Japanese ‘Sekkotsu’
(similar to western Osteopathy/Chiropractic) – Joint and spine mobilisation and adjustment techniques using a more ‘gentle’ approach than ‘western’ practices and is used with acupressure and Osteomyology.
Our therapies
Japanese Treatments in Stoke Poges
We integrate many traditional Japanese therapies in one session, at one price: we don’t charge per therapy, and where possible you’re seen by at least two practitioners. We work very hard to provide a truly holistic approach to treatment.
Diagnosis & treatment
Our therapies for diagnosis and treatment
Whether a problem started recently or you have lived with it for a long time, we combine these therapies to help you on your way to recovery. All treatments take place at The Chestnut Clinic in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, near Slough, Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield. Prices are on our prices and booking page.
Japanese ‘Anma’ Massage
Soft tissue balancing; Ligament balancing and Lymphatic drainage methods.
Acupuncture
We integrate traditional Japanese Acupuncture with Tang and Tungs Acupuncture, which means we often use fewer needles. Acupuncture is used as part of your treatment to support your recovery, whether your problem started recently or you have had it for a long time.
Moxibustion and/or Cupping
Moxibustion uses gentle heat, and cupping uses light suction, to warm and relax the area being treated. In traditional Japanese medicine they are used to encourage the flow of blood and Ki/Chi and to support the body’s natural recovery.
Infra Red, Chi Heat Lamp and Ultrasound
These bring gentle warmth to the deeper tissues and are used alongside hands-on treatment to support your recovery. Infra red is also commonly used in modern day Physiotherapy and Osteopathy/Chiropractic.
Nutrition, Integrated Herbal Medicine and Supertonic Herbs
Nutritional advice, dietary suggestions, lifestyle adjustments and the use of herbs and tonics to support your recovery and general wellbeing.
Visceral Massage and Visceral Stimulation
Gentle soft tissue techniques for the abdomen, combined with nutritional advice, to support your general wellbeing.
Cranial Sacral Visceral Fascia Release
A gentle, hands-on technique that helps the body relax and settle. In traditional terms it is used to balance the body’s internal system and its nervous and meridian systems, as part of your wider treatment.
Emotional Release and Swish pattern techniques
This combines Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) with reflex points and the swish pattern technique, to help you work on unhelpful habits and responses.
Muscle functioning and Applied Kinesiology
Gentle testing of muscle reactions and posture, which helps us understand where your body may be out of balance and plan your treatment for mind, body and spirit.
Remedial Exercise and Lifestyle Change
Firstly we work on “Balance”, then we recommend remedial exercises for you, drawn from long-standing traditional practice. Our lifestyle recommendations are tailored to you as an individual.
Micro Cosmic, Auricular Reflexology and ECIWO Therapy
Acupressure and/or acupuncture on points on the ears, hands or feet, used as part of your treatment to support your recovery. A gentle option that suits people of all ages, including older patients.
Magnetic Therapy
Small magnets are applied to specific points on the body. Traditionally they are used to encourage circulation and balance the body’s meridians. A gentle, needle-free option that suits younger and older patients, and people who feel nervous about acupuncture.
Breathing Therapy, “Koku-Ho” and Chi Gong
The breath of life! The way we breathe affects how we feel. We teach breathing techniques and specific Ki/Chi gathering exercises to support your recovery and help you look after yourself between treatments.
Japanese “Hichi Buku Goshinjutsu Amatsu Ryoho”
This is a Japanese system of natural/naturopathic medicine dating back thousands of years, that includes; physical medicine, nutritional medicine, emotional medicine, environmental medicine, energy medicine. The first level of “Amatsu Ryoho” is often termed “Amatsu Therapy” a basic balancing approach to health and mobility. Higher levels of Amatsu Ryoho includes many “Therapies” and the preventative, remedial, skill developments as seen in martial arts masters!
Food and Environmental Sensitivity Techniques
For people who feel affected by certain foods or their surroundings, we integrate BioSet methods with Japanese Acupressure/Acupuncture, nutritional advice and Reciprocal Reflex Re-patterning. This works alongside, not instead of, advice from your GP.
Japanese medicine
Did you know?
Some of the history behind the therapies above.
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Fact 01
The guide tube
Japanese acupuncture is known for its very fine needles, often placed with the help of a slim guide tube called a shinkan. The tube is credited to Sugiyama Waichi, a blind acupuncturist of the 17th-century Edo period.
Fact 02
Where ‘moxa’ comes from
Moxibustion uses moxa: soft, woolly fibres made from dried mugwort leaves. In Japanese it is called mogusa, and the English word ‘moxa’ comes from that Japanese name.
Fact 03
‘Press and rub’
Anma (按摩) is written with two characters meaning ‘press’ and ‘rub’. It came to Japan from China and was already part of court medicine in the 8th century. By the Edo period it was practised widely, often by blind practitioners.
Fact 04
Sekkotsu: ‘joining bones’
Sekkotsu (接骨) literally means ‘joining bones’. In Japan, bone-setting has long been linked with the martial arts, and today’s sekkotsu clinics are run by licensed judo therapists (jūdō seifukushi).
Fact 05
Ki in everyday words
Ki (気) is the Japanese reading of the same character as the Chinese Qi or Chi. It turns up in everyday Japanese: genki (元気) means lively or well, and tenki (天気) means weather.