In a Traditional Chinese Medicine session, we examine the patient’s complaint and identify what the goals are for treatment. As a practitioner, I check the patient's pulse to get an idea of how the body is functioning and check the tongue to see the condition of the microbiome (good and bad bacteria) of the body. From here we outline a treatment plan of attack to addressing the client’s concerns.
Every treatment plan is different. Some might look like 1-2 acupuncture appointments per week with fortnightly herbal prescription and check-ins to re-evaluate.
Each treatment we will have the opportunity to check in with the past days/week since the previous session to see how the body has responded and how the treatment plan is working. At any stage we can revise and revisit certain issues to maintain the best outcome for the client.
There are two approaches to women’s health that we address clinically. The first one is period pain or primary dysmenorrhea that affects over 90% of young women in Australia on a regular basis. While sometimes this pain reduces as people get older, many women find that their pain stays pretty constant.The most common symptom is a cramping, or sometimes stabbing, feeling below the belly button, which often starts about 24 hours before the period starts and is usually worse for the first couple of days of the period but can last for the whole period in some women. There are usually other symptoms that come along with the pain; bloating, back and leg pain, headaches, dizziness and fatigue are all quite common.