245 February 2015 - Gryffe Advertizer
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In June of this year, I was invited by Dr Mike<br />
Cummings to spend the day at the Royal<br />
London Hospital in his specialist Medical<br />
Acupuncture Clinic.<br />
Dr Cummings receives referrals from across<br />
London and is the head of the “British<br />
Medical Acupuncture Association”.<br />
I had a really interesting day watching him<br />
in practice. He treats a variety of patients<br />
with many different musculo-skeletal<br />
problems, what was most striking about my<br />
visit was the fact that he almost exclusively<br />
uses electro-acupuncture in his clinic to<br />
treat most conditions.<br />
Electro-acupuncture is a bit like a TENS<br />
machine attached to the acupuncture<br />
needle, but with more profound effects on<br />
pain. This is because it stimulates around<br />
the point of the needle, much closer to the pain nerves. The patient is in complete control of the strength of the<br />
impulse which can feel like a small “buzz” around the needle.<br />
I’ve since attended Dr Cummings electro-acupuncture course and been using it in the Clinic with really good<br />
results treating musculo-skeletal complaints such as knee, shoulder and hip pain.<br />
Please give me a call if you’d like to discuss whether your problem might be amenable to this treatment.<br />
NEW CITY CENTRE CLINIC<br />
Meanwhile we’re seeing more patients travelling some distance to see us in Paisley, so when the opportunity to<br />
set up in Glasgow arose we decided to go for it! We open a New City Centre clinic in January right outside Central<br />
Station in Glasgow, it couldn’t be more accessible and to celebrate were offering a free assessment and initial<br />
treatment from either Simeon or I in the Glasgow clinic, just quote “NEW CITY 1” when you call.<br />
Simeon currently works in central London during the week as Head of Clinical Education at the British School<br />
of Osteopathy. Having been qualified for 20 years, he has worked in practice and osteopathic education in the UK and overseas and is a very experienced<br />
osteopath. I worked as a nurse and specialized in spinal medicine for 10 years before becoming an Osteopath 18 years ago. We both see patients from 0 years<br />
to 93 years (our oldest patient just now) and are happy to discuss any queries regarding treatment you may have. Just give us a call on 0141 887 3734 to make<br />
appointments for either Linwood or Glasgow and please use, or give the code to a friend to come and see us in our new clinic.<br />
Ranfurly Castle Golf<br />
Club Ladies<br />
The ladies of Ranfurly Castle held their annual<br />
Christmas lunch on Wednesday 10th December with<br />
41 ladies attending and enjoying the festive occasion.<br />
It had been the intention to play a fun competition<br />
over 9 holes, but unfortunately the weather prevented<br />
this from taking place. A brain taxing Quiz took place<br />
instead which kept the ladies guessing over the<br />
answers. Festive dress was compulsory and quite a bit<br />
of thought had been put into many of the outfits. The<br />
eventual winner was Morven Mcleod dressed as one<br />
of Santa’s little Helpers!<br />
The children’s Christmas<br />
Party was held at the club<br />
on Saturday 6th December<br />
with 30 youngsters<br />
attending to enjoy the<br />
games, food and of course<br />
a visit from Santa. He was<br />
assisted by a few of his<br />
Elves – Brian McLaughlin,<br />
Rory McAllister and friends<br />
– who gave out some lovely<br />
presents to all those who had been well behaved throughout the year!<br />
Exciting Membership Opportunities!<br />
No Joining Fee!<br />
All categories!<br />
Family friendly club!<br />
Contact the secretary for details on<br />
01505 612609 or email secretary@<br />
ranfurlycastle.co.uk<br />
Watch this space!<br />
Castle Semple Sailing Club<br />
Before Christmas around a dozen of us went for our now annual festive walk<br />
(in the rain ............although it was not as wet as forecast predicted). However<br />
four hardy soles decided that life out on the water looked more interesting with<br />
some gusty conditions. On our return to the<br />
warmth of the clubhouse some 2 hours<br />
later it transpired that the “Mighty Vision”<br />
had not been so mighty and had a close<br />
encounter with some mud at the bottom<br />
of the loch, of which most of us have been<br />
familiar with at some time or another.<br />
The wettest part of the walk was on the<br />
descent from the Folly when the wind battered<br />
our faces with freezing rain. However,<br />
once we were all back and dried out and<br />
heated with some delicious soup and other<br />
refreshments<br />
we felt it<br />
had all been<br />
worthwhile.<br />
Many thanks<br />
to Morag (and<br />
George) for<br />
organising<br />
everything.<br />
Since the new<br />
year early<br />
January sailing<br />
has been limited by the weather ,<br />
however we hope as always to run<br />
our “frost bite series” in mid <strong>February</strong><br />
over 4 Sundays. Curiously, the sailing<br />
conditions are often better at the start<br />
of the series than by Mid March.<br />
Our sailing calendar has yet to be<br />
confirmed but we are planning an<br />
open day/come and try in March so<br />
if you are interested in coming along<br />
please contact us via our website :<br />
www.castlesemplesc.co.uk.
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