Appointments

Zest Acupuncture and Wellness is based in High Peak. I currently practise in Whaley Bridge and Buxton, and serve the area of High Peak, Stockport and Manchester. Appointments are now offered in Whaley Bridge or at the Osteopathy Clinic in Buxton.

Reservation of Appointments

Please make a reservation by:

• SMS:      0777 580 6677,  or
• E-mail:  [email protected]
• FB:         www.facebook.com/zestacupuncture

I will text you back, call you back or answer your email.

Forms

Please print the forms (download the consultation form and the consent form) or collect them from the Clinic before the appointment.

It is ideal is I receive the forms at least one day before the appointment so that I can prepare well to address your problem in the most effective way. Please fill the forms, scan them and send them by email, send them by post or leave them through the postbox of the clinic in Whaley Bridge before the first appointment. If this is not possible, please arrive 20-30min earlier to fill in the forms.

Thank you.

Fees

Herbal medicine:

• Initial consultation: £45
• Follow-up:  £20-35
• Herbs for teens and adults for 2 weeks: £54
• Herbs for kids less than 10 years old for 2 weeks: £38

Acupuncture:

• Initial Consultation and Treatment: £49, up to 1h40min.    
• Single Treatment follow-up: £40/1h
• Pack of 3:  £115
• Pack of 6:   £225
• Pack of 12: £435
• Pack of 20: £700

• Tui na medical massage: £45 /1h
• Gua sha massage: £40 /1h
• Cupping / cupping massage: £35 / 45min
• Singing bowl massage / mix with tui na: £40 /1h

Children:

Older children are treated as adults. Babies, pre-school children and children from the primary school:

• All treatments: £35

Cancellation fee

Please be aware that appointments cancelled with less than 24 hours notice will be charged at £20. Appointments missed without cancellation are to be paid in full.

Timing

Please come promptly for your appointment (unless you need to fill the forms). If you come too early, I may still be with another client.  If you are late, I can offer you a reduced treatment within your time slot for the full price.

Depending on the need and mutual agreement, your treatment will either include one approach, say acupuncture or cupping  or be a mix. In general, I use acupuncture with the elements of tuina. Chronic and difficult cases may need more time. Please note that the initial consultation lasts longer (up to 1h40min).

What to wear

Acupuncture.  Please come in soft, loose, simple clothing as it will be easy to access the skin for needling legs and arms. If other parts of the body will be required to be needled then you will be asked to take off your top or trousers / skirt (depending on the need).

Tuina. If you come for tui na, please come in soft, loose, simple clothing as otherwise the applied techniques may loose their practicability, while assisted stretching may become impossible.

Please wear no jeans, no skirt and no dress.

The Tuina medicinal massage and singing bowl massage is applied through clothing, when you either lie down on a massage table or are seated, depending on the condition. You will be covered with a cotton sheet which facilitates the smoothness of the techniques used. Occasionally, a special ointment can be rubbed into the skin to help with deep muscle work, or a massage oil may be rubbed into the neck, hands or feet.

Cupping, cupping massage and gua sha are applied to the bare skin so it is necessary to remove some of your clothes, e.g. a top. Please be also aware that cupping may leave some bruising that will disappear usually within a week time. Gua sha leaves bruising, so please be aware of that too.