From Ross
Notes on acupuncture,
presence, and the body.
Occasional writing on what Classical Japanese Acupuncture actually is, and why the connection between practitioner and patient matters as much as the needle.
Occasional writing on what Classical Japanese Acupuncture actually is, and why the connection between practitioner and patient matters as much as the needle.
There's a moment in most people's first acupuncture session where they brace themselves. And then something unexpected happens — they feel a hand. Presence. Someone actually paying attention.
Read more →When people hear "Japanese acupuncture" for the first time, they often assume it's a minor regional variation. It isn't. It's a genuinely different approach — in philosophy, technique, and what it demands of the practitioner.
Read more →A note from Ross: when you come for a session with me, I stay with you the whole time. Here's why that isn't just a style preference — it comes from a fairly deep conviction about what acupuncture actually is.
Read more →Meridians, qi, clinical trials — all interesting, some important. But almost never discussed is the thing most experienced practitioners will quietly tell you matters enormously: the relationship itself.
Read more →Back pain covers a lot of ground — a strain from lifting something awkwardly, sciatica radiating down a leg, the long-term ache of a disc that's been a problem for years. Treating all of these the same way doesn't work.
Read more →Not all headaches are the same headache. A tension headache, a migraine, a headache that only shows up after a bad night's sleep — they call for different treatment, even though "headache" is the word used for all of them.
Read more →IBS is frustrating to live with partly because it's inconsistent — pain, bloating, and irregular bowel habits that flare for reasons that aren't always obvious, even after you've cut out the foods you're told to cut out.
Read more →Fibromyalgia is hard to treat well because the usual rules don't apply. Widespread pain and heightened sensitivity mean a forceful approach can easily leave someone feeling worse rather than better.
Read more →Menopause symptoms vary enormously from person to person. Treating "menopause" as one thing misses most of what's actually going on for any individual woman.
Read more →Menstrual symptoms get normalised more than almost anything else. A straightforward look at what acupuncture can genuinely help with, and where it works best alongside medical care.
Read more →Chronic fatigue is one of the harder things to treat well. What I'm looking for isn't a single cause — it's the specific pattern of depletion in front of me.
Read more →Most people who can't sleep have already tried the obvious things. When none of that sticks, it's usually because the problem isn't really about bedtime habits.
Read more →Arthritis isn't one thing. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis need to be understood differently, and treated differently, even though both show up in the same joint.
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