The Beacon Clinic is a primary natural health centre in the West Midlands, founded by Drs Martin and Sue Allbright. They welcome you to the clinic.

Both Martin and Sue have a background in conventional medicine, having both worked in hospital medicine and General practice. Martin recognised the benefits of complementary medicine in the 1970's and trained in classical acupuncture, starting in 1982, going on to set up the Clinic of Classical Acupuncture in Malvern. He was later joined in the practice by Sue. They expanded into the Beacon Clinic in 2002 with the intent of developing a centre of excellence for a range of complementary therapies. They aim at an integrated approach using some of the best aspects of complementary medicine to help you towards better health and improved well being.

The team and their setting

Drs Allbright have brought together a team of some of the finest specialist therapists, (several of whom are teachers in their own profession) who are dedicated to offering the highest standard of individualised holistic health care for you, in a warm, caring and professional manner. Practitioners work collaboratively with each other, combining their different skills, when this is in the best interests and with the agreement of the client.

The team provide this care in comfortable surroundings, which consist of a suite of five consulting rooms. They also have a fully resourced postgraduate meeting room, which is used for ongoing professional development. All the facilities are on the ground floor and wheel chair accessible.

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Therapies available to you

The range of therapies available at the Beacon Clinic, include: acupuncture, counselling, homeopathy, holistic massage, nutrition, osteopathy, pilates, psychotherapy, reiki, sports massage and zero balancing. A short summary of these therapies is listed below.

You may know which therapy you wish to use or, if not, we are able to advise you as to which complementary therapy may be most appropriate for your situation/condition. We are happy to listen to your situation and then advise.

Opening times and how to contact us

01684-893393 We have a 24hrs answer phone that is monitored regularly during opening hours. Please leave a message and we will return your call soon.

Appointments range in length from 30 minutes to two hours, so there is time for the practitioner to listen to your issues, explain what is involved, and for you to ask any questions.
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; some of the practitioners also work evenings and Saturday morning.

Location

Clients come to the Beacon Clinic in Great Malvern, from all over Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire as Malvern is situated centrally in relation to the three counties. The clinic is easily accessible by train or bus or road and public parking is available close by.

They have found that when people recognise the care, quality and expertise available here, people are willing to travel the short distance from towns such as Ledbury, Worcester, Upton upon Severn, Tewkesbury, Droitwich, Kidderminster, Bewdley, Stourport on Severn, or from further a field such as Bromsgrove, Cheltenham, Inkberrow, Alcester, Stratford upon Avon and Birmingham to access our services.

The Beacon Clinic as a centre for complementary medicine

Natural health therapies support the healing process of ailments and health problems and are suitable for all ages. The assessment and treatments of natural medicine do not attempt to replace your G.P. services. We see our work as complementary to that offered by conventional medicine, recognising that no single system of medicine has the answer to every health problem. We aim to work collaboratively when appropriate; hence we use the term 'complementary' therapies rather than 'alternative' therapies.

Definitions of therapies

Acupuncture is the procedure of stimulating acupuncture points on the body by inserting very fine needles or by placing moxa on to these points to encourage a persons own healing process.

Osteopathy is where a range of manual and physical treatment interventions for musculoskeletal (bones, muscles and joints) problems help facilitate the recuperative powers of the body.

Homeopathy is where clients are given heavily diluted preparations (which cause effects similar to the symptoms presented) to facilitate a persons own healing system.

Psychotherapy is an intentional relationship used by trained psychotherapists to aid a client in problems of living. Its aim is to support a clients own well being and to help improve the relationship they have to themselves and to others.

Counselling is when a counsellor sees a client in a confidential arrangement to explore a problem the client is experiencing. It is always at the request of the client as no one can properly be 'sent' for counselling.

NutritionNutrition encompasses the use of carefully compiled individual recommendations for diet, lifestyle and nutritional supplements in order to alleviate or prevent ailments and promote optimal health.

Sports massage is the use of massage and stretch techniques to the muscle and connective tissues of the body. Its purpose is to support and improve performance, help in a persons own healing and recovery, and to assist in injury prevention.

Holistic massage is a massage treatment that takes into account the main issue a person comes with and then a massage is given that takes into account of the whole person physically, mentally and emotionally. 'Holos' is the Greek word for whole.

Reiki is a treatment that uses a hands-on, no-touch, and visualization techniques, with the aim of improving the flow of life energy in a person.

Zero Balancing is a treatment where gentle pressure is used at specific places around the skeleton and musculature of a person to facilitate the energetic body to a state of balance within the physical body.

Pilates is an exercise conditioning system that is focuses on building strength without muscle bulk, improving flexibility, co-ordination and agility and core strength.