An update from Optimum Cure and Care on their Hijama Course

The following is a an announcement by The Optimum Cure & Care in Leicester, about their Hijama course.

An update from Optimum Cure and Care on their Hijama Course

Alhamdulillah, with the mercy, blessing and guidance from ALLAH, The Optimum Cure and Care is now officially a Membership and Training Professional Body Association for Islamic Holistic Healthcare. The Optimum Cure and Care Association (TOCCA) keeps a Register of Certified and Insured Practitioners.

• The Optimum Cure and care Association (TOCCA) values and promotes diversity of Islamic Holistic healthcare, with particular promotion and development of Al-Hijama as a form of Islamic Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 

• The Optimum Cure and Care training centre graduates are eligible to sign up to TOCCA and get their professional membership. The Optimum Cure and care Association has been assigned by the General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies (GRCCT) as training provider for Holistic Al-Hijama therapy in the UK. The Optimum Cure and care Association (TOCCA) is also has become WFH Affiliated Association.

 

• The Optimum Cure and Care training centre is the leading centre that have registered on The UK Register of Learning Providers and our Al-Hijama course meets the educational standards in line with British government guidelines for the practice of Al-Hijama therapy in the UK.

• The Optimum Cure and Care is a training courses category registered trademark property which is protected under European Law, hence our certification is a legally protected certification. Our accredited certificate allows our students to practice Hijama in many parts of the world (Please check the requirements and regulations of your local Authority/ Country).

• Our training program’s certificate is recognised by the UK’s leading insurance companies which enables our graduates to be eligible to obtain professional indemnity insurance cover on completion of the course.  Members of the TOCCA are all bound by a code of conduct and standards of expertise that is in line with NOS, UK policies and laws as well as established professional ethical conduct guidelines. 

• TOCCA members are dedicated to representing "the professional aspect of the Islamic Complementary and Alternative Medicine and by promoting research, education and knowledge in the field within a viable and highly desirable form of healthcare. Our graduates are eligible to register themselves on the GRCCT national register and practice Alhijama as the pioneer AlHijama practitioners in the UK to be practicing as registered and regulated practitioners in line with government guidelines.  Our accredited certificate allows our students to become members of BIHMC and CMA

 

Further Information

If you would like any further information regarding this course, please call an advisor on (0044) 03330118585, mobile (0044) 07880741045 or email info@theoptimumcure.com

Current Special Offer:

Get 10% off the The Optimum Cure & Care Al-Hijama Course Fees, pay £585 instead of £650

Additional 5% Discount for members of the Hijama Directory:

If you are a Hijama Therapist registered on the Hijama Directory, then we have negotiated a further 5% Discount for you with The Optimum Cure & Care, giving a total discount of 15% off their course fees. So you only pay  £552.50*. Please quote 'The Hijama Directory' on your application

 * This Special Offer is only valid when full payment is made, and not valid for payment by instalments            

FEATURED ORGANISATION:

The Optimum Cure & Care

LOCATION
Leicester
England

CONTACT DETAILS:
Tel: (0044) 07880741045, (0044) 03330118585
Email: info@theoptimumcure.com
Website: www.theoptimumcure.com


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Our thanks to Dr Amal from The Optimum Cure & Care from Leicester England for sharing the above post. If you have any questions or want to leave some feedback on their course, then please do so via a comment* below.

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Second intake of the Human Anatomy Course for Hijama Therapists by ICAHT

The following is an announcement by Dr Rizwhan Suleman MChiro of the Institute of Clinically Applied Hijama Therapy, an organisation providing Hijama Training in UK 

Human Anatomy

For Hijama Therapists

Do you want to improve your knowledge and understanding of human anatomy?

Join the second intake of our 6-month course on Clinical Anatomy designed specifically for Hijama Practitioners & Open to all.

About the instructor:

Dr Mike Grice (D.O) is a World-renowned specialist in the field of Anatomy and

intrinsic biomechanics. He is a Lecturer at the University College Birmingham. Having completed a degree in Osteopathy he undertook further postgraduate studies in clinical anatomy.

Why study anatomy as a hijama therapist?

The study of anatomy an integral part of training in all primary health care professions and is a prerequisite in order to safely practice hijama. 

Anatomy can be explained as the roadmap of the body and the knowledge which focuses on the structure of the human body from what can be seen with a naked eye i.e gross anatomy down to the sub-cellular scale. This knowledge is required to understand bodily function and to appreciate the interplay between the structure and function of the body in health and disease 

Course content and structure:

Musculoskeletal Anatomy will introduce learners to basic anatomical structures of the upper and

lower body and serves as an important underpinning base of knowledge. The scope of the module includes bones, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments, as well as other tissues related to the musculoskeletal system such as fascia, cartilage, bursae and retinacula.

Overall it provides the learner with an applied practical understanding of anatomy, which is important to ensure technical competence and safety. In addition to the live lectures and anatomy workshops (see dates below), students will have access to an interactive e-learning facility that they can access remotely via the internet.  The seminars will typically run between 9am-5pm. The students will also be provided with pre-course reading as an aid to the learning process.

	Date
Session 1 (Introduction)	Saturday 20th December
Session 2	Saturday 17th January
Session 3	Saturday 28th February
Session 4	Saturday 21st  March
Session 5	Saturday 18th April
Session 6 (Theory and Practical Assessment)	Saturday 16th May

Where will the course be delivered?

All the live lectures and workshops will delivered in the lecture hall at the ICAHT Centre of Integrative Medicine., 83 Rolleston Street, Leicester, England. 

How much is the course?

The 6 month course including study material, online access and examinations is being offered at the introductory

rate of only £350.

 (10% discount for ICAHT members)

Enrol asap as places are going fast, course not exclusive to ICAHT practitioners but they are being offered first places.  

Who is this course open to?

The anatomy course is open to anyone with an interest in hijama therapy and is not limited to ICAHT members, however ICAHT members are being given the opportunity to enrol before public announcement of the course.

How to register for the Course:

Please note that there are limited places on the course and we will offer places on a first come first served basis. To register for the course please contact us via the details below.

Email: admin@icaht.co.uk

Tel. (UK): 0800 955 3575

International: 00447533446373

FEATURED ORGANISATION:
ICAHT (Institute of Clinically Applied Hijama Therapy)

LOCATION
83 Rolleston Street
Leicester
England
United Kingdom

CONTACT DETAILS:
Tel: +44 (0)7533 446 373

web: http://www.icaht.co.uk

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Our thanks to ICAHT from England for sharing the above post. If you have any questions or want to leave some feedback on their training, then please do so via a comment* below.

If you are a hijama therapist or patient and are happy to share your knowledge or experience via a guest blog-post like the one above, please contact us by filling the form on the top right corner of the blog.

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Hijama interview with Dr Rizwhan Suleman of ICAHT on BBC Radio Bristol in England

The following is a Radio Interview with Dr Rizwhan Suleman of ICAHT that was aired on BBC Radio Bristol on 9th March, 2014

BBC Radio Interview on Hijama Therapy (Aired 9/3/14 6.12pm)

This is an audio recording of BBC Radio Bristol's interview by BBC's Sonia Mumtaz with Dr Rizwhan Suleman MChiro of the Institute of Clinically Applied Hijama Therapy (ICAHT) http://www.icaht.co.uk on the topic of Hijama or wet cupping therapy, a practice ever growing in its popularity and now offered in multiple cities throughout the UK http://www.hijamacentres.co.uk

Below is a rough transcript of the interview:

INTRODUCTION: Hijama Therapy is an Islamic remedy and a common practice performed by the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) which is still carried out today around the world . So what is this Hijama Therapy and what does it actually do? Well let's find out a little more. Sonia Mumtaz spoke to Dr Rizwhan Suleman who is based in Bristol, to find out more on Hijama Therapy

Dr Rizwhan Suleman: Well Hijama itself, if you want to describe what it is specifically, it is just applying suction on the surface of the skin which is what is probably what we know as 'cupping' in English, but it is a little bit different in the sense that after we apply the suction, we make tiny 'scratches' on the surface of the skin, and we re-apply the cup. So it is a little bit like mechanical leeching, that is probably the best way to describe it.  It is making small 'scratches' on the surface of the skin and applying suction over using cups, or various other techniques to create a suction, like a hickey.

Sonia Mumtaz: You talk about scratches, do your formally scratch yourself on the patients skin?

Dr Rizwhan Suleman:  No. When I say scratches, we use a sterile surgical blade, and 'nip' the surface of the skin. So I know it sounds quite, erm, it doesn't sound too easy to swallow that someone is going to cut me with a surgical blade. It is not as invasive as it sounds. It is very much like having your finger pricked with a lancet when you are having your blood sugar tested. So it is just a very small tiny little nip. We do lots of tiny little nips on the surface of the skin and the idea is to create a small break in the surface of the skin to allow and vent any kind of stagnant blood or inflammation that might be in an area which is causing pressure and often pain, and to help remove that which helps re-initiate the body's natural processes of healing.

Sonia Mumtaz: Where does it originate from, this Hijama Therapy?

Dr Rizwhan Suleman:  Well, the word Hijama itself means 'to suck', it comes from an Arabic word, so when we say Hijama we are rooting it back to an Arabic origin, however the practice of Hijama itself, can't be linked to any one culture, civilisation or country in a sense, because it has been used since the beginning of time, since the ancient Egyptians, to the Chinese, to the Polish - I have met Polish patients who are very familiar with what we are doing, they call it Banki, we have Malaysians who call it Bekam, we have Somali culture where they call it Tobin, in Kenya they call Jaanja(?). So in every culture you go to, every country, every language, they will have a word for it. That kind of really demonstrates the global practice of it, and how it has been recognised as an effective cure and treatment by pretty much every civilisation. 

It is only recently, within the 1800's that Hijama or wet-cupping therapy (or in technical terms, scarification combined with cupping, or cupping form of blood-letting) has been lost from the medical system. So it is only our culture in the West that this has really been faded out. Everywhere else you go in the world, you will find it within different cultures and it is very very prevalent.

Sonia Mumtaz: What are its health benefits?

Dr Rizwhan Suleman: This is a question a lot of people ask me: 

"How can you possibly have benefit from bleeding?" Again I think you have to have a bit of a scientific understanding to recognise the benefits here. A lot of our problems come from inflammation within our system. With cupping, we treat a lot of pain conditions, this is one of the things that we find is very responsive to the therapy. And a lot of pain conditions are associated very closely with inflammation.

So inflammation itself first of all you have to understand is when we have increased amount of blood in an area where your body has a response and it sends more blood into a particular area. When you have that happening, it causes pressure and because our bodies are a closed system, that pressure causes the stretching of nerve receptors. The chemicals which are released in the inflammation, or the inflammatory modulators, they cause pain as well as they stimulate the nerve receptors, which again send all these messages of pain.

Now quite often we will find a state of inflammation called chronic inflammation. Normally inflammation is actually a natural process and it is conducive to healing. However, when we have chronic inflammation, we get a process within the tissues, where we get a perpetual cycle of tissue damage and pain where the body gets kind of stuck in a way where it can't heal itself. 

So Hijama comes into the picture in those situations where we apply a suction over the surface area where there is increased pressure where we have inflammation or stagnation of blood and fluids, we make these tiny little pinpricks on the surface of the skin. So if you imagine it is like a venting an area which is filled up with pressure and has a lot of inflammation in the area and we have stagnant blood and we have a chronic inflammation process going on.

We put the suction cup over the area and we make these tiny little pricks on the skin which is a natural way of venting that  pressure which has built up in the tissues, getting rid of that inflammation and helping the body restore its normal healing processes and kickstart its natural processes of healing.


CONCLUSION:  That was Dr Rizwhan Suleman talking to BBC's Sonia Mumtaz




FEATURED ORGANISATION:
ICAHT (Institute of Clinically Applied Hijama Therapy)

LOCATION
England
United Kingdom

CONTACT DETAILS:
Tel: +44 (0)7533 446 373

web: http://www.icaht.co.uk

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Our thanks to ICAHT from England for sharing the above post. If you have any questions or want to leave some feedback on their training, then please do so via a comment* below.

If you are a hijama therapist or patient and are happy to share your knowledge or experience via a guest blog-post like the one above, please contact us via the form on the top right corner of the blog .

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Hijama for the treatment of frozen shoulder and neck pain

This is a guest-post in the form of a written interview with a female patient about her

experience of hijama therapy in Qatar for the treatment of frozen shoulder and neck pain due to working at a front desk with computers for more than 6 hours a day

What condition did you suffer from (if any)?

Frozen left shoulder with severe strain in the neck on both sides and difficulties in moving the left hand as well as frequent head heaviness and dizziness usually experienced with increase in work at office affecting my role of a mother and wife.

​- What other treatment did you try before trying hijama therapy?​

Physiotherapy, painkillers and massage therapies.

- Where do you live and where did you go for the hijama therapy?​

I live in Qatar and I had hijama a year ago. ​​After one year of my first hijama session during winter I felt my pain had relapsed again due to over stress at work. At times it used to become difficult to even move my left hand as the pain went severe.

I got to know about a lady hijama therapist from my mother. I booked an appointment and went for my second session for hijama.​

​- What did the treatment involve?​

The hijama therapist did some magnet based cupping, wet cupping and a cupping massage session with aroma oils.

The therapist discussed about my medical background and advised me to change my dietary habits.

After that she performed fixed wet cupping on my upper back at specific points of my pain.
She repeated the session twice in order to get better results.

After wet cupping, as a booster the therapist also performed moving cupping along with a mixture of diffuser oil and essential oil. This was an addition to the hijama session which could enhance the blood flow and make me feel more relaxed.

Indeed everything was worth for getting peaceful sleep everyday.
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​- What was the result?​

​After the aromatherapy along with hijama my body felt very light, relaxed and full of energy. My shoulder and back pain is totally gone without any painkiller intake and moreover my stress level has reduced a lot.

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- What was your overall impression of the therapist and her practice?​

The therapist has a very soft and understanding attitude. She actually located the movement of my pain and explained how I could prevent it further by few simple changes in my lifestyle

Moreover her approach in making the scars was so efficient and absolutely painless.

​- How did the therapist get to learn hijama therapy (was it a course she attended or was it something handed down from generation to generation in their family)?​

 I inquisitively asked her about the source of knowledge and experience with hijama. She was a qualified therapist holding a diploma

- Is there anything else you would like to add?

​I would like to have more hijama sessions in future and want to recommend to all my friends and family to get benefited with this hijama therapy which is also a Sunnah.​

​FEATURED HIJAMA THERAPISTS:

Hijama Care

PRACTICE LOCATION:

Doha

Qatar

CONTACT DETAILS:

Website: http://www.hijamacare.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HijamaCareQatar ​

Our thanks to the patient (who prefers to remain anonymous) for sharing the above post. If you have any questions or comments, then please leave a comment* below.

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