Alpha-Stim can be used in conjunction with other therapies prescribed at the clinic or alongside treatment recommended by your doctor. It has the added advantage of being able to be self administered when at home.

For further information contact the clinic directly and one of our helpful staff will be able to assist you in your enquiry.

The 7 day cleansing program is specifically designed to enhance digestive function, improve elimination of waste substances and support the natural processing of harmful substances by the body’s most important detoxifying organ, the liver.

The program benefits include:

•  Increased  energy
•  Improved metabolism
•  Enhanced wellbeing and vitality.

The two-week detoxification programme is based on three simple principles;

 1. Cleansing foods

2. A healthy lifestyle

3. Natural medicines

During the 7 day program it is important to decrease intake of foods that may impair detoxification and increase foods that are beneficial and support the process. You will be given a food shopping list, example meal plan and dietary tips to help with appropriate food, choices and meal planning.

You will feel achieve improved metabolism, and feel naturally physically and mentally energised and healthier. Many people report weight loss although this is not the main objective of the programme. A regular 7 day programme will help you to regain optimum health and prevent risk of future ill health.

Book now for a consultation with your qualified health professional for a:

• personal tailored food plan
• lifestyle advise
• specialist products

1 hour consultation and 7 day detox plan will cost less than £3.50 /day over a month – so ditch that glass of wine or coffee and treat your body to the Spring Clean it deserves.

As a valued client, if you refer a friend to our new spring detox programme you will receive a free bottle of high quality multivitamins for the health of you or your children.

Have you been diagnosed with IBS but not found a satisfactory treatment yet? Do you have joint pain and wonder what is causing it? Have you battled with your weight for years but never been able to work out why you can’t keep the weight off?

If any of this sounds familiar to you, you may be suffering from a food intolerance. The Cambridge Complementary Health Centre & Total Health Clinics now have a clinic dedicated to helping people identify their food intolerances using a safe blood test developed here in Cambridge. Nicola Seabrook the nutritional therapist tests for 59 foods including the most common allergens wheat, cow’s milk and egg and processes the results for you within the hour at the clinic. She has many years of experience working with patients in General Practice and will help you with your results at the end.

Please contact your local clinic Cambridge, Peterborough, Spalding, Milton Keynes and Northampton, on (01223) 355 344 for further information.

Heartburn is afflicting more and more people in the Western world. This can be due to a physical issue, when the lower oesophageal sphincter is not closing properly, leaving acid go upwards.

However, this is more commonly due to an inability to balance properly the level of acidity in the stomach.

Stomach acidity is controlled by 3 hormones. Their levels tend to be severely disrupted by long-term stress, pregnancy and overall body toxicity.

Anti-acid medications help alleviate the pain, but they may also further upset the acidity imbalance. They are not a cure either as they do not address the main underlying cause.

Change of diet, eating more slowly and in a relaxed atmosphere is a very good start. This will put the body in an optimal situation to produce the right amount of acidity.

Starting with bitter-tasting food or a bitter herb, can also help.

Finally, a proper case-taking, done by a clinically-trained homeopath can help to find the cause, and set a plan to address it, and pretty quickly re-balance everything.

If you want more information, you can to call the clinic and book an appointment, or a free 30-minute consultation.

We hope you found this article useful!

1. Low Back Pain- Disc or Joint injury

2. Neck Pain- Joint & Muscle Spasm

3. Sacro-Iliac Pain (Pelvis) Torsion

4. Shoulder & Rotator Tear

5. Hip- Arthritis

6. Mid Back & shoulder blade pain

7. Knee- Cartilage & Ligament

8. Head aches- Tension or migraine

9. Ankles- Twisted

10.Elbow- Tennis or Golfers

These are the most common complaints and injuries that our patients present with. These conditions are often left for extended periods of time to get worse, making the treatment unnecessarily difficult.

The Total Health Clinics offer Free Consultations to assess these complaints and allow you to understand the injury better.

Rachel Cleaver who has great experience with sports injuries having worked with Histon FC, is offering these introductory treatments throughout March.

So if you (or someone you know) would like to take advantage of this offer, please contact the Peterborough clinic today on 0845 519 0552.

Whatever  diet you follow, the hardest part is sticking to it. It’s having the will-power. This programme helps you to resist the cravings and build a strong belief and determination. This is NOT a diet. This training will allow you to use whichever dietary plan works, such as weight watchers, lighterlife, slimfast, Atkins etc

It will provide you with the necessary skills and mindset to deal with willpower, negative thoughts, discipline, cravings, routine that can make or break your weight loss.

You can attend on an individual basis or join one of the popular classes, whichever you prefer.

Sessions are available at all the clinics subject to availability. Call 0845 519 0553 for further details.

These resolutions are often the hardest to break, but that need not be the case.

In regards to losing weight and getting in shape, our expert Nutritional advisors can tailor make a suitable and realistic program that is suited to you and your goals. Taking up exercise to complement the weight lose is of paramount of importance. However, many patients have underlying physical restrictions that hamper their enthusiasm. Advice and/or treatment from one of our many Physiotherapists, Osteopaths or Chiropractors can relieve these dysfunctions allowing you to go full steam ahead into exercise.

Stopping smoking is also a common goal. There are many approaches that can succeed, you just have to find which one suits the individual. Neuro-Linguistic programming and Hypnotherapy are very effective at retraining our mental though processes in regards to smoking. Acupuncture works well at dealing with the cravings that are associated with quiting smoking.

When faced with multiple options it is easy to suffer with the disease of ‘Procrastinitis’. Putting off til tomorow what can be done today.

Remember that all the clinics offer free consultations and free assessments. Our practitioners want to be able to help. You just have to call first.

• The digestion process first starts by looking at the food so take time to look and savour the food before you. Usually the preparation for the dinner is so long and before you know it you are back on the sofa watching ‘The Great Escape’

• Make sure you eat at the table because this way you are in the best posture to allow your food to digest. This is easy for Xmas dinner but the same applies for other meals you may be having over the festive period. Come away from the telly and eat at the table. Avoid the temptation to read or play games while you are eating. The nutrients we absorb through eating are vital so it is only sensible to concentrate whilst doing it.

• Take time to allow the food to digest once you have finished. The presents you get may be fantastic but it is beneficial to wait certainly till the last mouthful has been swallowed before doing yoga on the new computer game.

• Finally it is good to get some simple gentle exercise. Not only will this help with your digestion but it will get your body moving and help improve your circulation.

As an acupuncturist and Yoga teacher I find these simple rules are good to follow with all meals and it is interesting to think how often we don’t do some of these things. Christmas is a great time to think about these simple ideas as it is one of the only times in the calendar where we have time to look after the simple things. Sometimes it is more important to think how we eat rather than what we eat!

Written by Michael Balshaw Acupuncturist and Yoga teacher In Cambridge.