Acupuncture

What is acupuncture?

When practicing acupuncture, I use needles to set energy in motion in the meridians of the body. Meridians can be seen as rivers of energy that flow through the body, which are all connected to each other providing sufficient nutrition to all your organs.
Just like a river, sometimes parts run dry (you might experience dry eyes, eyelids or dry lips for example), and at other times the river might overflow (you might experience night sweats). A river might freeze over (e.g. cold feet) or heat up (e.g. a hot head). And occasionally there might be a surge of current in certain places (e.g. palpitations) and too little in other places (e.g. swollen ankles).
With the use of acupuncture, I am a kind of ‘water network manager’ whose main goal is to ensure that there is an even flow of vital energy throughout the body by restoring harmony and balance. This has a healing effect on your body and also brings a peaceful balance to your mind, because the two go hand-in-hand. Quite often you might even notice the positive effects while on the treatment table.

Is it painful?

I have a number of acupuncture techniques at my disposal, this allows me to adapt the treatment to your individual needs and specific complaint:

• Toyohari is a acupuncture style developed by blind acupuncturists in Japan. It is a subtle and painless way of working on the surface of the skin. Nevertheless, the effect is powerful which is perfect for people with sensitive skin or those with a fear of needles.
• With Kiiko Matsumoto Japanese acupuncture, the Tan balance method and the Traditional Chinese Acupuncture I do insert needles in the skin. The needles I use are extremely thin and, generally speaking, you hardly feel them. In places where the skin is thin, the placement of a needle can be sensitive for a moment.
• For children, I use the needle-free Shonishin acupuncture style: This method uses different tapping or brushing techniques on the skin which have been specially developed for children.
• Ear acupuncture developed by Paul Heijer works with indwelling needles in the ear that stay in place a little longer. This can be quite sensitive. But this method offers great advantages with regard to psychosomatic complaints and pain complaints. And the treatment lasts longer because the needles remain in place for a few days.

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  By using ear acupuncture, not only can muscles, joints and organs be effectively treated, but also the brain and nerve pathways to and from the brain. This can help relieve psychological suffering, psychosomatic complaints and the autonomic nervous system.
  Furthermore, physical pain can be treated effectively because not only is the painful area treated through the ear, but also the nerve nodes next to the spine that send pain signals to and from the brain.

Rest assured; I never use needles on a painful area. Painful complaints can be treated via points outside the painful area.