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SERVICES
Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine & Shiatsu in Glebe, Newtown & Coogee
Thomas is also practicing at:
The Living Room Yoga Studio
62 Carr St
Coogee Beach (above Barzura)
NSW 2034
M: 0401 322 061
E:tom@thomascrooks.com.au
and
The Buddha Bar Healing Clinic
434 King St
Newtown
NSW 2042
P: 02 9517 9725
M: 0401 322 061
E: tom@thomascrooks.com.au
Thomas works with you to help you return to good health. Using acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and shiatsu, Thomas aims to restore your own wellbeing and to increase your quality of life. Call him now for any inquiries or to book in your course of treatment.
After taking a detailed case history, Thomas will create a treatment program for you. This will usually include a combination of the following: acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, shiatsu, moxibustion, cupping therapy, auricular therapy, gua sha and dietary advice. Thomas is committed to following the treatment plan and requires this of his patients too, in order to achieve the most positive results.
The World Health Organisation states that based on controlled clinical trials acupuncture can be effectively used to treat many diseases including the following:
lower back pain, headache, neck pain, knee pain
adverse reactions to radiation or chemotherapy
depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
nausea and vomiting
postoperative pain
sciatica, sprains, tennis elbow
morning sickness
rheumatoid arthritis
stroke
allergic rhinitis, including hay fever
primary dysmenorrhoea
Further research continues to uncover more conditions that acupuncture can treat.
Good Health Using Natural Medicine
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a traditional form of Chinese medicine, which involves the insertion of single-use sterile needles into specific acu-points on the surface of the body, with the intention of tonifying, sedating or clearing disharmonies in the body's internal energy. This is usually pain-free, however you may feel sensations including numbness, tingling or itchiness at each insertion site. Many patients report feeling very relaxed during and after a session.
All needling is administered in accordance with the Skin Penetration Act.
Chinese Herbal Medicine
Herbal formulas are prescribed according to your diagnosis and should be taken regularly and as directed. Modifications may be made to your formula to tailor it to your specific requirements.
All herbal ingredients used are approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Shiatsu
Shiatsu is a wonderfully relaxing form of massage using thumb, knuckle, palm, elbow and knee pressure, along with specific stretches, to bring about profound changes to your health and vitality. Treatment will occur in conjunction with an acupuncture session. Following the initial diagnosis, pressure will be applied to the energetic channels, or meridians, that run over and through the body.
Cupping
In this traditional Chinese therapy, glass cups have the oxygen burned out of them, which creates a vacuum. The cups are then placed onto the skin, over areas that present with different types of blockages. Cupping is particularly useful in treating muscular pain and relieving the symptoms of cold and flu. It must be said that bruising may occur and in fact this is thought to indicate success in removing the stagnation. Cupping is an excellent adjunct to shiatsu.
Moxibustion
This is another form of traditional Chinese therapy, which utilises the healing properties of heat. If you feel the cold easily, if you experience lower back pain or tiredness and lethargy, then this may be just the thing for you. Moxa (made from the plant mugwort artemesia vulgaris) is renowned by the Chinese for its gentle warming qualities and the minimal ash it produces. Moxa may be applied in any of three ways - stick, cone or moxa-box. The stick, shaped like a cigar, is lit at one end and the heat is applied above the surface of the affected area/acupuncture point. It is a very focused form of heat therapy. The cone is placed on a slice of ginger or garlic and put onto the body, before being lit at the tip. With the moxa-box, loose moxa is placed inside a small wooden box which is then placed over the desired area. This is perfect for bringing warmth and tonifying energy to a larger area, all at once. At no time does the burning ash come into contact with the skin.
Pricing
Initial consultation (around 50 min) - $100
Follow up treatment (around 50 min) - $80
Herbal medicine costs between $10 and $30 per week.
Contact
Therapeutic Axis in Glebe
P: 02 9692 9788
M: 0401 322 061
The Buddha Bar Healing Clinic in Newtown
P: 02 9517 9725
M: 0401 322 061
The Living Room Yoga Studio in Coogee
M: 0401 322 061
E: tom@thomascrooks.com.au
For more information visit www.thomascrooks.com.au.
If you bring a printed copy of this page to your first treatment, you will receive a 10% discount off that treatment.
For each friend you refer that comes for a treatment, you will receive a further 10% discount off one treatment.
Please wear loose clothing to your appointment.
Health fund rebates available.
*Gift Vouchers available*
About Thomas Crooks
Thomas commenced a Diploma of Shiatsu Therapy in 1999 at Nature Care College and began studying a Bachelor of Health Science in TCM three years later at the University of Technology, Sydney. He also completed a Certificate in TCM at the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital in Beijing, China. Thomas strongly believes that Chinese medicine can be effectively integrated into the mainstream medical system, providing a complete system of health care for Australians. He is dedicated to helping many people with a wide range of physical, mental and emotional ailments. Thomas is a 5th Degree Black Belt and Sensei in Sosuishi-ryu Bujutsu www.newtowndojo.org.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Bachelor of Health Science (TCM)
Certificate TCM (Beijing, China)
Diploma of Shiatsu Therapy
Bachelor of Arts
Australian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA) member no. 2346
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Service Categories
Acupuncture, Herbalists, Shiatsu, Traditional Chinese Medicine
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