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Sherilyn happy about lower back pain and fertility treatment
“It feels like someone has turned the “light switch” back on and I am back to my old self!” Sherilyn McCarthy

Initially I went to see Vitalis for lower back pain. This was caused by sitting at my computer all day long. And also a friend of mine said acupuncture can also help with infertility issues.

So I thought I’d give it a go.

What I didn’t realise at the time was, that I also had other things wrong with me boiling under the surface as well.

For example, I was anxious, moody, stressed and just plain tired all the time.

But now I am not tired during the day at all, in fact, I feel the opposite, I feel energised.

I seem to have more energy and can focus on my work and for longer hours. Also, I don’t feel stressed, I feel relaxed. Also my lower back problem has diminished.

Unlike going to a Doctor for one problem and getting a drug to fix it. This treatment feels like it’s fixing the main problem, but also fixing the underlying other problems that you are not aware you had.

It feels like Vitalis brought everything back together in my body, and got everything moving again.

No one can control the stresses that life throws at you from time to time. But I feel that after having treatment with Vitalis, I am much better “equipped” to handle any stressful situation that may and has come my way.

I am sleeping deeper and feel energised and awake during the day. It feels like someone has turned the “light switch” back on and I am back to my old self.

The good self I used to be.

Thank you very much Vitalis!

Sherilyn McCarthy

Acupuncture helps diabetes by improving memory. It can be helfpul in pregnancy.

Acupuncture improves memory impaired by diabetes

Electro-acupuncture restores learning and memory impairment induced by both diabetes mellitus and cerebral ischemia in rats, conclude researchers from Beijing.

Previous studies have shown electro-acupuncture can improve peripheral neuropathy and diabetic encephalopathy. If you are suffering from diabetes, acupuncture is a word to remember.

Recent studies have shown maternal diabetes to be linked to infant memory problems. Currently there are no studies to show that acupuncture will reduce the risk for the baby. Considering the possible benefit and minimal side effects, obstetricians and midwives should consider discussing pregnancy acupuncture with their gestational diabetes patients.

The study was conducted by scientists from China Academy of Chinese Medical Science in Beijing.

Pregnancy back and pelvic pain – acupuncture and stabilising exercises

Over two-thirds of women will experience some degree of back pain during pregnancy, and nearly a fifth suffer from pelvic pain.

Researchers from Cochrane collaboration reviewed research on various therapies available to relieve back pain during pregnancy.

The researchers confirmed that stabilizing exercises and acupuncture were better than usual care alone for relieving pelvic pain. Among women with both back and pelvic pain, there was evidence that acupuncture was more effective than physical therapy.

SOURCE: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 2.