Cottesmore
Oakham
LE15 7DJ
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Mrs. Nikki Hawkes
The Holistic Health Centre
Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Nutritional Therapy in Oakham
Member Organisation(s): Acupuncture-Acutherapy Council
Insurance: Holistic Insurance Services
Therapy Provides:
Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Nutritional Therapy, Allergy Intolerance Therapy
Member Organisation(s): Acupuncture-Acutherapy Council
Insurance: Holistic Insurance Services
Therapy Provides:
Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Nutritional Therapy, Allergy Intolerance Therapy
About The Holistic Health Centre
Nikki is a fully qualified practitioner working from The Holistic Health Centre, a small and friendly complementary health care clinic, established in 2001, and currently offering acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutritional therapy and food intolerance testing.In a village location, the Holistic Health Centre is situated on the Main Street in Cottesmore, between the church and the post office and free parking is usually available directly outside. There is disabled access to the clinic and disabled facilities.
Nikki is able to help patients with most general health problems. She is commonly consulted for painful conditions, such as back pain or joint pain, sports injuries or strains, sciatica, stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, digestive problems such as irritable bowel syndrome and menstrual problems such as painful periods or heavy periods, or simply to maintain good health, vitality and wellbeing.
Her extensive training allows her to combine the holistic approach of traditional Chinese medicine with a Western scientific background. Acupuncture treatment can be combined with herbal medicine or nutritional and lifestyle advice where required.
My training, work experience and any achievement
BSc(hons) Phytotherapy (herbal medicine)Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (MNIMH)
Member of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy (MCPP)
PG. Dip. (with Merit) Nutritional Medicine
University of Surrey
Diploma (with Distinction) in Acupuncture
Member of the Acupuncture-Acutherapy Council (MAcC)
Registered with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) for Microsystems Acupuncture
Age I Work With
- Children
- Teens
- Adults
- Elders
Languages
- English
Other concerns & issues I deal with
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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) acupuncture has been proven to be effective in the treatment of the following conditions:
- Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent
Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
Biliary colic
Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
Dysentery, acute bacillary
Dysmenorrhoea, primary (period pain)
Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)
Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
Headache
Hypertension (high blood pressure), essential Hypotension (low blood pressure),
primary Induction of labour
Knee pain
Leukopenia
Low back pain
Malposition of fetus, correction of Morning sickness
Nausea and vomiting
Neck pain
Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)
Periarthritis of shoulder
Postoperative pain
Renal colic
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sciatica
Sprain
Stroke
Tennis elbow
Acupuncture has also been shown to be an effective therapy for the following diseases, symptoms or conditions, but trials are needed to provide further proof:
Abdominal pain (in acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal spasm)
Acne vulgaris
Alcohol dependence and detoxification
Bell’s palsy
Bronchial asthma
Cancer pain
Cardiac neurosis
Cholecystitis, chronic, with acute exacerbation
Cholelithiasis
Competition stress syndrome
Craniocerebral injury, closed
Earache
Epidemic haemorrhagic fever
Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease) (nosebleed)
Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection
Female infertility
Facial spasm
Female urethral syndrome
Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
Gastrokinetic disturbance
Gouty arthritis
Hepatitis B virus carrier status
Herpes zoster (human (alpha) herpesvirus 3)
Hyperlipaemia
Hypo-ovarianism
Insomnia
Labour pain
Lactation, deficiency
Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic
Ménière disease
Neuralgia, post-herpetic
Neurodermatitis
Obesity
Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence
Osteoarthritis
Pain due to endoscopic examination
Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans
Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein-Leventhal syndrome)
Postextubation in children
Postoperative convalescence
Premenstrual syndrome
Prostatitis, chronic
Pruritus
Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome
Raynaud syndrome, primary
Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Retention of urine, traumatic
Schizophrenia
Sialism, drug-induced
Sjögren syndrome
Sore throat (including tonsillitis)
Spine pain, acute
Stiff neck
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Tietze syndrome
Tobacco dependence
Tourette syndrome
Ulcerative colitis, chronic
Urolithiasis
Vascular dementia
Whooping cough (pertussis)
Acupuncture has been found to provide some therapeutic benefit for these diseases, symptoms or conditions in individual controlled trials, and the WHO states that acupuncture treatment is worth trying because treatment by conventional and other therapies is difficult:
Chloasma
Choroidopathy, central serous
Colour blindness
Deafness
Hypophrenia
Irritable colon syndrome, (irritable bowel syndrome)
Neuropathic bladder in spinal cord injury
Pulmonary heart disease, chronic
Small airway obstruction
A herbalist would often be consulted about digestive problems such as irritable bowel syndrome, bloating, abdominal cramps, food intolerance, diarrhoea, constipation, menstrual problems such as heavy periods, painful periods, PCOS, skin conditions such as eczema, itchy skin or rashes, bladder problems such as cystitis, recurring infections, poor immunity, stress, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, low mood, fatigue, hayfever, cough, varicose veins.
Concerns & issues I deal with
- Alcohol Dependence
- Anxiety
- Disorder
- Dementia
- Depression
- Fatigue
- Infertility
- Neurosis
- Panic Attacks
- Rape
- Schizophrenia
- Sex
- Stress
- Trauma
- Fertility
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Insomnia
- Panic Attacks
- Stress
- Back Pain
Therapy Provides
- Acupuncture
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- Nutritional Therapy
- Allergy Intolerance Therapy
Price List
- Acupuncture: £30/session
Special Online Booking Offers
Nikki offers free 10 minute telephone consultations (07973761088) to see how acupuncture or herbal medicine may help you.
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