Pain Management
Lower back, neck, shoulder and joint pain. Sciatica, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow — the slow injuries that the GP has run out of answers for.
A traditional Chinese acupuncture clinic on the edge of the city centre, treating the conditions modern medicine often runs out of answers for. Pain, stress, sleep, fertility, digestion. Fifteen years of practice. Quiet rooms. Honest answers.

The conditions we see most often, treated with the same classical framework. If yours isn’t listed, get in touch — we treat far more than the five below, and we’ll always tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit.
Lower back, neck, shoulder and joint pain. Sciatica, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow — the slow injuries that the GP has run out of answers for.
Down-regulating an overworked nervous system. We treat the body, the breath, and the sleep that goes with it. A proper hour of quiet.
Pre-conception, IVF support, and cycle regulation. Often used alongside conventional treatment — we’ll happily liaise with your clinic.
Falling asleep, staying asleep, waking too early. We work with the heart-kidney patterns that classical medicine has been treating for centuries.
IBS, bloating, reflux, slow digestion. Acupuncture combined with simple dietary observations — nothing faddish, nothing extreme.
Traditional Chinese Medicine isn’t mystical — it’s a careful, observed system that pre-dates most of modern medicine by several thousand years. We apply it with discipline, and always with a clear-eyed view of what acupuncture can and cannot do.
Every first appointment begins with a full case history — pulse, tongue, sleep, digestion, energy, cycle. The needles come later.
Every needle is sterile, sealed, single-use and disposed of immediately. CE marked, MHRA compliant, BAcC standard.
Most conditions need a course of treatment, not a single session. We’ll tell you up front roughly how many, and when to expect change.
A single, dimly-lit room above the High Street. No music unless you ask for it. Heated couch, soft blankets, no rush.
Five years of formal training in Traditional Chinese Medicine, plus fifteen years of clinical practice. Every diagnosis is rooted in classical theory.
We don’t sell supplements, herbal blends, or wellness programmes. The treatment is the treatment. Nothing more to buy at the door.

The clinic opened in 2011, run by a practitioner trained at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading. Five years of formal training in traditional acupuncture, classical Chinese medical theory, point location, and pulse diagnosis — plus fifteen years of clinical work since.
We are full members of the British Acupuncture Council, the UK’s leading professional body for traditional acupuncture. That means clean-needle technique, full insurance, ongoing CPD, and a strict code of professional conduct.
The clinic itself is a single, dim, quiet room above a bookshop on Walcot Street — heated treatment couch, soft blankets, an old kettle, and the kind of stillness that’s genuinely hard to find in a city. We see no more than five patients a day, by design.
“I came in for chronic lower back pain that two physios and a year of pills hadn’t shifted. Six sessions in I was sleeping properly again. A year on I go monthly and I’ve genuinely never felt better. Calmest hour of my month.”
Initial consultations run ninety minutes and cost £75. Follow-ups are sixty minutes and £55. Phone or email — we usually reply the same day, and we’re happy to talk through whether acupuncture is right for you before you book.
Call 01225 405 770 →