Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2017. Open again for Osteopathy and Acupuncture from Wednesday 4th January. Just in case you have any excess excitement or mishaps over the festive New Year period, or you find that an old injury or health limitation has resurfaced - and you may feel the need for some restorative osteopathy and / or acupuncture.
Best book online in the usual way: www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz
and yes, you can still always phone on 03 980 2425 or 021 0426282
Friday, 30 December 2016
Friday, 23 December 2016
Holiday Opening for Osteopathy and Acupuncture: open from Tuesday 27 December
Happy Christmas. Open again for Osteopathy and Acupuncture on Tuesday 27th. So no worries if you are in pain, or have some mishap over the holiday fun season. To book, best book online at www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz (and check out the new website for Christchurch Osteopathy Acupuncture, with lots of new photos and the modern website look, for the coolest osteopathy / osteopath / acupuncture website in town! Tell me what you think).
And if you can't see any osteopathy / acupuncture appointment time available, on the day / time you need it - maybe you have a flight to catch - or your family's schedule is complicated - then you can still phone me on 03 980 2425 (don't worry, other people do, I'm used to it.). Have fun, play safe.
Best wishes for the holidays,
Mike
(osteopath)
And if you can't see any osteopathy / acupuncture appointment time available, on the day / time you need it - maybe you have a flight to catch - or your family's schedule is complicated - then you can still phone me on 03 980 2425 (don't worry, other people do, I'm used to it.). Have fun, play safe.
Best wishes for the holidays,
Mike
(osteopath)
Saturday, 17 December 2016
osteopathy and acupuncture appointments still available before Christmas
There are still osteopathy and acupuncture appointments available next week, including a few after-hours and evening appointments, up until Saturday 24th.
So you can be in top form for your holidays (hopefully) free from any aches and pains.
And if Friday still seems a little way to go, and your work schedule, shopping and social calendar seem insanely busy, then of course, remember that osteopathy and acupuncture can also have that bonus of being wonderful for stress-management and simply slowing down and having that restorative 'time-out' hour or so, and perhaps a wonderful best night's sleep for a long time since you can remember..
To check the clinic calendar for all available osteopathy and/or acupuncture appointments - if you know you have a flight, or long-drive, and you back might benefit from a preventative 'tune up' for a hopefully pain-free holiday, and indulge in some 'me-time' before Friday, then check online:
www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz
And, yes, you can still phone on 03 980 2425
Happy Holidays,
Mike
(osteopath)
So you can be in top form for your holidays (hopefully) free from any aches and pains.
And if Friday still seems a little way to go, and your work schedule, shopping and social calendar seem insanely busy, then of course, remember that osteopathy and acupuncture can also have that bonus of being wonderful for stress-management and simply slowing down and having that restorative 'time-out' hour or so, and perhaps a wonderful best night's sleep for a long time since you can remember..
To check the clinic calendar for all available osteopathy and/or acupuncture appointments - if you know you have a flight, or long-drive, and you back might benefit from a preventative 'tune up' for a hopefully pain-free holiday, and indulge in some 'me-time' before Friday, then check online:
www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz
And, yes, you can still phone on 03 980 2425
Happy Holidays,
Mike
(osteopath)
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Back from the UK. Clinic fully Open again for Osteopathy / Acupuncture
For anyone who is feeling the Spring Frenzy as the manic run up to the holidays approaches, with deadlines and trying to get everything done and completed. So if you are in need of Osteopathy / Acupuncture and well-deserved maintainennce to get you through until the 24th, and the holidays . . .
Just to let everyone know that I am now back from my annual November Osteopathy and Cranial Osteopathy study-trip and a rather wonderful meditation retreat in the UK. And, yes, I missed all the excitement and shaking of our geologically unstable home here in the South Island. My friends in the UK thought it was Christchurch, as Kaikoura was not mentioned as the epicenter of the quake on the initial News release.
And for those of you that heard about the Melbourne Pollen Acute Asthma episode, and how the hospitals were unable to cope that day, well, need I say more. Perhaps you understand why I visit the UK in November (also pretty cheap flights - although, admittedly I do sometimes feel guilty about my carbon-footprint. Guess, flying on half empty planes helps a bit.) Remind me never to visit my friends in Melbourne, or ever do any Osteopathy courses - well never in November anyway.
Anyway, the Osteopathy clinic here in Christchurch is fully open, as always, for Osteopathy and / or Acupuncture, including Saturdays, and Evening After-Hours appointments. There will no doubt be that last minute rush, just before the holidays (yes, I have a Family Holiday, and then another retreat booked in January, lucky me.)
So, of you do want to book in, then it's easy to book online: www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz, or just phone 03 980 2425
Should I say 'Season' Greetings' as the say for the Festive period in the Northern Hemisphere (soon mid-winter), Well, the long summer break is almost here . . .
Just to let everyone know that I am now back from my annual November Osteopathy and Cranial Osteopathy study-trip and a rather wonderful meditation retreat in the UK. And, yes, I missed all the excitement and shaking of our geologically unstable home here in the South Island. My friends in the UK thought it was Christchurch, as Kaikoura was not mentioned as the epicenter of the quake on the initial News release.
And for those of you that heard about the Melbourne Pollen Acute Asthma episode, and how the hospitals were unable to cope that day, well, need I say more. Perhaps you understand why I visit the UK in November (also pretty cheap flights - although, admittedly I do sometimes feel guilty about my carbon-footprint. Guess, flying on half empty planes helps a bit.) Remind me never to visit my friends in Melbourne, or ever do any Osteopathy courses - well never in November anyway.
Anyway, the Osteopathy clinic here in Christchurch is fully open, as always, for Osteopathy and / or Acupuncture, including Saturdays, and Evening After-Hours appointments. There will no doubt be that last minute rush, just before the holidays (yes, I have a Family Holiday, and then another retreat booked in January, lucky me.)
So, of you do want to book in, then it's easy to book online: www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz, or just phone 03 980 2425
Should I say 'Season' Greetings' as the say for the Festive period in the Northern Hemisphere (soon mid-winter), Well, the long summer break is almost here . . .
Thursday, 13 October 2016
clinic open on Saturdays 15th and 29th October for Osteopathy and Acupuncture
Just to let everyone know that the clinic will be open tomorrow (Saturday 15/10) and also Saturday 29/10 for Osteopathy and/or Acupuncture appointments if you or a family member find it hard to get in during the week.
I will be away on retreat for the Labour weekend (21-24 October) although there are plenty of appointments available on the morning of Friday 21/10, and Kaori will be here to take bookings over the weekend.
To book, either phone 03 980 2425, or book online: christchurch-ostoepathy-acupuncture.co.nz
However, please try to avoid clicking on the paid google Ad Words ad, if you see this. My pages are quite easy to find on google, by searching either "Michael Inman' or 'Christchurch Osteopath'.
I will be away on retreat for the Labour weekend (21-24 October) although there are plenty of appointments available on the morning of Friday 21/10, and Kaori will be here to take bookings over the weekend.
To book, either phone 03 980 2425, or book online: christchurch-ostoepathy-acupuncture.co.nz
However, please try to avoid clicking on the paid google Ad Words ad, if you see this. My pages are quite easy to find on google, by searching either "Michael Inman' or 'Christchurch Osteopath'.
Thursday, 18 August 2016
Saturday Osteopathy and Acupuncture clinic
Just a reminder that the clinic here is open on Saturdays for Osteopathy and Acupuncture. (Helpful if you find it difficult to get in during the week.) To book, either phone 03 980 2425 or book online: www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz
Sunday, 31 July 2016
Acupuncture and pain-management
Recently I read an article that Acupuncture is as effective as drugs in treating pain. This was from an Acupuncture trial in four Melbourne Emergency Departments. This could open the way for more hospitals to offer Acupuncture as an effective (and low-cost) healthcare intervention.
Great to see such a successful and practical result with Acupuncture. We have know for some time (since early research in the 1970s) that Acupuncture can be highly effective in pain management when it was shown to release naturally occurring opiod peptides, and B endorpin plays an important role in Acupuncture analgesia. Han 2004 (Acupuncture and Endorphins. Neuroscience Letter 361: 258-261) found that Acupuncture releases both enkephalin in the spinal cord and B-endorphin in the brain. There are no doubt other mechanisms that may be involved (e.g. Melzac's Gate Control theory, Central inhibitory effects, etc) but whatever the mechanisms, it seems to work. Great for the patients (perhaps not so great for the pharmaceutical companies - but hey, there's a lot of chronic pain patients, who will still take a lot of medication). But at least, more help is available, and acupuncture may become more a part of this.
If you wan to read more, please look at:
http://www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz/acupuncture/effectiveness.html
Great to see such a successful and practical result with Acupuncture. We have know for some time (since early research in the 1970s) that Acupuncture can be highly effective in pain management when it was shown to release naturally occurring opiod peptides, and B endorpin plays an important role in Acupuncture analgesia. Han 2004 (Acupuncture and Endorphins. Neuroscience Letter 361: 258-261) found that Acupuncture releases both enkephalin in the spinal cord and B-endorphin in the brain. There are no doubt other mechanisms that may be involved (e.g. Melzac's Gate Control theory, Central inhibitory effects, etc) but whatever the mechanisms, it seems to work. Great for the patients (perhaps not so great for the pharmaceutical companies - but hey, there's a lot of chronic pain patients, who will still take a lot of medication). But at least, more help is available, and acupuncture may become more a part of this.
If you wan to read more, please look at:
http://www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz/acupuncture/effectiveness.html
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