Back and Neck Pain

Back, Neck & Joint Pain

Helping you move more freely, with less pain.

Whether your pain started yesterday or has been with you for years, living with back, neck or joint pain can affect every part of your life. Simple things like driving, working, gardening, sleeping or even getting comfortable on the sofa can become a daily struggle.

The good news is that pain doesn't always mean permanent damage. In many cases, muscles, fascia, joints and the nervous system have become tight, protective or overloaded over time. By restoring movement, improving circulation and helping your body relax out of its protective "pain mode", many people experience significant relief and greater freedom of movement.

At The Haven Health Clinic, our experienced practitioners work together to find the treatment that's right for you.

Which Therapy Is Right For Me?

Every person's pain is different, which is why we offer a range of complementary therapies that can be used individually or alongside one another.

Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to treat painful conditions. Fine needles encourage the body to reduce pain, relax tight muscles, improve circulation and support the body's own healing response.

Rather than simply treating where it hurts, Chinese medicine looks for the underlying pattern contributing to your pain, helping to reduce recurring problems as well as easing your current symptoms.

Gua Sha Massage, Herbal Oils & Moxa

Gua Sha is a specialised form of massage that gently works through the muscles and fascia — the connective tissue that surrounds and supports every muscle in the body. When fascia becomes restricted, it can contribute to stiffness, reduced movement and ongoing pain.

Using specially selected botanical oils to warm the tissues and improve circulation, Gua Sha helps release tension, restore movement and encourage the body's natural healing processes. Depending on your condition, gentle warming moxa may also be used to increase circulation, relax tight muscles and ease chronic aches and stiffness.

Many people notice they move more freely and feel lighter after treatment.

Therapeutic Massage

Whether you need deep remedial massage for persistent muscular tension, a gentler therapeutic massage to encourage relaxation, or specialist techniques such as Tui Na, our massage therapists tailor each treatment to your individual needs.

Massage can help reduce muscle tension, improve flexibility, increase circulation and relieve the stresses that often contribute to pain.

Bowen Technique

Bowen is a remarkably gentle therapy that uses precise rolling movements over muscles and connective tissue to encourage the body to reset patterns of tension.

Many people choose Bowen for persistent back pain, neck pain, joint stiffness and recurring injuries, particularly when they prefer a gentle, non-invasive approach.

Healing Therapies

Pain isn't only physical. Stress, emotional strain and long-term tension can keep the nervous system in a heightened state, making pain feel more intense and recovery more difficult.

Healing therapies can encourage deep relaxation, helping the body move from a state of constant tension into one where repair and recovery can take place more easily.

We Can Help With

Our Aim

Our goal isn't simply to reduce pain for a few days.

We want to help you move more comfortably, understand why the problem developed and support your body so that the pain is less likely to keep returning.

Whether your symptoms are recent or you've been living with them for years, we'll help you choose the therapy—or combination of therapies—that best suits your needs.

If you're ready to move with greater ease and enjoy life again, we'd love to help.

Testimonials

For a number of years I have suffered with lower back pain brought on by a number of issues.  In seeking help, I’d tried everything to no avail.  I knew little about Bowen before experiencing it but was open to try anything to help with pain relief and thank goodness I did.  My experience with Bowen has been nothing but positive, helping me considerably.  Anna has continued to be an incredibly supportive, expert practitioner.

Cassie- Actress-York

“Having suffered from a bad back for a very long time and having tried almost everything out there, Bowen was suggested by a client of mine (I’m a Barber). 

This is no understatement, without Anna and Bowen therapy I don’t know where I would be. 

I highly recommend Anna and Bowen therapy to anyone that has issues with their body.”

 

Mark B

[Acupuncture with Nicola] has been a great help with my localised pain - in my knees and back. With the back up of the Chinese Herbs, it has also helped my phlegm a lot.

Lola, Ashburton

Having booked in for problems with my legs Judith Peplow has resolved more issues than I knew I had in my back, arms and legs. She has enabled me to continue to walk the moors as well as my farming life. With follow up sessions to settle any new issues I would recommend her body massage to anyone.

Gail Fursdon