Bentolson Traditional Acupuncture

Ben has been practising complimentary therapies since 2004. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Acupuncture from the University of Kingston after studying for 3 and half years at the College of Chinese Integrated Medicine.

He has taken post graduate courses in numerous areas from sports injuries, trigger point therapy, fertility and digestive complaints. He started his career as a sports massage therapist which has given him a broad range of experience in treating musculoskeletal pain.

Unlike a lot of other acupuncturists I did not train to become an acupuncturist because I suffered from a condition that conventional medicine could not cure and was helped by acupuncture but was drawn to it because of its philosophy, way of life and perception of health that just made sense.

I became aware of oriental philosophy through my experience of qi gong (pronounced chee gong) which is a series of graceful movements with controlled breathing techniques and meditation developed to enhance ones health. It looks very similar to tai chi to the untrained eye.

It was through this that I was exposed to Chinese ideas about diet, exercise, mediation and philosophy (I have explored these ideas further in the articles section). That interest led me to becoming a massage practitioner which confirmed to me that I wanted to take my training further and eventually decided to train to become an acupuncturist.