Sasha Robertshaw Acupuncture

10/11/2020

I am pleased to say that the acupuncture clinic is remaining during the lockdown this time around. All Covid-19 safety precautions have been in place since I re-opened in July according to the government guidelines.

05/04/2019

I have found acupuncture to be very effective in the treatment of migraines.

By Mark Bovey, research manager at the British Acupuncture Council Migraine Awareness Week 2018 runs from 2 – 8 September 2018 According to the M...

20/03/2019

Depression is something I treat in the clinic, with some significant success.

MRI results show that acupuncture restores brain connectivity while alleviating depression.

29/01/2019

Article on how Acupuncture can ease wrist pain of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Acupuncture produced changes in the brain and nerves that produced lasting relief from wrist pain.

11/01/2019

A long read, but very interesting.
Richard Harris and colleagues (neuroscientists at the University of Michigan) used brain scans to investigate whether acupuncture triggers an endorphin hit in the same way that placebos do. If he’s right, it’s tantalising evidence that while placebo acupuncture eases short-term symptoms by triggering pain-relieving endorphins, the real thing might actually help to reverse the underlying pathology of a disease.

Placebo acupuncture can ease short-term pain but the real thing might help to reverse the underlying pathology of a disease

15/11/2018

Today is World Acupuncture Day.

03/10/2018

Very interesting article on how Acupuncture can assist in treating Depression.

MRI results show that acupuncture restores brain connectivity while alleviating depression.