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Do you have arthritis or fibromyalgia? Then the Living Well with Arthritis Programme is for you. In just six weekly two-and-a-half hour sessions, the programme will help you learn how to manage pain, reduce fatigue, introduce exercise and relaxation into your daily life, increase self-confidence to manage your arthritis, improve your sense of well-being, and meet and share experiences with people who are coping with many of the same issues as you.

When life-energy flows freely, we experience good health; when it’s blocked we experience discomfort, pain, and illness.

Nobody wants to be in pain for Christmas, especially while others are busy celebrating the season. So why not demonstrate goodwill by giving a Care Cure acupuncture and Chinese medicine gift voucher?

Normally, once you have been diagnosed with rheumatic disorders such as different arthritises, neck/back pains from disc problems, or fibromyalgia, you will be told to ‘live with’ these diseases, take drugs that may risk some unexpected, even dangerous, side effects, change your lifestyle, and even accept loss of mobility. In addition, the long-term pain may also cause related psychiatric symptoms including anxiety and depression, which are recognised as chronic pain syndrome.

Cindy Park was aged 31 when she was diagnosed with a condition which she says today has robbed her of four years of her life.

A women’s and men’s health information evening is being held on Wednesday November 16 at 7pm at the Newpark Hotel, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny.

Acupuncture is a Chinese therapy that works miracles for different diseases, especially for relief of pain. According to Chinese medical theory, there are energy pathways called meridians that flow through your body. A blockage of these pathways results in health related issues. When needles are inserted in the areas which influence the energy flow through the meridians this relieves the pain.

A support group for people suffering from fibromyalgia will hold its first meeting on Tuesday March 1 from 7.30 to 9pm at Galway Cheshire House, Curragrean, Merlin Park.