Category: Pain & Musculoskeletal
Screen Time, Eye Strain and Chinese Medicine
Most Perth professionals spend 8-10 hours daily staring at screens — and the toll on eyesight, concentration, and sleep is significant. While optometrists measure refraction,… Read more →
Chronic Pelvic Pain in Men — The TCM Lower Jiao Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis View
Antibiotics helped at first — then stopped working. Your urologist says the cultures are clear. Category 3 prostatitis — chronic pelvic pain syndrome — affects… Read more →
Chinese Medicine for Gout — Why It Keeps Coming Back and How to Address the Root
The first attack was excruciating — your big toe felt like it was being stabbed with red-hot needles. The allopurinol keeps the attacks less frequent,… Read more →
Irregular Periods and Chinese Medicine — Getting Your Cycle Back on Track
Some months your period arrives on day 28; other months it’s day 35, or 21, or doesn’t come at all. Irregular cycles are one of… Read more →
Why Haemorrhoids Keep Coming Back — What Classical Chinese Medicine Treats Differently
You’ve tried the creams, the fibre supplements, the sitz baths — they help temporarily, but the haemorrhoids keep returning, especially during stress or after a… Read more →
Why You’re Clenching Your Jaw at Night — The TCM Explanation for Bruxism
You wake up with a sore jaw, headache, or your dentist keeps noticing wear on your teeth — but no one has explained why your… Read more →
Acupuncture for Foot Pain Perth — Plantar Fasciitis, Heel Spurs and Metatarsal Pain
Plantar fasciitis — the sharp, stabbing heel pain on the first steps in the morning — is epidemic in Perth’s active and standing-worker population. Affecting… Read more →
Acupuncture for Wrist and Hand Pain Perth
Wrist and hand pain—whether from De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, rheumatoid arthritis, repetitive strain injury, post-fracture stiffness, or carpal tunnel syndrome—significantly impacts daily function and quality of… Read more →
Acupuncture for Ankle Pain and Ankle Sprains Perth
The week-old ankle sprain that still feels weak, the joint that “rolls” on uneven ground months after the original injury, the swelling that comes back… Read more →
Acupuncture for Elbow Pain and Golfer’s Elbow Perth
Golfer’s elbow—or medial epicondylitis—is a painful condition affecting the inner elbow and forearm flexors that impacts Perth’s tradies, golfers, gym-goers, musicians, and desk workers. Unlike… Read more →