Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) sees your internal organs’ energy or Qi running along Meridians, upon which Acupoints can be used to input or release energy. Today’s patient had breathing and heart problems – she exhibited high mental state, restlessness, painful shoulder and poor sleep. I diagnose lung pain and blockages. I apply finger pressure as in Shiatsu / Tuina to address these obstacles on Acupoints LU-1 & LU-2 to open shoulder and lungs.
She showed high emotional state, with impaired cardiovascular function and lower bloodflow. Key Heart acupoints addressed with fingers were HT-1 (centre of armpit), plus another acupoint I cannot find in Acupuncture textbooks, call it “HT-Mid” – which intersects curve across chest measured 3 Cun (2inches/ 5cm) above left nipple. Both acupoints I find useful for clearing blocked heart; sometimes treating traumatic/ emotional issues like family grief. Remember that severe anxiety, depression, fear and trauma may be disturbing the subject.
Treat patients for excessively poor emotions, heart/ lung dysfunction and low bloodflow using these Acupoints.
I’ve had thousands of patients come in to see me over the years – many complaining about bad back pains or Sciatica. Some have stiff shoulders and necks which can also be painful, even if it may stem from spinal issues; others have hip, leg and foot injuries. Instead of reading, listen to one of my patients and what he has to say about my treatment.
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People come to me suffering bad back pains or Sciatica; some have spent years in agony, seeing their GP doctor to get painkillers, or seeking a Physiotherapist. A MRI scan may prove it’s a spinal issue, but it’s just a photograph.
With troublesome injuries in Slipped discs, necks, shoulders or hips, patients will likely lose mobility. My back pains found no solution until I discovered a strong Chinese woman to treat me hands-on with Shiatsu / Tuina, and she fixed it. I apply Shiatsu as a non-surgical and drug-free mode to address body injuries and pains. In 25 years, I find that I can treat most patients holistically to relieve many pains, whereas surgery or painkillers can be risky. So, drop in for advice and treatment: www.yen-medical.com
I sometimes get asked: In my 25 years working Chinese TCM & Shiatsu acupressure, have I ever been injured, and what I do then? It`s a case of: Physician heal thyself. But, restoring your own health after treating thousands of patients is going to be problematical, especially when it can involve a painful bad back and my sciatica. Fortunately, I can ask my pal John to do some intensive remedial work on my limbs and back pain.
Patients also ask me about whether Acupuncture works as a remedial solution for back and limb pains? I myself being traditional and slightly cowardly, I don`t always see the efficacy of Acupuncture needles, and I run from the risky option of surgery - unless it`s a serious injury/ immobility that damages their lives forever. So, when I detect my own back or joint stiffness, it`s time for me to ask John for some healing massage treatment before I end up horizontal long-term.
Current hospitals follow conventional Western medical standard processes, usually involving drugs and surgery on the patient. Don`t get me wrong, this would be the logical progression in ICU when the patient is critically ill or bleeding. Yet, sit in a typical hospital and you`ll find a lot of medical healthcare is mundane procedural: talking to the patients and staff, checking as to what happened, what`s been done and what`s likely to be done. Chinese TCM medicine tends to focus on prevention of illness and disease. I also work with patients who seem chronically ill, suffering pains or lack of mobility etc.
While I`ve probably treated some 25,000 patients in my time, viewing the patient as one interlinked unit helps better explain and treat those who have (say) psychological problems and take drugs or alcohol - and may have associated breathing and mobility issues. But, if anything, I say that a national culture is doomed to fail where patients over-rely on doctors to "cure" them for non-critical ailments. People who coop themselves in front of a TV, computer or iPhone 24 hours should not have to question where mental illness or depression have entered.
My patients who have taken excess cigarettes, 2 bottles of wine daily, consumed cocaine other hard drugs and told me where to shove my TCM advice - the pain or premature death is largely self-made. If you do not go out, breathe some fresh air in the parks and woods, eat a healthy balanced diet, so some daily physical exercise - then you`ve merely got yourself to blame. The ancient Greek philosopher Sophocles wrote fittingly: "Heaven never helps the men who will not act". So, listen up.
Every week I get all sorts of people coming in for remedying their back and hip pains. Someone who is energetic and working on 3 jobs simultaneously is Jules, organising the Chiswick Cheese market of 57 stalls on Sunday. BTW - the cheeses were delicious! And Chiswick is only 30mins from my clinic in CCS Charing Cross W6 8LH.
She came to me from a friend`s recommendation asking for a timely remedy last year fixing back and leg pains. So, I applied Chinese TCM and Shiatsu hands-on her acupuncture points.
I cannot say TCM / Shiatsu provides a permanent solution, but it works well when the pain relief kicks in. She`ll be fit to go back to work again on her 3 jobs. I see that rare people are filled with boundless energy and drive - Jules is a wonder to behold.
People who have been struck with frozen shoulder, painful back and aching arms usually want to progress past the proverbial 3 painkiller tablets per day stage. So, they often ask me for hands-on treatment with Chinese TCM & Shiatsu.
The present alternatives of suffering aches, bad sleep, taking Painkiller pills or injections don`t really work for them. The good news from Chinese TCM is that the body “talks” to us, and by applying pressure on Acupoints, pains can be directly relieved. Now, he could move his stiff shoulder and arms with more flexibility and less pain (see photo); although, it may take 3 or 4 more appointments to straighten out his frozen shoulder and back.
I’m happy getting him and others on the healing path working on body pains. I`m based at Charing Cross Hospital in CCS Sports clinic Hammersmith W6 8LH to support local community health. Get treated promptly for your pains and medical ailments using Chinese TCM and Shiatsu.
One year ago, Theresa came into my Chinese TCM and Shiatsu clinic. Suffering Fibromyalgia and Sciatica, she had huge pains in back, shoulders, neck, hips and legs for years; she could be bed-bound taking doctor`s drugs. Yet, she prefers my drugs-free Chinese TCM healing path, with exercise work-outs from Vincent, for rebuilding herself. Working on body Acupoints, it`s an intense experience - not for everyone. But then, Theresa couldn’t walk up 4 steps at CCS one year ago; now she`s exercising and lifting 30kg weights.
I`m working hands-on her and others at Charing Cross Hospital in CCS Sports clinic, London W6 8LH on appointments-only. Written on Theresa`s kind Xmas T-shirt gift to me - you "Repeat Shiatsu" towards fitness and wellness. So, you can try out Chinese TCM and Shiatsu to regain lost health. Have a Happy New Year!
After working in my local Hammersmith health clinic, sometimes visiting people at home or at work is the only option treating very busy people. Today, getting Russell back on a healing path at Dr Espresso SW6 becomes a matter of when onsite and not where. Repairing and lifting up an 80kg 3-lever 1970s Italian industrial coffee machine (pictured) is going to result in serious body injury and pain somewhere.
He`s restored vintage Italian coffee machines over half his life, while I spark new life into injured bodies for 25 years. Since I first treated his back pains in 2020, there’s few body parts I do not try to rejuvenate pressing his Acupoints. Using no drugs or painkillers with my Chinese TCM and Shiatsu methods, he usually responds well to pain relief and recover more usage of his back and limbs. Russell co-owns and runs 4 London coffee shops; so, time off through injury becomes a painful and expensive option.
I`ve been happily working hands-on 25 years to help rid patients of their pains, so they can recover from injuries faster. View my Website to see how I assisted patients using Chinese TCM and Shiatsu.
www.yen-medical.com
Nice to get my haircut (after working in hospital) at stylish "chez Stephan" in Putney. Apart from being an expert hairdresser (most of his clients are women), he has a warm welcome for your treatment with an added choice of professionally-selected fine wine sales. I first met Stephan in 2017 when he asked me to perform Shiatsu lymph-drainage for his cancer. After going for hospital treatment in France, he has been cancer-free.
So, he lives loving life and working 7 days a week, and he is a testament to a fine, brave man; making the most of life after battling cancer. "Amusez-vous bien!"
"chez Stephan" in Putney
26 Lacy Rd, London SW15 1NL 07717 436923
Why I prefer Shiatsu (Tuina) over Acupuncture?
It`s without needles, an intensive full hand contact therapy using graduated pressure on Acupoints for pain / stress relief. It’s the touch that enables feeling heat, energy and even more – emotions. Manipulation, pulling, twisting, freeing patient’s blood & energy - all make Shiatsu/ Tuina (ironically) a better TCM medical discipline in my 25 year’s experience improving human general musculo-skeletal health, rebuilding the patient.
Case Study: 19-year girl badly smashed ejected through car windscreen; totally paralysed in both legs. I worked on her hands-on using Chinese TCM-Shiatsu for 10 months, 4 hours per week. I recorded video to prove progress (apologies low video resolution). First nothing. Then 6 months later, something wonderful happened, she moved her legs. This is a short video of her moving her legs when she`d been paralysed for 2 years. She could stand up in the end - I cannot say that I got her to walk, but that’s already a minor miracle. The moral? She (and I) never gave up Hope; keep on working at it and somehow you may succeed.
Now it gets cold in winter. So, when sporty men like Philippe come to me in winter for Sciatica back pains, treating him to withstand sub-zero temperatures is a must. It`s intense pressing his Acupoints, but when his back pains subside, he returns on the healing path to continue normal work and family life. I`m busy working hands-on at Charing Cross Hospital in Ccs Sports clinic Hammersmith W6 8LH, and a cold winter gives us no breaks. Come along when you need your back and associated pains reset using Chinese TCM and Shiatsu methods.
Western medical education is roughly about what degrees and research papers they`ve done = more letters for doctors and surgeons after their name. A university medical degree can filter skilled personnel for potential employers and patients. However, the medical value of Chinese TCM focuses on how good you are at delivering healthcare in the field. Thus, after 24 years it`s the c 25,000 patients that I’ve treated successfully that is the worth of my TCM career, not my university papers.
So, Chinese TCM diagnosis and treatment are highly individualized, even if a Frozen Shoulder is fairly common issue. Some 4,000 years ago acupoint LI-15 the Jianyu ("Shoulder Bone") was identified on the Large Intestine (LI) meridian, and useful treating shoulder pain or immobility. Seeking the pain source, then alleviating chronic shoulder stiffness are essential for patient`s pain-free well-being. Remember, Shiatsu acupressure is safe healthcare with few side-effects as we use zero drugs or painkillers. Promote your own wellness, and get your illnesses and ailments treated using holistic Chinese TCM.
There’s been a triumph in what we achieved, succeeding in defiance of conventional healthcare "wisdom". Theresa, been prescribed painkiller drugs for her Fibromyalgia and Sciatica for years, yet still going through agony - things were looking bleak. Huge muscle/ joint pains, weight gain and loss of mobility were damaging her health. Now, Fibromyalgia is not the first challenge I`d take up for Chinese TCM & Shiatsu. Fortunately, Theresa working in NHS healthcare was not to be discouraged, and wanted a different and more productive medical solution than her previous doctors. So, I was pressing her Acupoints and got some health gains freeing stiff limbs and getting her to walking better without crutches. Yet, I saw further potential working alongside Vincent Halpern, a skilled personal trainer.
One year later, we witness a woman confidently cycling, walking and lifting 25kg weights. It`s a triumph for intense exercise regimes and Chinese TCM & Shiatsu in human body remediation, while not embracing painkiller drug methods. It`s professional satisfaction reducing her pains hands-on while restoring her mobility and health. We`re glad to serve the local community and helping people suffering immobility and pains at CCS Sports (in Charing Cross Hospital), Aspenlea Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8LH. Make an appointment to find out what we`re capable of - treating people towards good health.
I`m rather busy working hands-on at Charing Cross Hospital in Ccs Sports clinic and who returned today? It`s Alpa coming in, as she`s been fortnightly to me for 3 months. She`s been struck with frozen shoulder, back and neck pains- so she asks for treatment via her Acupoints with Chinese TCM & Shiatsu.
The good news is that her pains subsided, so she could move her stiff shoulder - arms now raised vertically (see photo); though it`ll probably take another 1 or 2 treatments this month to straighten out her frozen shoulder and painful back. But the alternative - suffering pain, bad sleep, stress, indigestion, and taking a Painkiller injection elsewhere that didn`t work. Alpa comes to get back on shoulder and back on the healing path whereby her pains subside - and I`m grateful that she and others return to me. I`m working hands-on at Charing Cross Hospital in Ccs Sports clinic Hammersmith W6 8LH on Mon, Wed and Friday appointments. Drop in making an appointment and get treated readily for your pains and medical ailments using Chinese TCM and Shiatsu.
When you work at something that you truly love doing, then like me, treating people towards a healing path becomes as if part of my DNA. Similarly, Russell at Dr Espresso in Fulham High Street repairs bashed-up 1960s and 70s Italian coffee machines into gleaming and functioning antiques. He`s restored old rusted machines lovingly, so vintage Italian coffee machines destined for the scrap-heap sparkle with new life on his coffee shop shelves in Fulham. Now, my professional satisfaction came to me treating him for Sciatica on his back in 2020. While I press his Acupoints using the Chinese TCM and Shiatsu methods , he responds favourably to recover in his back and his limbs. When he`s lifting 80kg coffee machines and maintaining the functions of his 4 coffee shops, injury at work can be very painful and unprofitable.
So, when I treat him to relieve pains so he can move around his shops, we`re pleased that he`s on the healing path to relieve most of his body pains and injuries using Shiatsu. If you came across me treating him for Sciatica back pains in his shop after closing time, working along his Acupoints, it`s not a crazily bizarre sight. He been asking for treatment, now and then, for 5 years and I`m very happy working hands-on him to help rid him of his pains. Drop into my Website to see what I have been proudly doing for the local community using Chinese TCM and Shiatsu.
www.yen-medical.com