A to Z information

From your very first visit to Station Road Wellness Centre, I can assist you with the most important aspects of the therapy you need, offering continuous advice and support as well as individual programmes for you to follow at home. The following pages outline key information on our clinic and therapies.

Your first appointment: what should I bring with me?

It's best to come along in casual, comfortable clothing. If you have to take regular medication its important that you bring your prescription details along.

Cost of treatment:

Please enquire treatment costs or phone us on 01992 570003

Treatment schedule: designed to suit you

Appointments can be made to suit your schedule. Please leave enough time to prepare for the session.

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Crystal Therapy

Crystal Therapy involves healing with gemstones. Different crystals and stones are applied upon the body within specific energy centres known as the seven chakras of the body.

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Deep tissue bodywork

Deep tissue bodywork is a general term for a range of therapies that seek to improve the function of the body's connective tissues and/or muscles. Among the conditions treated are whiplash, low back and neck pain, and degenerative diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.

Detox

Detox stands for detoxifcation. Detox therapy is the activation of elimination organs (kidney, liver, skin, lymphatic system etc.) in order to help rid the body of toxins.

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Ear candling

Ear candling aka ear coning. Involves placing the narrow end of a specially designed hollow candle at the entry of the ear canal, while the opposite end is lit. Primarily used for relieving wax build up and related hearing problems, ear candling is also used for ear infections and sinus infections.

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Feng Shui

Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese practice of configuring home or work environments to promote health, happiness, prosperity. Feng shui consultants may advise clients to make adjustments in their surroundings, from colour selection to furniture placement, to promote a healthy flow of chi, or vital energy.

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Holistic

The word holistic is an adjective meaning'targeted to the whole person - mind, body, and spirit'. Holistic or 'wholistic' medicine considers not only physical health but also the emotional, spiritual, social, and mental well-being of the person. Holistic therapy is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The practise of holistic medicine integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, to promote optimal helath. This condition of holistic health is defined as the unlimited and unimpeded free flow of life force energy through body, mind, and spirit.

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Magnetic

Magnetic field therapy or bio-magnetic therapy involves the use of magnets, magnetic devices or magnetic fields to treat a variety of physical and emotional conditions, including circulatory problems, certain forms of arthritis, chronic pain, sleep disorders, and stress.

Massage

Massage is the systematic manual application of pressure and movement to the soft tissue of the body-- the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia (the membrane surrounding muscles and muscle groups). It encourages healing by promoting the flow of blood and lymph, relieving tension, stimulating nerves, and stretching and loosening muscles and connective tissue to keep them elastic. Massage therapy doesn't claim to cure any serious or life-threatening medical disorders, but it can provide welcome relief from the symptoms of anxiety, tension, depression, insomnia, and stress, as well as back pain, headache, muscle pain, and some forms of chronic pain.

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Neurolinguistic Programming

Neurolinguistic Programming seeks to replace counterproductive reactions that hamper the healing process with beneficial ones that boost it. Proponents say that it can ease pain, speed recovery from injury, combat allergies, and even enhance the immune system.

The theory behind this form of treatment is that people who are il, particularly those with chronic disorders, become victimized by their own negativity. This process ultimately changes their self-perception and even their identity. They begin to think of themselves primarily in terms of their disease. When someone becomes 'a diabetic', rather than 'a person with diabetes', the disease has taken over. The more you identify with your condition, the less likely you'll be able to overcome it.

Nutritional Therapy

A very broad spectrum of treating medical conditions through modification of diet.

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Osteopathy

Manual therapy frequently involving spinal mobilisation for musculoskeletal problems, such as back pain.

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Pilates

Pilates (pronounced peh-lot-ees) is an exercise technique developed by Joseph Pilates over eighty years ago. Pilates focuses on improving flexibility and strength for the overall body through a series of controlled movements, but doesn't build bulk.

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Qigong

Qigong seeks to stimulate the flow of qi (the elemental life force of Chinese medicine) along the invisible channels, or meridians, that are thought to course throughout the body. This can be achieved through internal Qigong, the do-it-yourself exercises now familiar in the West, or external Qigong, a form a psychic therapy available only from a Qigong master.

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Reiki

Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a Japanese word representing universal life energy, the energy which is all around us. It is derived from rei, meaning "free passage" or "transcendental spirit" and ki, meaning "vital life force energy" or " universal life energy". Reiki practitioners channel energy in a particular pattern to heal and harmonize. Unlike other healing therapies based on the premise of a human energy field, reiki seeks to restore order to the body whose vital energy has become unbalanced.