BACK PAIN AND NECK PAIN - ACUPUNCTURE SPECIALIST
Back problems and weakness also lead to other conditions such as headaches, stiff and painful neck and shoulders, pain and loss of mobility in the arms and stiff weak legs. The person’s self-esteem may also become eroded as their world shrinks and they feel there is less and less they can do and enjoy in life.
I have experienced all of the above and more through injuries I acquired over forty years of sports injuries and illness until I could hardly move without pain in some part of my body. By the time I was in my early forties I was depressed, overweight and could not even bend over to tie my shoe laces. I would roll out of bed in the morning because I could not sit up and I walked with a limp because of stiffness and pain. Along the way I also suffered from a dislocated knee that never healed properly, a hip joint that made a grinding noise when I lifted my leg and two dislocated elbow joints.
Over the course of about twelve years I tried various traditional western medical approaches, including chiropractic, and found no relief,or at best only temporary relief, and some medical practitioners told me they did not know what was wrong with me. Then I was introduced to a Taiwanese doctor of Chinese Medicine who gave me acupuncture and within a month I was pain-free and almost normal again.
I continued with the acupuncture treatment and gradually all my other problems were healed. I then became Dr Lin’s student and have since devoted my life to assisting others in healing and allowing themselves to live a life free of pain and needless suffering.
I have been practising acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for sixteen years and have successfully treated thousands of patients with back and related problems. Usually there will be an improvement after the first treatment and if the patient keeps coming the required healing will take place on many levels.
Each person is an individual and one must
allow for such things as age types and levels of activity. If the problem is
caused by a particular work or sport environment, then the problem may return,
so balance must be found between external contributors and self management.
Furthermore, medication can cause different sets of problems and drug usage can also cause acute back pain and other severe health problems, physical, emotional and mental. Because of the link with drug related side effects, I also specialize in drug addiction treatment.
To make a booking fill in the form on the contact page or phone Dr McLoughlin on 082 7034 549 (office hours).
View these websites for further information on back pain research:
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Plumstead, Cape Town, Western Cape
