupuncture also known as Facial Rejuvenation, this form of Acupuncture was only for the Emperors Concubine and High Ranking Officials of the Court during the Sui and Tang Dynasties […]
Healthy Living from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Improving your Sleep Sleep is indispensable and a way for the body to rest and recover. As one of the pillars of health, quality sleep can become more and more difficult due to aging or disturbances in one’s personal or work life. Unfortunately this often leads to a vicious cycle of poor sleep and poor […]
How Acupuncture may help Posture, Pain and Movement
How acupuncture may help with posture, pain and movement? Muscles should be limber or flaccid when not active and should only tense up when activated. If this doesn’t happen then you can consider it as some form of muscular dysfunction. When different areas start to tighten up it can cause dysfunctional movement of the areas […]
Out of the Woods Women’s Health & Spring
Your health is a journey. Each journey is unique, it’s yours. You are in the driver’s seat, so where do you want to go? Everyone has their own approach and sometimes it’s hard to change your direction and steer yourself towards optimal health. What even is optimal health and how do you get there? This […]
Cosmetic Acupuncture
Facial Ageing is caused by structural rearrangement of tissue. When we are in our teens, fat in the face is uniformly apportioned and forms cushioning in the forehead, cheeks, and areas around the eyes and mouth. When we enter our 30’s, this apportioned fat loses quantity and moves downward. Therefore features that were formerly raised […]
Out of the Woods, Gym injury prevention month
COVID has brought many challenges for everyone that’s for sure. I’m a big believer that with every challenge comes a blessing. It may however take time to sort through the chaos to find the silver lining. So have you found your silver lining? As long as I can remember I have valued my health, back […]
Acupuncture, the Gym and Injuries
Muscles are a bunch of fibers in muscular groups and work by contracting when fired by an electrical impulse from the nerves. I think of these as a bunch of cables bundled together and when tension starts due to poor posture, overwork or injury, the tension or the cause of muscular dysfunction tends to start […]
Out of the Woods Pregnancy Month
Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body, a miracle of wisdom. – Harriette Hartigan Pre-conception and pregnancy is a time in a woman’s life where they often go above and beyond to improve and optimise the health of themselves […]
Cosmetic Acupuncture with Isabella on Studio 10
Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine Practitioner – Isabella Buirski recently featured on Channel Ten’s morning show; Studio 10. Isabella explained the new trend in anti-ageing skin care as well as performing a demonstration on Denise Drysdale. Isabella explains more on the topic below; What is Cosmetic Acupuncture? Facial acupuncture, a treatment that’s been used for thousands […]
Don’t walk, run! (Without injury)
This is your safety guide to putting one foot in front of the other whether you’re a weekend warrior, training for a marathon or just jogging for lunchtime fitness. Did you know? 65% of runners experience an annual injury (1). It reaches 90% for those that are training for a marathon (2). But, what do […]
