Kate’s Blog.

Back pain is extremely common – about four in five people are affected at some point in their lifetime. If you ever experienced it yourself, you will know just how frustrating it is – limiting your ability to perform the simplest of tasks. It’s no surprise really when...

Searching for the best foods to help you get pregnant can be incredibly confusing! Just a few minutes spent online and you will find a huge variety of do's and don'ts, some of which contradict each other - and others which involve strange new super-foods and...

To celebrate Acupuncture Awareness Week, The Complementary Health Care Clinic is offering half price acupuncture sessions to all new patients that week. To find out more please visit The British Acupuncture website. Many people are curious about acupuncture and are...

Patients presenting with aches and pains are the bulk of most acupuncture practices. Why? Well quite simply it helps. It can help reduce the intensity of pain and the frequency of painful episodes, but ‘pain’ can mean a lot of different things to different people. In...

Did you know that in Norwich alone there are 4 different styles of acupuncture commonly practiced? How do you choose which one is right for you? Two of the often used types of acupuncture are '5 elements' and 'TCM' (Traditional Chinese Medicine). In 5 element...

  Prior to booking an initial consultation for fertility, many women ring in first just to find out a little bit more about how I work. Usually I will have agreed with my client beforehand to book her appointment at key points in her cycle - around day 7, 14 and...

One of the most common conversations I have in clinic with my patients goes like this - - 'So how does this acupuncture on my knee actually work' - 'Well would you like the traditional explanation or the modern medical explanation?' - 'Both!' Well the modern view...

Electro-acupuncture was first used around 1940-1950's and has rapidly spread in popularity. I use it for pain related conditions - sciatica, lower back pain and arthritic knees to give some examples. The feeling of receiving electro-acupuncture is difficult to...

The Norwich Natural Fertility Partnership (NNFP)  is a collaboration between Kate McDougall - acupuncturist and Charlotte Evans - homeopath. Both have enjoyed success individually in the natural fertility field and have joined forces to provide an alternate path to...

Here is a summary of the outcomes of female fertility clients seen in the last 18 months. All maintained terms of treatment - regular acupuncture 2-3 times per month for up to 12 months. All were with partners whose sperm sample came back within normal range. The...