Coventry and District Osteoporosis Support Group

Our public meetings are now held at St John the Baptist Church Hall in Coventry City Centre, on the corner of Spon Street and Corporation Street. To find the exact location, visit www.multimap.com and type in the postcode CV1 3AY. The area is extremely well served by local buses as well as Park and Ride both North and South.  (Bus 48 from Nuneaton stops nearby.)  Admission is usually £2.50 and covers refreshments.

Thursday, 23rd September 2010

2 - 3.30 pm

St John the Baptist Church Hall,

Corner Spon Street and Corporation Street

Coventry CV1 3AY

Osteoporosis Update

Mr Anthony Parsons, Consultant Gynaecologist

Rugby St Cross Hospital

Short AGM

(Annual Reports, Election of Committee and Voting on Submitted Resolutions)

We are very fortunate that Mr Parsons can take time out of his extremely busy schedule to address us on the latest osteoporosis issues, including new drug treatments.  After his talk he will stay on to answer questions during the refreshment time.

There is parking in nearby Hill Street for disabled badge holders; many city buses, including Park and Ride North and South, stop within yards of the church.

Contact Lynne Adams on

024 7667 6683 for more details.

 

Report and Photos from June 2010 Meeting

 EXTEND June 2010: Vijay Kumar leads our group.Vijay Kumar, who leads several EXTEND classes across the city, worked us surprisingly hard using music and an assortment of very simple exercise aids.   Just working against your own body weight can be quite a challenge, we found.  One EXTEND June 2010: Vijay Kumar leads us.person commented that everyone was smiling, so we obviously enjoyed it and several were inspired to have a look at Vijay's classes or those offered in other EXTEND June 2010venues. 

Report from November 2009 Meeting

 Eileen GilmourEileen Gilmour, MBAcC, who practises acupuncture at the Suffolk Clinic in Earlsdon, gave us a fascinating insight into this ancient art.

Quoting from her handout: "Traditional acupuncture is a system of medicine which has been used effectively for over two thousand years to relieve many health conditions, including pain.  Chinese medicine views any sympton of illness as due to an imbalance in the person's vital energy or "qi".  Needles are inserted into specific points on the body to restore the balance and free the flow of this vital energy."

  Barbara Gill feels the warmth of a moxa cynlinderOther techniques such as moxibustion (burning a cone or cylinder of the herb moxa or mugwort near an acupuncture point for added stimulation), cupping and massage may be used to reinforce the treatment.  (See the photo on the right.)

"Pain occurs when there is a blockage to the flow of vital energy in the body.  Acupuncture treatment will help the energy flow more smoothly in the channels.  It also works on a deeper level to alleviate feelings such as stress, anxiety, depression and frustration which contribute to the experience of pain.

Recent research supports the use of traditional acupuncture as an effective treatment for lower back pain.  NICE -- the National Institute for Clinical Excellence -- has recently recommended acupuncture as a viable treatment option for this condition."

Eileen's initial consultation time is an hour and a half, when she tries to get a holisitic view of the patient.  Usually there is some treatment on this visit, followed up, ideally, by at least seven one-hour treatments.  Many conditions need this much time before there is improvement.

To contact her phone the Suffolk Cinic on 024 76715698 or her mobile 07799 736304.