After being awarded a BA(HONS) degree in Traditional Acupuncture from Oxford Brooke's University Oxford and a Licentiate in Traditional Acupuncture from The College of Traditional Acupuncture in Royal Leamington Spa, Michael has studied Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture at the London College of Traditional Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine. This coupled with his current practices partnering a G.P. and Osteopaths in Birmingham,Tamworth and Loughborough, has given Michael a wide experience and capability in dealing with pain relief and cosmetic acupuncture.

Michael is also a Qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist

Michael continues to research and develop his style of acupuncture treatment to include mild, low voltage electrical pulse generation on acupuncture points, to improve pain relief and stroke conditions. Over the last 2 years Michael has developed excellent treatment protocols for Eczema and Psoriasis conditions of the face, body and scalp.

Painful sports injuries and post operative pain respond very well to this type of treatment especially where other types of treatment have failed.  Painful Knee, hip and sciatic problems are common conditions which present on a regular basis and are improved with the techniques Michael uses. Also, a variety of neck and shoulder dysfunctions either from sports injury (rugby, football, golf, archery etc) or car and motorcycle accidents have been improved dramatically when treated by Michael.

New clinic appointments  over the last few years have seen an increase in Stress, Anxiety and depression conditions. Patients suffering panic attacks are also more common. This may well be due to the effects of a more hurried, stress filled lifestyle which most of us have to deal with these days.

Acupuncture can provide tremendous relief for these conditions and in some instances improvements can be seen after a few treatments. Because of the increase in demand for acupuncture to help with these problems Michael has gained a huge amount of experience in effectively treating such cases with men, women and children.

WHO Acupuncture and The NIH Consensus Study

In 2003, the World Health Organization published a landmark study, titled "Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials". A summary of their findings is quoted below.Diseases and disorders that can be treated with acupuncture The diseases or disorders for which acupuncture therapy has been tested in controlled clinical trials reported in the recent literature can be classified into four categories as shown below. 1. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved-through controlled trials-to be an effective treatment: Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever) Biliary colic Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke) Dysentery, acute bacillary Dysmenorrhoea, primary Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm) Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders) Headache Hypertension, essential Hypotension, primary Induction of labour Knee pain Leukopenia Low back pain Malposition of fetus, correction of Morning sickness Nausea and vomiting Neck pain Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction) Periarthritis of shoulder Postoperative pain Renal colic Rheumatoid arthritis Sciatica Sprain Stroke Tennis elbow

If you would like to discuss your condition with Michael prior to booking any treatment please email or telephone, if he is busy he will arrange to call you back.

Birmingham Acupuncture Pain Relief  Solihull, Birmingham, Tamworth UK