Discover the healing power of acupuncture

Feeling stressed? Struggling with pain or tension? Acupuncture might be the natural solution you’ve been looking for. Our registered acupuncturist Nicky Thomas uses traditional techniques to restore balance and harmony in your body.

Acupuncture, a practice rooted in traditional Chinese medicine, is often used to address various health concerns. It involves inserting thin needles into specific points on the body to release muscle tightness, increase the body’s natural pain-relieving hormones, stimulate circulatory flow, and balance the body’s systems. Here are some common uses:

Pain Relief: Acupuncture is frequently used to manage chronic pain, including
back pain, neck and shoulder pain, and arthritis. It is recommended by NICE for migraines, tension type headaches and chronic pain.
Headaches and Migraines: It can help to reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches.
Stress and Anxiety: Acupuncture can provide relief for stress and anxiety, fatigue and improve mental well-being, using acupuncture points that calm the nervous system, release tension in your muscles, and bring about emotional balance.
Sleep Disorders: Acupuncture can assist in improving sleep quality for those with insomnia.
Respiratory Issues: Conditions like hay fever and sinusitis can benefit from acupuncture, where it is often used to treat sneezing, congestion, and itchy eyes.
Hormonal regulation: Acupuncture is commonly used to support fertility, and women experiencing menstrual pain, heavy bleeding, as well as symptoms associated with peri-menopause.

Welcome Spring with Acupuncture

Acupuncture can be particularly helpful in the spring, as traditional Chinese medicine as great attention places on the seasons and their connection to health. Each season has a particular quality and spring is characterized by an impulse to push upward and outward, reflecting the expansive nature of this time of year. However, this can
sometimes throw us off balance, particularly if our mood or energy are low, or we’re feeling stressed and over-extended, which is why headaches and migraines, feelings of anger, overwhelm, tension, anxiety, and insomnia can be more strongly felt at this time. Acupuncture can help your body adjust to these environmental shifts, helping to restore a greater sense of ease and balance.

About Nicky

As well as being an experienced acupuncturist, Nicky also enjoys teaching yoga and Qi gong, along with classes in Mindfulness and Movement, Stress and Anxiety, Pain Management, and Rheumatology at the Northern College of Acupuncture. If you’d like to book a session with Nicky and experience the transformative benefits of acupuncture,
please contact: 01904 788411, or visit: https://yorknaturalhealth.co.uk/acupuncture/ or www.nickythomasyork.co.uk

Art, Yoga and Qi Gong Retreat with Nicky

Please click on the link below for details of a gorgeous Art, Yoga, and Qi Gong retreat in Kerala that Nicky will be co-hosting with a professional artist in January 2026……
https://www.ioneharrison.co.uk/_files/ugd/081a97_1de1f6bdae9c4b68a5bbe60d5e78

To book….