Dr Maggie Ju Acupuncture London Chelsea, North Kensington, Notting Hill, and Richmond

Numb toes and feet can be a distressing condition characterized by a loss of sensation or feeling in these extremities. Alongside this, individuals may experience abnormal sensations like a pins-and-needles feeling, burning, or tingling. This common problem primarily affects the nerves that supply the toes and feet, resulting in a lack of responsiveness to stimuli. Fortunately, acupuncture, a traditional Chinese medical practice, has shown promising results in addressing numbness and promoting nerve recovery. When our toes and feet come into contact with the environment, sensory nerves transmit signals to the brain, enabling us to perceive sensations such as pressure and temperature. However, if these nerves become damaged, the signals may no longer reach the brain. Consequently, numbness occurs, and the affected areas lose the ability to sense touch, heat, or cold. Typically, this numbness is caused by peripheral nerve damage, rather than issues in the spinal cord or brain. Injuries t...

Thigh pain Thigh pain is a very common complaint. It presents constant achy throbbing pain sometimes cramping in the thighs or it could be on and off, but the pain does not go away. It could be one thigh or both thighs. This pain could radiate down to the knees, legs and feet or up to the hips. The pain can be felt when sitting and lying down. It could cause trouble walking long distance. The pain on the outside of your hip, upper thigh, outer buttock or outside of knee is usually caused by problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons and other soft tissues that surround your hip joint. Pain killers don’t work well with this kind of pain. Acupuncture is very effective to release the pain and help to restore daily activity. Thigh numbness Meralgia paresthetica (MP) or lateral femoral cutaneous neuropath is a condition that also causes thigh pain and numbness. It is caused by injury or entrapment to the nerve that innervates to the thigh called the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. This cau...