Tania Spearman, Acupuncture in Barcelona

06/05/2025

Due to a family bereavement the clinic will be closed for the month of May and June 2025. We will be back in July.

07/06/2019

Over the years I have treated various sports/fitness injuries from triathlon competitors to pole dancers. Conditions including runners 🏃🏻‍♀️ knee, couch surfers 🛋 🏄‍♀️ overstrain to reaching for the remote control, gamers thumb and wrist, tennis elbow, and lots of frozen shoulders from those waiting to start their sport. And of course those who wake up with a stiff neck from a night of fighting the pillow. Where ever the injury - ankle, neck, elbow, thumb or back, acupuncture is great in helping you get back to sporting or sofa fitness again. See my website for more info if you’re in Barcelona. www.taniaspearman.com.

27/05/2019

I ❤️ love it when I receive the “ just arrived” photo from one of my patients. It’s such an honour helping women to become mums. Whether it’s using acupuncture to help them conceive naturally or using acupuncture as an aid with assisted fertility treatment, such as IVF. Some of the benefits of acupuncture for fertility are: Regulate the menstrual cycle. Balance hormone levels. Increase the blood flow to the reproductive organs. Improve the lining of the uterus. Improve IVF success rates. Maintain implantation. Treat polycystic ovaries and endometriosis. See my website for more information on how acupuncture can help you on your journey to become a mum. www.taniaspearman.com

20/05/2019

A lot of my treatments involve taking away physical or emotional pain but they can also include giving joy and bringing new life in to the world. I love treating Fertility patients and accompanying them on their journey to become mothers. I can happily say that I have babies all over the world 🌍 www.taniaspearman.com.

10/05/2019

Feeling good, inside and out
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09/05/2019

12/04/2019

TO ICE OR NOT TO ICE.

Since 1978 the phase RICE - Rest, Ice, Compress & Elevate has been quoted as the best cure for acute injuries. Gabe Mirkin, the doctor who introduced this protocol has revised his theory after years of further research and observations. His results have caused him to reject the use of ice.

For 1000s of years Chinese Medicine has avoided the use of ice, preferring heat to encourage healing.

I have condense his findings below but for those interested in more detailed information click on the article link at the end.

Why Ice Delays Recovery

Healing Requires Inflammation. When you damage tissue through an injury or over use, you heal by using your immunity, the same biological mechanisms that you use to kill germs. This is called inflammation. When germs get into your body, your immunity sends cells and proteins into the infected area to kill the germs. When muscles and other tissues are damaged, your immunity sends the same inflammatory cells to the damaged tissue to promote healing. The response to both infection and tissue damage is the same. Inflammatory cells rush to injured tissue to start the healing process.

Ice Keeps Healing Cells from Entering Injured Tissue
Applying ice to injured tissue causes blood vessels near the injury to constrict and shut off the blood flow that brings in the healing cells of inflammation ( The blood vessels do not open again for many hours after the ice was applied. This decreased blood flow can cause the tissue to die from decreased blood flow and can even cause permanent nerve damage.

Anything That Reduces Inflammation Also Delays Healing.


Anything that reduces your immune response will also delay muscle healing.

Thus, healing is delayed by:


• Cortisone-type drugs,

• Almost all pain-relieving medicines, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen
• Immune suppressants that are often used to treat arthritis, cancer or psoriasis,

• Applying cold packs or ice.

Gabe Mirkin, MD Recommendations (Which as a practitioner of Chinese Medicine I concur with (TS).

If you are injured, stop exercising immediately. If the pain is severe, if you are unable to move or if you are confused or lose even momentary consciousness, you should be checked to see if you require emergency medical attention. Open wounds should be cleaned and checked. If possible, elevate the injured part to use gravity to help minimise swelling. Since applying ice to an injury has been shown to reduce pain, it is acceptable to cool an injured part for short periods soon after the injury occurs. You could apply the ice for up to 10 minutes, remove it for 20 minutes, and repeat the 10 minute application once or twice. There is no reason to apply ice more than six hours after you have injured yourself. If the injury is severe, follow your doctor's advice on rehabilitation.

With minor injuries, you can usually begin rehabilitation the next day. You can move and use the injured part as long as the movement does not increase the pain and discomfort. Get back to your normal routine or sport as soon as you can do so without pain.

And of course have acupuncture to help speed up recovery!

https://www.drmirkin.com/fitness/why-ice-delays-recovery.html?fbclid=IwAR339OOqdRApMpJSxNlHVxLRtmDuMfn9sSXaBM1Pj0KWy1ienn4JFmVySKo

28/12/2017

I saw this poster and thought “what a lovely aim to be in life.” And no need to study or train for it. You can just be it.

26/06/2015

It's always interesting watching how other acupuncturists work. Especially when the patient is your pet dog.

28/01/2015

Today I went to meet the last of “my Babies” born in 2014. Kees was born in November and Matthew in December. Both of course are gorgeous. Congratulations to both sets of parents.

02/01/2015

Some great wishes from Neil Gaiman for everyone's year ahead. Happy New Year.

17/12/2014

My new website is up. Thank you everyone who helped create it, and a special thank you to all those who wrote those wonderful testimonies. www.taniaspearman.com

Tania is a very compassionate, understanding and professional acupuncturist. She has a kind, lively and warm personality that shines through. The warm ambience of her clinic provides a nurturing space where one feels at home, such that each visit to Tania feels like a return to home, a return to nur…