Acupuncture for Pain: Why It Works When Nothing Else Does

Helen had tried everything. Her chronic neck pain, which started after a minor car accident three years earlier, had been resistant to every treatment her healthcare team could offer. Physiotherapy provided temporary relief. Anti-inflammatories helped marginally. The pain management specialist had exhausted his repertoire of injections and stronger medications. Everyone agreed there was nothing structurally […]

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Back Pain: The Emotional Load We Carry

David’s lower back pain began during what he now refers to as “the year everything fell apart.” His father was diagnosed with dementia, requiring increasingly intensive care that fell largely to David as the only child living nearby. His marriage was struggling under the strain of sleepless nights and mounting responsibilities. Work pressures had intensified

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Headaches, Migraines, and the Liver Connection

Maria’s migraines followed a predictable pattern that had nothing to do with her head. They arrived like clockwork during busy periods at work, particularly when she’d been skipping meals and surviving on coffee and stress. The pain would start as a dull ache behind her right eye, gradually building to a throbbing intensity that made

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Pain Isn’t Just Pain: The Chinese Medicine Map of What Hurts Where

James had been living with shoulder pain for three years. It started gradually – a slight ache after long days at his desk job – but had progressed to a constant, grinding discomfort that made sleeping difficult and lifting his coffee cup a conscious effort. He’d tried everything: physiotherapy, anti-inflammatories, massage, even a cortisone injection

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Acupuncture for Anxiety: What Actually Happens in Your Brain

How hair-thin needles manage to tell your nervous system to calm down when nothing else seems to work Rachel had tried everything for her anxiety: CBT, medication, breathing exercises, yoga, supplements that cost more than her weekly shop, and a meditation app that she’d subscribed to for six months despite never making it past day

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Your Nervous System Isn’t Broken, It’s Exhausted

Why telling depleted people to “just relax” is like asking a phone with a flat battery to charge itself Sarah sits in her GP’s office, hands trembling slightly as she tries to explain why her heart races when she’s queueing at Tesco, why she can’t seem to catch her breath during perfectly normal conversations, and

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