About the clinic
About
About the clinic
Care that listens first, then treats
SWP Acupuncture began in a single back room with one treatment table and a waiting list built entirely on word of mouth. Fourteen years on, the approach hasn't changed: a long first conversation, a careful pulse and tongue reading, and a plan you actually understand.
We treat people who have usually tried a few other things already. That means we spend less time convincing you acupuncture works and more time finding the pattern underneath the symptom — why the headaches cluster before your period, why the back pain returns every winter, why sleep breaks at 3am and not midnight.
What we help with
The concerns people bring us most
Persistent pain
Lower back, neck, shoulders, sciatica, migraines and old injuries that flare without warning. We work the local tissue and the pattern feeding it.
Stress and sleep
Racing thoughts at night, shallow rest, waking at the same hour. Treatment settles the nervous system so sleep arrives on its own.
Digestive comfort
Bloating, irregularity, appetite that swings with mood. We look at timing and temperature as closely as we look at diet.
Cycles and fertility
Painful or irregular periods, perimenopause, and supportive care alongside IVF. Charted cycle by cycle, never guesswork.
Energy and recovery
Long-standing fatigue, post-viral flatness, and athletes who need to train again without breaking down each month.
Two thousand years of practice, one very quiet room
Watch a session from start to finish — the intake, the point selection, the twenty minutes of rest that most people say is the best sleep they've had all week.
Where acupuncture does its best work
What our patients report after six sessions
Every patient completes a short review at the start, at session four and again at session eight. These figures come from 640 completed courses over the past two years.
Patient stories
What people tell us afterwards
Eleven years of migraines and I'd stopped expecting anything to change. I'm down to one a month, and they're mild enough that I still go to work. Nobody else asked about my sleep.
Patient since 2023
I came for a frozen shoulder and honestly stayed for the sleep. Four sessions in I stopped waking at three in the morning for the first time since my daughter was born.
Patient since 2024
They told me at session four that two more would probably be enough, and they were right. I've never had a clinic talk itself out of my money before.
Patient since 2022
Two rounds of IVF with acupuncture alongside. I felt calmer on transfer day than I had in months, and the team coordinated with my clinic without being asked.
Patient since 2024
Marathon training used to leave my calves wrecked every block. Cupping on Mondays and needles on Thursdays — I have not missed a long run since spring.
Patient since 2025
There is usually space this week
First appointments run ninety minutes and include the full consultation. Call us, or send a short note about what's going on and we'll tell you honestly whether acupuncture is the right fit.
