Nicki has a Diploma in Acupuncture from the Scientific School of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture (SSOMA) in Tunbridge Wells. The Dean (and her teacher) is Dr Dan Keown, formerly a doctor in Emergency Medicine, and author of the Amazon Bestseller Spark in the Machine and The Uncharted Body. She has a 25 year background within the NHS, working as a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist specialising in blood sciences. She then worked more clinically as a Lead Transfusion Practitioner, and as a Service Manager for Theatres and Recovery. Due to ill health, she could no longer remain in this role. Acupuncture was one of the alternative therapies that helped in her health journey, and wanting to know how and why it worked led to her studying it. She was attracted to SSOMA due to the teaching being grounded in Western science and medicine. Nicki is now practicing this wonderful healing modality in Penzance. It utilises tiny needles to to influence the body's natural ability to heal. It taps in to the body's intrinsic intelligent energy, known in Chinese as Qi. By using a knowledge of the channel system within the body, the style of acupuncture practiced will help to remove pathogenic energy, strengthen the entire organ system and give the body time and space to heal. The treatments are done on a one to one basis. A full consultation is included prior to the needles being inserted, and then left for approximately 20 minutes whilst the patient relaxes in the quiet space of the treatment room. Treatment is individual, and a course of treatment is usually 6 to 10 sessions. Nicki is also excited to be training in the Feldenkrais Method, a somatic based system that educates the body via movement and neuroplasticity to move in a more effective, efficient and pain-free manner. She will add this knowledge to her Acupuncture practice as it develops, bringing a wealth of experience with the human self to best encourage it's innate ability to heal.
