Whaley Bridge clinic · 10 miles from Stockport
The clinic is in Whaley Bridge, on the Stockport side of the High Peak. Near enough to come before work or after it, and far enough out that the room is quiet.
Whaley Bridge is ten miles from Stockport town centre. By car it takes about 22 minutes when the roads are clear, and up to 35 minutes in rush hour. I see clients in the mornings and in the evenings, so we can pick a time that misses the worst of the A6.
The train is often the easier choice. The Buxton line runs from Stockport to Whaley Bridge in about 30 minutes, with a stop at Hazel Grove on the way, and the clinic is a 2 minute walk from the platform and 4 minutes from the station bus stop (buses 199, 61, 60, 60A and 190). You arrive without having gripped a steering wheel for half an hour, which matters more than it sounds when you have come to let your shoulders drop.
Buses that stop in Whaley Bridge: the Skyline 199 runs daily between Buxton and Manchester Airport, via Hazel Grove and Stockport. The 61 runs between Buxton and Glossop, via New Mills and Hayfield. The 60 and 60A run between Macclesfield and New Mills or Hayfield. The 190 runs between Buxton and Whaley Bridge, via Chapel-en-le-Frith and Chinley. The 199 runs every day; the others run mainly Monday to Saturday. See all bus times for Whaley Bridge →
Driving in? At the first junction in Disley, turn right into Buxton Old Road. It is a quieter way over the hill, and on a clear evening, a lovely one.
If you live in Stockport, there are acupuncturists nearer to you. It is a fair question why you would come out to Whaley Bridge.
The first reason is my hands. To help bring my twin sons back to wellness, I massaged them every day, and later three or four times a week, for twelve years. Touching the same bodies, year after year, taught me what truly works and what does not. From that came my skills in myofascial release, lymphatic drainage, fascia work and visceral therapy, learned not from a course but from the body itself.
The second is the way I think. Before Chinese medicine, I was a scientist. For fifteen years I analysed data and tested hypotheses. That training lets me bring different approaches together, in width and in depth, and keep only what helps you. I come to your body from the mind, and through the touch.
The third is time, and one person doing all of it. A first appointment is two hours, or 90 minutes for one simple issue, and follow-ups are an hour. Acupuncture or needle-free acupressure sits at the centre, and around it I add what your body needs on the day. You are not sent to three different rooms for three parts of the same problem.
And the clinic is built around women’s health. Pain, cycles, digestion and the nervous system are read together, because in a woman’s body they rarely behave as separate complaints.
A client story
I had chronic neck pain and a frozen shoulder that lasted over a year. I tried physiotherapy, massage, exercises, even steroid injections. After five sessions there was ninety per cent less pain, and my shoulder moves again. I can finally drive, sleep and hug my kids without pain.
Client, neck pain and frozen shoulder. Shared with permission. Read more client stories
Whaley Bridge is 10 miles from Stockport town centre, about 22 minutes by car outside rush hour and up to 35 minutes in traffic. From Hazel Grove or Poynton it is 7 to 8 miles, 15 to 22 minutes. From Cheadle it is 14 miles, 30 to 42 minutes.
Yes. The Buxton line runs direct from Stockport to Whaley Bridge in about 30 minutes, stopping at Hazel Grove. The clinic is a 2 minute walk from Whaley Bridge station and 4 minutes from the station bus stop (buses 199, 61, 60, 60A and 190).
Yes. The clinic is open on Mondays from 1pm to 9pm, Tuesdays from 9am to 1pm, and on Thursdays and Fridays from 8:30am to 3pm and again from 6pm to 10pm, so appointments can be planned around rush hour on the A6. Message me on WhatsApp on 0777 580 6677 and we will find a time that suits your drive.
Make a day of it
The journey can be part of the treatment. Book an early session, then have lunch in Whaley Bridge and walk it in: up Eccles Pike for the wide views, or along the flat canal towpath. Or do it the other way round: walk in the morning, have lunch, and arrive for an afternoon appointment already a little softer. Time in the hills, close to nature, helps the nervous system settle and rejuvenate, and the treatment goes deeper for it.
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Coming from somewhere else?
Message me on WhatsApp on 0777 580 6677 to find a morning or evening time that suits your drive, or book online. My practice specialises in women's health, and men are welcome too.
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