Gentle Support for Digestive Healing

Diverticulitis, and its flare-ups, can leave us not wanting to move out from the comfort of our own homes. It can cause pain, bloating, and embarrassment. Luckily, acupuncture can help to support your symptoms both physically and mentally.

Gentle Support for Digestive Healing

Diverticulitis flare-ups can cause pain, bloating, and disruption to daily life.

Common Symptoms of Diverticulitis

  • Abdominal pain (often on the left)
  • Bloating 
  • Pain and tenderness
  • Digestive complaints
  • Irregular bowel habits
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How Acupuncture Helps

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there could be a number of different pathomechanisms explaining why patients suffer with diverticulitis, which is my job. My role, as your acupuncturist, is to idenfity the root cause for you.


Through doing this, we can use acupuncture to help :


  • Ease abdominal pain 
  • Reduce muscle spasms and tightness
  • Calm inflammation
  • Improves bowel regularity and comfort
  • Supports energy and immunity
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A close-up of an acupuncturist reading a patient's pulse who is lying down. It's a key diagnostic pillars of acupuncture.
Hands massaging a leg, potentially for therapy or medical purposes.
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Josh is a wonderful practitioner delivering a remarkable holistic treatment. He is extremely knowledgeable and experienced as well as being very approachable, empathetic and a great listener. 

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— Viv

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What to Expect

  • An exhaustive medical history, covering all of your history, to see the overall picture of your health
  • A deep discussion of your history, flare patterns, and lifestyle
  • Gentle acupuncture, tailored to you, to help treat your digestive balance
  • Relaxing sessions to support recovery and comfort
Close-up of an acupuncturist inserting thin needles into a person’s abdomen during an acupuncture treatment.
A close-up of an acupuncturist reading a patient's pulse who is lying down. It's a key diagnostic pillars of acupuncture.
A female patient is lying on her back, with some needles in, as a practitioner to the right is adding a new point.