Back pain since the birth of my first child.

"Extremely helpful. I have been suffering from back pain since the birth of my first child. My back pain got worse after my second child. Initially I took chiropractic and osteopathic treatments. I gave up the chiropractic treatment as they did not help me. I concentrated on the osteopathic treatment which helped a little. I fell off a ladder and hurt my ribs. After my ribs had healed, I suffered a lot of chest infection. I realised that I needed a more wholesome treatment so I decided to try acupuncture. Lily can offer not only acupuncture but also Chinese herbal medicine. I have been having these dual treatments from Lily and my health improves a lot. I stopped the herbal medicine as I no longer needed it for my chest infections and carried on with the acupuncture. I would see Lily once a month to maintain my chronic back pain as I also spend about 8 hours a day working on a computer. I also took up golf 6 years ago and my back hurt after a golf game but I found acupuncture helped a lot. Also as I got older, my joints have gone stiffer and acupuncture helped too. Most recently I have suffered from work related stress which also gave me minor panic attack. The acupuncture helped tremendously. I can enjoy golf and not worrying too much. During the period of stress at work, I can also carry on with my job, otherwise I might need to be signed off. Without acupuncture, I think I would have needed a lot of pain killers."

A Current Patient, Hertfordshire