Will you ask about all my symptoms and make sure that you understand them?
A thorough understanding of your symptoms is essential to make an accurate assessment and formulate the best treatment plan for you. In the first treatment session, time is spent finding out about your symptoms and how your particular health issues affect you.
Will you give me advice on improving my health through dietary and lifestyle changes?
It is important to understand that there are many factors involved in creating your state of health. These are your diet, your work/life balance, what exercise you take and your stress levels. In order to help you to attain your optimum health, it is sensible to look at all these factors and to give you guidance on making improvements where needed.
Do you ask about my medication before making recommendations to take herbs or other supplements?
Some medications interact with herbs or health supplements, and so it is vital to make sure that whatever is recommended will be safe and appropriate for you to take. We have access to a computer database which gives reliable and up to date information on medications, herbs and possible interactions.
How many treatments do you recommend me to have?
Because acupuncture is working with the body's natural healing systems, weekly treatment for 5 to 6 sessions is helpful. Within this time scale you should start to see improvement and we can then discuss spacing out treatments to maintain your improvement.
Do you use disposable needles and how are they disposed of?
All B.Ac.C. members are required to use pre-sterilised, single use, disposable needles and to make arrangements for their safe disposal. We have always used this type of needle as we consider it to be the safest for both patient and practitioner.
How long is a treatment session?
You should allow 50 minutes to an hour for each of your treatment sessions.
I've got several things wrong with me, can you just treat one problem at a time?
No. Acupuncture works to help your body heal system wide, so we don't treat symptoms, we treat you as a person to help restore your normal state of health.
Do you have treatment yourselves?
We certainly do. We believe that Acupuncture is brilliant for helping to maintain a state of good health and many of our patients come for a "top up" every few weeks, just because they know it helps them stay feeling good.
FAQS
We get asked lots of questions by our patients. The most common ones are listed on the left.
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