Combining the best of Eastern and Western therapies

We combine the best of Eastern and Western therapies to better the health and wellbeing of our patients.

What is Tuina ?

Tui Na (pronounced as Twee-Nah) is a 5000 year old therapy dating back to around 2700BC and a significant part of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Tuina is a hands-on full body holistic treatment that uses Tuina specific hand/forearm massage techniques, osteopathic and chiropractic techniques, stretching and deep tissue techniques to manipulate muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, fascia and acupressure points. The goal of Tuina is to regulate and rebalance the musculo-skeletal system, postural/structural imbalances, stimulate circulation of blood, lymph, fluid, qi, energy pathways, the nervous system and improve the body’s own healing process.

In China today, Tuina is a treatment that is recognised in hospitals and clinics and used both as a standalone treatment or as a multi modal treatment approach to treat a vast range of conditions. Over the last two centuries, Tuina has taken over the role of physiotherapy, osteopathy and chiropractic therapy in China.

There are many styles of Tuina, ranging from deep and vigorous, to light and subtle.

As a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tuina is guided by the same principles as Acupuncture, Yin and Yang, 5 Element theory and the Qi meridian system. There are many different styles of Tuina, some that are deep and vigorous and some that are gentle and subtle.

About the clinic

Here at Touch Tuina Catford, we are passionate about helping people out of pain through the power of Tuina.Our friendly clinic welcomes people of all ages with all conditions and injuries.Our clinic is an open plan clinic beginning with the reception/seating area then 3 treatment beds (one of which is in a private treatment room) and an infra-red heat cabin.For patients who require more privacy, treatments can be performed in the private room.We also stock a range of supplements and products to help with our patients recovery and wellbeing.

Other modalities we may include

Acupuncture

Our practitioners may sometimes incorporate acupuncture into your treatment. Acupuncture is the insertion of fine needles into specific points (acupuncture points) or into areas/points of pain (ashi points) to regulate the vital flow of…

Cupping

Cupping therapy is quite often utilised by our practitioners within Tuina Treatments. Cupping is a technique that uses glass, plastic, bamboo or silicone cups as a suction device on the skin, pulling the skin, muscles and tissue into the cups…

Gua Sha

Gua Sha (pronounced gwah shah) has long been a medical technique employed within Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat musculo-skeletal conditions, tension and both acute and chronic pain. Gua Sha technique involves using a flat blunt…

Infa-red Heat Therapy

All Touch Tuina clinics have a HealthMate® Infrared Sauna which use Tecoloy® heaters to generate far infra-red heat and our practitioners commonly incorporate far infra-red and infrared heat to enhance the benefits and efficacy of…

Meet the team

All Touch Tuina practitioners are trained and certified to Student to Master Tuina Level 2 and are all highly experienced and passionate about bettering the health and wellbeing of their patients