Total Health & the Cambridge Complementary Health Centre has been successfully treating patients in Cambridge, Peterborough, Spalding, Milton Keynes and Northampton for over ten years. Founded by Ben Barker, the clinic has grown significantly and continues to develop, gaining a reputation throughout East Anglia and the Midlands.
Treatments include Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Acupuncture, Massage, Sports Injury, Aromatherapy, Bowen, Chiropractic, Hypnotherapy, Iridology, Kinesiology, Nutrition, Reflexology, Reiki
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a system of healing which has been practised in China and other Eastern countries for thousands of years.
Osteopathy
Is a hands on treatment with similarities to Physiotherapy and Chiropractic. It uses soft tissue massage, joint mobilisation and manipulation, exercise and rehabilitation. As a safe and natural approach to healthcare, osteopathy can be used to treat patients through the ages.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapyis a healthcare profession concerned with human function and movement and maximising potential. It specialises in musculoskeletal injuries such as whiplash, disc injury, frozen shoulders, low back pain, sciatica, neck stiffness etc…
Massage
Massage is the practice of applying pressure, tension, motion, or vibration to the soft tissues of the body. There are many differing types such as Sports, Swedish, Shiatsu, Deep Tissue, Pregnancy, Indian Head, Relaxation, Thai, Tuina. Our reception team can provide greater detail on the suitability of each treatment.
Sports injury
Sports injury treatment helps the athlete recover from the aches, pains and strains of their chosen hobby. Great care must be shown when chosing your practitioner as differing levels of qualification exist. We at Total Health only accept the most qualified of practitioners, all who have a keen interest in Sport specific function and dysfunction
Aromatherapy
Is a system of using essential oils and massage to aid relaxation and improve wellbeing. The therapist can blend many oils to create different moods of relaxation, calming, energy and vitality.
Bowen Therapy
Bowen uses gentle and soft guided movements of the skin, muscles, nerves, tendons and ligaments to improve muscle balance, healing, flexibility and circulation. A great therapy for most musculo-skeletal injuries.
Chiopractic
Is a hands on therapy with similarities to Osteopathy and Physiotherapy. It uses precise adjustments of the body and in particular the spine to resolve musculoskeletal and nerve disorders
Clinical Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis is a thoroughly accepted part of complementary health care. It is typically used to treat addictions and anxieties by finding the root cause of your complaint in the subconscious mind.
Counselling
Counselling is becoming more and more accepted as a treatment for emotional problems or conditions that affect our mental wellbeing. Often these problems manifest in physical forms such as pain, headaches, tension. Yet, the underlying issue is created by the mind and our inability to deal with overloaded stress.
Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a natural health science that works on the principals that the underlying substance that creates illness, can, in diluted forms, create a cure ie like cures like. It is used to treat a wide range of illnesses such as eczema, psoriasis, hayfever etc…
Iridology
Iridology is the science of analysing health via the Iris. The Iris is a window into the health of the physical body and has been used by Iridologists and Doctors alike to gauge physical health ie Diabetes, High Blood Pressure…
Kinesiology
Helps address the underlying cause of any disease with the use of herbal nutrition, natural solution treatments, meridian balancing, and mch more. The technique of muscle testing is used to gain information from the body to ensure that the most beneficial treatment is carried out for the individual.
Naturopathy
Uses natural remedies and the human bodies ability to heal itself to maintain good health . Nutritional advice to aid healing along with a holistic approach to health care helps rebalance the body
Nutritional Therapy
The application of nutritional science to improve health, performance wellbeing and weight loss. The therapy often uses advanced diagnostic tests including blood and hair analysis, allergy testing and food intolerance tests.
Reflexology
This gentle therapyA encourages the body to work naturally to restore its own healthy balance. Primarily the therapist would use direct pressure to the feet to aid diagnosis and recovery.
Reiki
A healing energy therapy that uses light touch and palm healing to create relaxation and well being. Meaning ‘Universal Life Force’ it has existed as a means of therapy for hundreds of years.
Acupressure
Unlike Acupuncture, acupressure does not use needles, and instead relies on direct manual pressure to stimulate energy meridians.
Alpha Stim
A new treatment using micro stimulation for the treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (M.E), Chronic Pain Fibromyalgia and much more…
Bio Resonance
Bio Resonance technology allows the practitioner to review your reaction to thousands of substances with the use of hand electrodes…
My thanks to Steve who has helped me get back on my feet after breaking my back, quite literally. NHS help was sadly lacking, but Steve spent time explaining the mechanics and giving me exercise goals to achieve. I shall continue going for ‘tune ups’.
thanks to Steve Miller at the Spalding clinic yet again. great friendly service coupled with very successful treatment of my on going pelvis/ back problem. I have had this problem for years but since seeing Steve for 3 monthly MOTs he has
kept the problem manageable,
treatment coupled with lots of advice how to manage it.
Steve Miller’s encouragement and advice, coupled with the Osteopath treatments, over the past months have really helped me to deal with the Frozen Shoulder problem which “didn’t go away” as I’d expected it to . . .
Advice on how to cope and relax, how to adapt in my work, when to start gentle exercise and not to do too much too soon has resulted in a steady recovery.
I have alternated the Osteopathy with Sally Waterhouse’s Acupuncture treatments. Sally’s kindness and explanations have been very valuable. The Acupuncture treatments have given me relief from severe pain and are now helping my general wellbeing too.
I thoroughly recommend Total Health Care Clinic Spalding and thank them for all their help over the past months.
Having had various joints replaced recently I had lost my confidence about walking and was reliant on a stick which I hate to use.I have had five sessions of Reiki and Acupressure with Guido in Cambridge which has made me feel fantastic.I have had to drink lots of water and do deep breathing, it has made such a difference. I feel more confident, my breathing has improved and I have started to walk without the stick.I feel so much better it is unbelievable, thankyou Guido for your help.
I realised that something had to be done when I found getting in and out of my car an uncomfortable experience that wasn’t just down to my age. After a course of physio from Ben I no longer have any difficulty in that area; in fact I now attend a gym 3 times a week and with routine “overhaul” visits to Ben find I am fit enough to play football & tennis with my grandsons (one a County level player).
After suffering (unfortunately for those around me, not in silence) with a very sore hip on and off for a few months after starting a full and varied exercise routine, I finally admitted I needed help. I was booked in to see Ben at the Peteborough branch, and haven’t looked back since. Although I only had 3 sessions for my hip, Ben helped me to understand what the problem was, what I could do to help it, and also eased a lot of the tension from the responsible muscles for me. Now I have no pain in my hip, and make sure to follow his advice to retrain my body mechanics to keep it that way. I’m now suffering from some knee pain so have booked straight back in to see him again.
I was a bit intimidated about the treatment before my first visit, but Ben always put me at ease with often funny conversations as well as his experiences with various types of exercise. Although I admit trying to laugh through sometimes uncomfortable muscle release is unusual! I can’t recommend Ben enough, and would encourage people with any pain or problems to give it a try – in fact I’ve suggested it to someone in a class I attend who has a shoulder problem, and I will certainly be adding in a regular ‘check up’ every few months, to keep on top of any problems that may crop up as my fitness and routine progress.
Thanks again!
Having suffered with a slipped disk for 5 months, & having received poor treatment with a physio, I was quite sceptical about coming to your clinic. However, I am really pleased with the treatment that I have received. Ben explains everything to me, which is really helpful & puts me completely at ease. Not only that, he makes me laugh, which makes the treatment much easier!
I was at a loss with back pains and had no positive response from my GP apart from fobbing me off with painkillers. I thought of osteopathy and consulted Banatyne and have nothing but positive comments to make regarding Ben Barker who has helped me to become a lot more mobile with not only massage but also with the advice he has given me. I am not completely cured but a good way down the line. I am approaching 64 years of age and am expereincing times of spritleness may this continue.