Acupuncture and oriental medicine

Acupuncture and Oriental medicine are 3,000 years old methods of healing that enhance optimum health and provide relief of acute and chronic conditions.

Urban living, environmental chemicals and toxins, work and financial stress, super-busy schedules, traffic pollution, poor diet and lack of exercise are common causes of illness and sub-optimal health. Acupuncture, in addition to lifestyle modification, is a great way to bring us back to a place of balance and overall wellbeing.

What can Acupuncture do for you?

Acupuncture has been proven to harmonies the functionality of our essential body systems; it maintains immunity, regulates blood circulation, ensures nervous response, supports the digestive, urinary, hormonal and reproduction systems. Acupuncture is commonly used as a form to relieve allergic discomfort and muscle pain.

The benefits of acupuncture frequently include more than just relief from a particular condition. Many people find that it can also lead to increased energy levels, improved sleep, mood and appetite and an enhanced sense of overall wellbeing.

What is Shiatsu?

Like acupuncture, Shiatsu stimulates and balances the body’s vital energy, known as Qi. Shiatsu is an oriental massage in which fingers, palms, elbows and knees are used to apply pressure along the Chinese acupuncture meridians. Like acupuncture, shiatsu can help all kinds of acute or chronic conditions as well as disabling aches and pains.

Rotem is a fully qualified acupuncturist and Chinese medical herbalist and a Shiatsu senior practitioner. Rotem offers a full range of TCM treatments which include: