Repetitive Strain Injuries are particularly tricky ailments as they are due to performing the same kind of movements that are either necessary due to work or to doing some kind of activity that we love. In either case, it’s very hard to stop doing what’s causing the pain.
However, homeopathic remedies can be really helpful in easing pain and speeding recovery.
The number one remedy is Ruta, which has an affinity for tendons and ligaments. Ruta will be helpful where there’s stiffness or sore and bruised feelings. These symptoms will feel better for very gentle movement and for cool applications. Take Ruta in a low potency daily. Also consider using Arnica prophylactically and for flare ups too.
Please feel free to get in touch for further information.
Homeopathy for musculoskeletal issues: injury first aid
This combination remedy that includes all the big homeopathic remedies for injuries, is a must-have for your home pharmacy.
It’s one to reach for in any situation where you’ve hurt yourself – pulled your back out, shut your finger in the door or fallen and twisted your ankle. The remedy will address the immediate trauma and help the body get to work on the healing process. It contains:
· Arnica for soft tissue injury
· Hypericum for nerve pain or injury
· Symphytum for broken bones
· Rhus Tox and Ruta for tendons, ligaments and muscles
· Calendula for open wounds
It will really help you get back on your feet. Please get in touch for further information.
Homeopathy for musculoskeletal issues: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpel Tunnel Syndrome can be a very painful and limiting condition but homeopathic help is at hand.
The remedy Ruta has an affinity with tendons and therefore heals tendon issues. The Carpel Tunnel is made from tendons and also contains tendons. Therefore, Ruta is the number one remedy for this condition. It is often prescribed alongside Calcarea Fluorica to bring more elasticity to the area, and Hypericum to help with the nerve pain and damage.
Please feel free to get in touch for more information.
Homeopathy for Musculo-skeletal pain and injuries: Neck pain
Neck pain is the second most common Musculo-skeletal issue after lower back pain. The main causes are poor posture, tension and moving awkwardly in bed, and the homeopathic advice in this blog entry applies to these less complicated origins.
The homeopathic remedies that come up immediately with Musculo-skeletal problems are completely relevant for the neck – so Arnica, Rhus Toxicodendron and Ruta are straightaway of use. Add to this the awesome remedy Bambusa Arundinacea, which comes from Bamboo. Picture the plant bamboo and then picture the human spine and you can straightaway see the connection. Bambusa is a brilliant remedy for the spine in general, but particularly for the neck so I add Bambusa to the last three remedies I mentioned in a combination remedy to ease pain and speed healing.
A lot of people tend to put their stress into their neck and shoulders – as stress builds, people’s shoulder rise higher and higher to their ears, and with that comes the pain. Different homeopathic remedies can help with that general tendency alongside the neck pain remedies I described above.
Pilates is a brilliant adjunct to address long-term neck pain that is connected with poor posture.
Please note that neck pain can also be related to such issues as whiplash, arthritis or disc issues, in which cases, a different homeopathic approach will be required. Get in touch for further information.
Homeopathy for Musculo-skeletal pain and injuries: Lumbar back pain
Most people suffer or have suffered some form of back pain in their lives. For some, it’s an unpleasant glitch, but for others it can become a part of life.
Pharmaceutical painkillers can be a life-saver but most would agree that they do not provide a long-term solution because of their side-effects. Homeopathic remedies offer not only pain relief, but also a boost to the healing process.
There are particular remedies that come up again and again for Musculo-skeletal problems and they of course include the indispensable Arnica, Rhus Toxicodendron and Ruta. For clients with back pain, I make a combination remedy with these three remedies but which may also incude Kali Carbonicum, which is brilliant for lumbar back pain. If the symtoms extend into the hips, I also add in the brilliant remedy Aesculus, which has a particular affinity for issues in the lumbar sacral area. It’s a really effective mix.
Homeopathic remedies help get you back to doing what you love all the faster.
10 Reasons to try homeopathy #10 It works
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10 reasons to try homeopathy #9 Sustainable medicine
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The process of dilution, which is key to homeopathy’s methodology, means that only minute amounts of source material are used. As a result, countless remedies are prepared from the leaves or the flower of the plant, the mineral or crystal from the earth. Furthermore, homeopathy does not use blister packs and keeps packaging to an absolute minimum. Homeopathy works with and not against nature.
10 reasons to try homeopathy #8 Never tested on animals
Homeopathic remedies are never tested on animals. The way that remedies are tested is through what is called a proving. In this process, a healthy group of people take a specific remedy multiple times and record the symptoms they develop as a result. These symptoms may be physical with headaches or stomach problems for example, or mental and emotional with issues such as nightmares or anxiety. Recurring and common symptoms produced in the group are painstakingly described and recorded. Following the first principle of Homeopathy which is “like treats like”, this remedy is then used to treat the very symptoms it produces in a healthy person. The proving results plus clinical experience then give us a full remedy picture.
An example of this would be a healthy person taking the remedy Coffea, made from coffee. It’s likely that they would develop sleep issues, which is the very thing Coffea is frequently used to treat.
The symptoms produced by a remedy on a healthy organism can only be described accurately by a human and therefore animals are never used in the process.
This is another good reason to consider using homeopathic medicine for you and your family.
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10 reasons to try homeopathy #7 Joining the dots
One of the things I love best about what I get to do for a living is to join the dots in a person’s health. It’s often the case that people come to homeopathy with a number of different issues, and as a homeopath, I understand that this is just one person with one body and one mind sitting in front of me and my task is to join the dots between these issues.
For example, someone feels very sluggish and irritable on waking, they want to go back to bed in the afternoon and they’re bloated and flatulent suffer abdominal pain in the afternoon and evening. Guess what, their liver needs some support.
Another example: since her mother passed away, someone feels very fatigued and chilly, they are gaining weight despite their best efforts, they suffer brain fog and their hair is falling out. Guess what, their thyroid function is low.
Though it may seem otherwise, there are reasons for everything. The trick is to join the dots and take it from there.
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10 reasons to try homeopathy #6 Addressing root causes
As a homeopath, when a client comes to me with an issue such as migraines, eczema or insomnia, often my first question will be “When did the issue start?” shortly followed by “What was happening around that time?” Why symptoms start isn’t always crystal clear, but very often, root causes can be found. For example: “I haven’t slept well since my mum passed away.” Or: “I haven’t felt myself since I got Covid.” These root causes are addressed very specifically in the resulting homeopathic prescription, and because the causes are addressed, this means that symptoms are far less likely to recur.
It can be really helpful for a client to unpick their history in the homeopathic consultation and have a good think about when things started and why that might be. Often, gaining an awareness like this can be an important step on the road to cure which the remedies then continue.
Reasons for trying homeopathy #5 Homeopathy is safe to use at home
I was never more grateful for my homeopathic training than when I started a family. When my children were very young, they’d throw fevers, come down with coughs and colds, fall over and get bumps and bruises, like any child. I was lucky enough to be able to reach straight for my home pharmacy and find them a helpful remedy.
There’s nothing like a poorly child to make you feel anxious, and it was a great comfort to know the answers were right there to hand.
I would encourage anyone to invest in a basic homeopathic kit, which are available from fabulous homeopathic pharmacies such as Helios and Ainsworths. Remedies are safe for use at home for minor ailments and first aid. With very little practice, you’ll get to know the remedies which work best for you and your family.
Reasons for trying homeopathy #4 Homeopathy is individualised medicine
10 people go to see a professional homeopath about their migraines, migraines which severely impact their lives.
No two people will receive the same prescriptions.
For one person, their migraines come when they have a major event the following day. For another, they’ll get a migraine because they’ve been clenching their jaw in stress. One person’s migraines will be right-sided, another on the left. One person’s migraines began when they lost their partner.
These details are crucial to a homeopath, who will use this information to give an entirely bespoke prescription.
What this means is that your homeopath will really listen to your story and your situation, and being heard is a big part of the recovery process.
Reasons for trying homeopathy #3 Homeopathy is natural medicine
There are more than 3000 homeopathic remedies, the majority of which are from plant and mineral sources. Homeopathy harnesses the power of natural medicine to stimulate the body’s immunity to bring about gentle and lasting healing.
Let me give you a few examples: the flower Aconite for your child’s fever, the plant Gelsemium for your flu, the mineral Kali Bichromium for your postnasal drip. Rather than reading a list of ingredients in your pharmaceutical medicine that you don’t understand, homeopathic remedies are that one plant, that one mineral. It’s nice to know what you’re putting into your body.
More and more as a society we are recognising the wisdom of nature and homeopathy is truly nature’s medicine.
10 reasons to try homeopathy #2 truly holistic medicine for the whole person
Seeing a professional homeopath for the first time gives you a very different view of your health. Your homeopath will want to know all about your symptoms – and they will of course be the focus of the consultation – but your homeopath will need to know about you too. They’ll want to know when you first noticed your symptoms and try to establish why you feel like you do; the root causes of illness are so important in prescribing the best suited homeopathic remedies. Your homeopath will also want to know about you on the physical, mental and emotional levels – each is important and the three are inextricably linked.
With a homeopath, you will feel truly heard and this is where holistic healing really begins.
10 reasons to try homeopathy #1 No side-effects
Homeopathic remedies do not have side-effects.
When you buy the remedy Pulsatilla for your child’s endlessly blocked sinuses and periodic fevers, what you get is the flower Pulsatilla as a homeopathic remedy and nothing else. The remedy helps clear her sinuses and brings down the fever – there are no nasty knock-ons.
When you buy the remedy Bryonia for your headache, what you get is the plant wild hops as a homeopathic remedy and nothing else. It takes your headache away and if it suits your constitution, may even gradually prevent the return of the headaches – and this comes without any nasty knock-ons.
When I buy food, I like to be able to understand what every ingredient on the list is so I know what I am eating. I feel the same way about the medicine me and my family take.
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Homeopathy for Halloween
To keep the fun flowing for tomorrow’s celebrations, come armed with these homeopathic remedies.
Aconite
This must-have remedy will come in very handy if a child you might know become scared and isn’t easily calmed. They might even throw a fever that night. Aconite will help prevent the fever from turning into a nasty cold.
Pulsatilla
Reach for this remedy if you or your child has overindulged in Halloween treats and gets a nasty stomachache.
Nux Vomica
If it’s alcoholic treats that you have overindulged in, then take a few doses of Nux Vomica to settle your stomach and relieve your headache.
Please get in touch for further information.
Happy Halloween and Happy Homeopathy!
World Mental Health Day. October 10th 2023.
Mental health is a term that covers a huge spectrum of feelings, and each of those feelings can be experienced at different degrees of intensity. Awareness of mental health issues is greater than ever before, but after awareness, there needs to be action and that’s where homeopathy comes in.
The individualised nature of homeopathy is key to its success in working with mental health issues.
Homeopathy recognises that in a room full of people, each of whom suffers depression, no two people will experience that depression in exactly the same way. One person may have become depressed after a bereavement, another after a business failure. One may be very tearful in their depression, whereas another will be angry. One may suffer insomnia with their depression, another may find refuge in sleep. Each of those people will need different homeopathic treatment that recognises their individuality.
The homeopathic consultation is a process that will seek to find the root causes of mental health issues and how your life is affected by them. The consultation is therapeutic in itself.
Homeopathic remedies are natural, without side effects and are totally non-addictive.
If you want to find out more, please get in touch.
Get set for the cooler months with homeopathy
The weather is beginning to change and the Autumn Equinox is this coming Saturday. While this time can be embraced as an opportunity for renewal or for letting go, it is also a time to prepare for the colder months.
Covid and your bog standard colds and flu-like illnesses are already travelling around my children’s schools - perhaps yours too.
To help them through the symptoms speedily and lastingly, make sure you have the following remedies at home:
Aconite - at the first sign that symptoms are building, especially after being caught out in a cold wind.
Allium Cepa - this is the onion in its homeopathic form for the common cold with stinging eyes that water, sneezing and a runny nose that turns the space between your nose and your upper lip red and sore.
Belladonna - again at the onset of illness if your child wakes at night feverish with a red face, dilated pupils and a fast pulse.
Eupatorium Perfoliatum - for the horrible deep bone ache of fluey viruses.
Gelsemium - again for flu - with chills and shaking, exhaustion, heavy head and droopy eyelids.
Kali Bichromicum - this remedy is a great one for post nasal drip and unblocking stubborn sinuses.
Pulsatilla - for very snotty people who are feeling very sorry for themselves and become very needy - or rather even needier - when they are ill.
All these remedies are available from the superb homeopathic pharmacies Ainsworths and Helios.
Let me know if you need any further advice and also let homeopathy make your winter easier.
Get to work on your hay fever now the pollen is almost gone
It may well feel a relief to have the pollen season almost behind us but now is the time to work on your hay fever homeopathically. During the spring and summer, the body’s energy is directed at managing your allergy, but in the autumn and winter the body’s energy can be harnessed to address the loss of immunity that actually causes the allergy.
The autumn/winter hay fever protocol boosts your immunity and makes the pollen season easier to manage year on year. Homeopathy addresses the root causes of ill-health to bring lasting improvements and less dependence on pharmaceutical medication.
Homeopathic Constitutional Remedy 3 - Natrum Muriaticum
Natrum Muriaticum, or Nat Mur for short is not a remedy that I would be without –from headaches and migraines to skin complaints, from constipationto grief, this remedy is one of the vertebrae of the homeopathic spine.
Very young babies are rarely Nat Mur in constitutionbut can become very suited to this remedy should a sibling come along or should their parents split. Emotional triggers can make Natrum Muriaticum a very useful remedy.Nat Mur kids are very sensitive and emotionally reserved.
They are often more serious than their peers and can even be sad, or as they become older, depressed. If they are upset, they will want to be by themselves to feel better and will push affection or kind words away. This kind of behaviour lasts into adulthood, and can really harden.
As you’d imagine, as this remedy is made from salt, there is a lot of dryness in the picture for the people who need it. They will be thirsty people, but nevertheless, they’ll suffer from dry skin, cracked lips and constipation.They’llalso crave salty food like cheese and crisps.
Nat Mur is a brilliant remedy for headaches and migraines, and it is one to think of immediately if the headaches or migraines began or significantly worsened when there was some kind of emotional event. In a child, this would besomething likeparents separating, or in older children might be a grief or a change of school, then later in life, the trigger might be the ending of an important relationship.
If any of this sounds familiar, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.