Dry Needling England

Clinic costs are £52 for assessment and first treatment and £46 for subsequent treatments 

Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine

This is the use of sterile single use acupuncture needles to stimulate the healing of tendons or relaxing tight muscle tissue.

In Peak Health Physiotherapy and sports injury clinics offer Physiotherapy assessment and treatment for a wide range of muscle and joint problems, these include lower back pain, neck pain, sports injuries, whiplash injuries, pain associated with Arthritis. Treatment follows a detailed assessment and always tries to get to the underlying cause to the symptoms, this is importance to prevent reoccurance and the problem/ pain and provide a long- term solution. Treatment may include acupuncture, soft tissue release techniques (including massage), joint mobilisations and manipulations, electrotherapy (eg ultrasound to promote healing), exercises to strengthen or stretch affected areas. We offer a wide range of appointment times from early morning to evening sessions. We are registered with all major health insurers including AXA, BUPA and Healthsure.

Dry needling is a form of acupuncture often used to treat musculoskeletal problems like sports injuries. Dry needling may be included in your treatment plan if it is appropriate for your particular symptoms.

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Acupressure is when pressure is applied to acupuncture points without the use of needles. You may be shown how to use acupressure yourself, for example to encourage the natural onset of labour after an induction treatment.

12 years treating professional, amateur and non- sports people and elite athletes including members of the GB ski and GB power lifting teams. Lucy often successfully treats injuries that have been treated unsuccessfully elsewhere. She does this by only using the most effective techniques applied in a thorough manner.  Lucy is known for her honest and comprehensive communication of diagnosis, prognosis and plan, including using video analysis. Her experience and extensive post-grad training enables her to provide fast pain relief and injury resolution to enable swift accomplishment of individual goals from being able to pick up the kids or sit in a long meeting to doing an ironman triathlon or running an ultra marathon. ‘Lucy has made a great impact on my training Ed Drake, GB Ski Team She uses hands on techniques like joint manipulation, massage, acupuncture and taping intelligently applied to release restrictive structures and mobilise stiff joints. She then uses advanced rehab skills to strengthen the muscles that are weak but most importantly get them working in the correct way to treat the cause of the problem. Her mantra is its not what you do its how you do it that counts! Lucys use of acupuncture gets glowing reports from patients with its scientifically proven effects on pain (like sciatica) and tendon problems. Three months ago I had a prolapsed disk in my neck. The pain was so acute that the doctor had put me on. After only two sessions with Lucy Macdonald, who treated me with acupuncture and massage, I was able to quit this based medication Anne Nightingale Lucy Macdonald is an expert in snowsports injuries and ski performance - see Skiing pag