The Cambridge Clinic

The Cambridge Complementary Health Centre is located in central Cambridge which makes it easily accessible to all. It is a friendly and professional practice made up of a number of talented practitioners.

The clinic not only provides acupuncture, but a range of alternative medicine and complementary therapies including osteopathy and physiotherapy. The practice aims to provide patients with a high quality care plans in order to enhance their recovery and minimise recovery time as well as safeguard their general well-being. All therapies provided at the clinic can be safely used in combination and although most patients find that one therapy suits them best, occasionally a combination such as acupuncture and osteopathy may be needed - and in house referrals are therefore available.

Acupuncture is one of the primary therapies available at the Cambridge Complementary health Centre and this includes not only Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupuncture, but also trigger point therapy acupuncture and medical acupuncture for pain conditions. Patients frequently visit the Cambridge complementary health centre for acupuncture due to the following problems:

• Allergies: including hay fever (allergic rhinitis) and asthma.
• Back pain: either specific back pain or non-specific back pain including sciatica and piriformis syndrome. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence recently recommended acupuncture for lower back pain due to its success and efficacy. Acupuncture
• Fatigue: fatigue can be the result of overwork, recovery from viral illnesses such as glandular fever or due to imbalances within the body. Acupuncture for fatigue is widely used and research has shown it to be very successful.
• Fertility problems: both male fertility problems and female fertility problems. Acupuncture during IVF as well as acupuncture during ICSI and acupuncture during ART are also commonly used.
• Injury and trauma: such as sports injury or recovery from surgery.
• Joint problems: such as frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, knee pain, hip problems and carpal tunnel syndrome.
• Menstrual problems: including endometriosis, amenorrhoea or oligomenorrhea (irregular, infrequent or lack of menstruation) dysmenorrhea (period pains), PMT or menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes.
• Pain: this could be pain due to injury, trauma, wear and tear or illness. Acupuncture is commonly used to treat pain and pain related conditions and research has shown it to be a successful intervention.
• Sleep problems: including insomnia and problems falling or staying asleep.
• Stress conditions: a large proportion of visitors to the clinic use acupuncture for stress or stress related conditions such as IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)/digestive problems, headaches, sleep problems and skin problems. Many patients find that acupuncture for stress relief helps them to overcome a large amount of other health problems.

For more information on conditions that acupuncture can be used for please refer to our directory by clicking here.
The clinic is located on Rose Crescent, which is a short stroll from both Park Street and the Grand Arcade car parks. Bridge street bus stops are just five minutes' walk which means that the park and ride is an easy parking option. The train station is within a mile of the clinic and there are also bicycle tie up facilities directly outside the clinic.