What is Naturopathy?
 
By Sarah Bowles-Flannery, ND, DBM, MRN 
 
 
Naturopathy is a primary healthcare approach that uses only what nature provides for medicines and methods. It is also a philosophy of healing and health care that recognizes and supports the natural process of healing that occurs in all living things – and this is seen as a [...]

 
I’ve always thought that Chiropractors just treated back pain, but now I’m hearing that it can also help with headaches. Can you explain please?
 
I’m sure many people can’t believe this but health is our ‘natural state’. Being healthy is actually normal. Sometimes you wouldn’t think so if you often suffer from pain and this [...]

 

A distinctive way of integrative healthcare.
 
 
Osteopathy in the UK is a well respected and sought-after medical profession within the primary healthcare system. An ever increasing popularity throughout Europe has been evident in recent years. Osteopathy is an established, recognised system of diagnosis and treatment that uses many of the diagnostic procedures involved in conventional medical [...]

 
Acupuncture. By Jim Si-So
 
Acupuncture has had a long history of being one of the major healthcare systems used in the Orient for thousands of years. Other methods such as herbal medicine, joint manipulations, counselling, dietary advice and exercise were also important factors in maintaining a good balance between mind, body and spirit. Indeed, it is this basic [...]

It is a fact that those who meditate regularly are many times happier than those who don’t. They tend to be healthier and live longer, make more pleasurable brain chemicals and lower their blood pressure the natural way. This has been scientifically correlated by many worldwide studies. It was Eleanor Roosevelt who said; “The future [...]

What is Reflexology?

Reflexology is a method for activating the healing powers of the body. Whilst the art of reflexology dates back to Ancient Egypt, India and China, it wasn’t until 1913 that Dr. William Fitzgerald introduced reflexology to the West. Dr. Fitzgerald referred to it as ‘zone therapy’. He found that reflex areas [...]

Shiatsu
Shiatsu is designed to promote the free flow of the vital energy known as Ki through the meridians of the body. Shiatsu utilises a combination of pressure and assisted-stretching techniques, some of which are common to other therapies, such as massage, physiotherapy, acupressure, osteopathy and lymphatic drainage. The treatment stimulates circulatory flow of lymphatic fluid, [...]

Acupuncture
Acupuncture is the insertion of very fine needles into the skin at particular points on the body, to prevent or treat ill health or maintain good health. This is thought to stimulate the body’s ability to heal. Many physicians have discovered independently that pressing, stimulating or injecting various superficial body points may help to relieve [...]