Acupuncture Vision Therapy at AcuGlow Acupuncture Clinic

12/04/2023

Acupuncture can help with many different symptoms and conditions. Helen Falvey, owner of AcuGlow Acupuncture Clinic talks us through the powerful properties of Acupuncture and its role in Women’s Health on galwaynow.com⁠
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25/02/2023

Day 1 of the ETCMA general assembly done.

(l-r: Keir McNamara, ACI Chairperson, Helen Falvey AFPA Communications, Shane McMunn, AFPA Chairperson)

01/02/2023

Brigid’s Day - St. Brigid’s Day

February 1st is the day of celebration of the Celtic Goddess Brigid and the Christian Saint Brigid.

Brigid, the Celtic Goddess, is associated with wisdom, poetry, healing, protection, blacksmithing and domesticated animals. She is also considered a goddess of fertility. The celtic festival of Imbolc is celebrated on February 1st for the goddess Brigid.

St. Brigid is known for her compassion, healing, and protection of women.

We now have a holiday in Ireland in honour of Brigid and St. Brigid, on February 6th.

Pictured is the mural of Brigid and St. Brigid in Dundalk, by artist Friz.

25/11/2022

Thanks for placing AcuGlow Acupuncture Clinic in their list of the Best Acupuncture Clinics in Galway.
Best in Ireland thoroughly research the practices for inclusion in this list; the use the following criteria:
✅ Quality of Acupuncture Service
✅ Background of Practitioners
✅ Additional Services
✅ Customer Satisfaction

21/09/2022

Article in The Irish Independent raising awareness on age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
It's so important to get our eyes regularly checked so that any problems can be detected early and managed.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/from-difficulty-reading-to-not-recognising-faces-eye-expert-warns-on-signs-of-leading-cause-of-sight-loss-in-over-50s-42003868.html

17/04/2022

Happy Easter!

18/01/2022

17/01/2022

At AcuGlow Acupuncture Clinic, courses of treatments are available to help with declining eyesight, dry eyes, and degenerative eye conditions.

For more information on this treatment, please see the eye conditions section of the website.

13/01/2022

From The Guardian:
Why staring at screens is making your eyeballs elongate - and how to stop it:

Key points:

👉 When our eyes spend more time focusing on near objects, like phones, screens, or even paperbacks, it makes our eyeballs elongate, which prevents the eye from bending light the way it should.

👉 This elongation increases nearsightedness, called myopia, which causes distant objects to appear blurred.

👉 Working for prolonged periods, whether texting, reading or jotting emails is what optometrists call “near work”. The trouble with holding a screen close to your face isn’t about light shining into your eyes, it’s about the strain of the eye. For one, your eyes blink far less when they’re focused so closely. As you’re holding your phone in your hand, performing near work, your muscles stretch and your lenses shift since our eyes over-accommodate to constant close-distance tasks. That’s why they’re growing.

👉 There are special contact lenses available which can correct the condition in children.

👉 Advice to slow this condition: “Spend more time outdoors,” recommends Chow, at least two hours daily. “Studies have shown that increased sunlight decreases myopia progression.”
Most important is taking breaks which help eyes rest, blink and lubricate. Then there’s the 20-20-20 model. “Every 20 minutes, look at a distance 20 feet away, for 20 seconds,” Hariharan advises. “Being on the computer for hours on end isn’t good for your health. Don’t break to play video games or pick up another screen. Go outside!”

31/12/2021

Wishing you all a safe, happy, and healthy New Year

- Helen.

24/12/2021

I would like to wish all of you a peaceful Christmas.

This year has been a challenging one for most of us, so I sincerely hope you can find moments of joy and connection over the next week, and into the new year.

Thinking of everyone who has lost someone close this year, and those who have to spend Christmas away from their loved ones too.

21/12/2021

Happy Solstice!

The part of the year with the shortest hours of daylight, and the turning point where daylight will gradually lengthen again.