{"id":10,"date":"2023-02-11T16:06:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T16:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-10-23T15:13:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:13:45","slug":"consultations-and-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/index.php\/consultations-and-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultations and Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>If you have a problem that you think acupuncture may be able to help, please contact me and I will be happy to discuss it with you&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will endeavour to inform you as to whether your complaint is commonly treated by acupuncture and also explain what the available evidence is to show how it may benefit you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial consultation takes up to 90 minutes. This involves taking a full history of the presenting problem or problems, and a physical examination if appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the most commonly used acupuncture points lie below the knee or elbow so often minimal clothing adjustment is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If adjustment to clothing is necessary, this will be done with discretion and sensitivity. Depending on the areas to be treated towels will be provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important for me to know of any medications you are currently taking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I need to gain a good picture of your overall health; firstly to ensure that it is safe to treat you and secondly to tailor the treatment to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are receiving treatment from a doctor then it makes sense to inform them if you have acupuncture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is an important principle in Chinese diagnosis that patients may present differently despite having a similar disease and conversely present similarly with a different disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once enough information has been gathered to determine the nature of your problems I can propose a plan of treatment. This will include an estimate of how many treatments are required and how frequently they occur.<br>If your problem cannot be treated by acupuncture or I think there is a more effective therapy this will be discussed.<br>With your agreement acupuncture treatment can proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once needles are inserted they are usually in place for 20 minutes whilst you relax.<br>Subsequent treatments last 45 minutes and involve recording any changes in your condition and 20 minutes needling time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a problem that you think acupuncture may be able to help, please contact me and I will be happy to discuss it with you&#8230; I will endeavour to inform you as to whether your complaint is commonly treated by acupuncture and also explain what the available evidence is to show how it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nottinghamacupuncture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}