Chronic Pain – the body-mind connection
How Chronic Pain can affect your whole body? It is often the case that chronic pain develops over a long period of time and may follow an injury or acute event that might have occurred many years ago....
View ArticleThe value of Yielding
An important quality in Chinese philosophy is the ability to yield. Think of the image of water – soft and ungraspable, it shapes itself to whatever terrain it is in. When water flows down a hillside...
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What is soft tissue…? How do soft tissue problems lead to pain…?
What are soft tissues of the body? The soft tissues of the body (in the sense that we refer to them) are made up of : muscles – moves and supports bones tendons – connects muscles to bones ligaments –...
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Esther Galfalvi on the value of Holistic Massage
Holistic massage: the whole story The word “holistic” has accumulated a bad reputation from overuse by pop-culture and pseudo-health advertising; it has become a hackneyed phrase, associated with...
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Idiopathic neuropathy – is pain in the body or in the mind…?
The dreaded diagnosis: “it’s all in your mind” Neurological disorders are disorders of the body’s nervous system. While some have obvious causes, there is a category of neurological disorder that...
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Insomnia – Acupuncture for peaceful sleep
Insomnia is a common problem. Sleeping tablets, which are the main conventional way of treating sleep disturbances, are only meant as a short-term solution as they are very likely to cause...
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Acupuncture and Pregnancy
Women in the UK benefit from regular, well-organised antenatal care, with midwives fulfilling a crucial role in screening for potentially dangerous conditions for a pregnant woman and/or her baby....
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The Anatomy of the Golf Swing
About the author: Zarig Cooper is a director at the Yi Dao Clinic in West Hampstead and is a TPI certified medical professional (Titleist Performance Institute) and a single figure golfer. He works as...
View ArticleThe Music of Massage – Rhythms and Soundscapes
Since conception, we have always been aware of rhythm. The beat of the human heart is part of our subliminal awareness every day. We hear it in the quiet morning; when we exercise; in the silence of...
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Chinese Medicine and Diet – look for quality, variety, enjoyment!
As Chinese medicine practitioners, Zarig and I are often asked about dietary advice. Our response may come as a surprise to some of our patients. Here are some pointers that we regularly give:...
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