Hijama clinic opens in Leeds: Key to Cure unlocks your perfect health

Ever since time began, people have searched for cures to their ailments.

From holistic therapies to modern day treatments, almost everything has been tried and tested at some point, yet the answers to life’s many health questions remain a mystery today.

With medicine at its most advanced level in history, people may be surprised to hear industry experts have recently turned their attention to one age-old treatment, practiced for centuries upon centuries.

Hijama, or ‘cupping’ as it is widely known, is the Arabic practice of drawing blood from the skin through a vacuum placed on a person’s body.

It was referenced by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as the ‘best of remedies’ for a person who is suffering and provides relief from both physical and mental illnesses.

In Leeds, a new dedicated Hijama clinic has recently opened up giving men and women the chance to unlock their natural health with the help of some nifty suction cups.

Key to Cure is based in the Unity Business Centre on Roundhay Road and is operated by husband and wife team, Naeem Ahmed and Shehnaz Anwar.

After running the business from home for almost a decade, the therapeutic duo have now expanded their business into a professional dedicated clinic for hijama.

“I first experienced cupping in Saudi Arabia 12 years ago,” Naeem said. “Unfortunately when I returned to England, I could not find any local clinics that carried out this practice.

“My wife was already practising in the treatment and so I undertook the same training and we are now both qualified as certified hijama practitioners (CHP).

“Key to Cure is the only company in Leeds with a dedicated space for Hijama and word of mouth is quickly spreading about the benefits you can quickly gain from such treatment.”

Naeem and Shehnaz are both fully registered and qualified Hijama clinicians, recognised by the GRCCT (The General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies) and are members of HNA (Hijama Nation Association).

The pair are able to provide different methods of cupping to clients, depending on their ailments, with the treatment known to have a range of positive effects, both physically and mentally.

From stress relief to muscle pains, memory and hair loss to fertility treatment, hijama has been known to have countless desirable effects for people from all backgrounds.

“Hijama is a traditional treatment that has been helping millions of people around the world for over 1,400 years,” Naeem added.

“Many people will have seen the likes of Olympian Michael Phelps during the Olympics with ‘cup marks’ on his body. It goes to show that even some of the greatest athletes in the world put their faith in this.”

The two main types of hijama treatments are dry cupping and wet cupping.

In wet cupping therapeutic cups are placed on various parts of the body to cause local congestion, through a negative pressure created by a special pump. This stimulates these areas and in turn increases blood flow causing bruising, thus bringing the toxins to the surface of the skin.

Wet hijama cupping follows the same process yet the cups are taken off and small little superficial scratches are made on the surface of the skin, piercing it. The cups are then reapplied, creating a negative pressure pulling out the diseased and toxic blood.

“Different treatments work for different people but our success rate of treating illnesses, muscle pains and aches is almost 99 per cent,” he added.

“For the best results, we recommend a cupping massage, which involves moving the cups on a person’s body, before following that up with a session of wet cupping.”

Contact Key to Cure today and unlock your perfect health for a better life and a better you.

Contact details:

Unity Business Centre,

Unit 18, 26 Roundhay Road,

Leeds, LS7 1AB

Male Therapist: 07590 911 770

Female Therapist: 07525 924 658

Save Our Surgery! Hundreds turn out in protest of clinic’s possible closure

NO TO CLOSURE: Protestors felt strongly about the possible closure of their clinic which has been used by generations of families

A much-loved and ‘crucial hub of the community’ – Manningham Medical Practice on Lumb Lane in Bradford  - has an uncertain future after its five-year contract has come to an end.

Hundreds of people – young and old - turned up outside the surgery on Thursday 2nd June with colourful placards and banners in protest of the closure.

The contract, held by Local Care Direct, will now be handed over to Bradford Districts Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) who will decide on the fate of the practice, which has nearly 4,000 registered patients.

Mr Jitendra Gupta, whose late sister Urmila Gupta opened the surgery in the early 1970s, said: “[Urmila] was the only Asian doctor at the time and she ran the practice for 36 years until 2006. It was a real family-owned place.”

He continued: “After that, this contract was passed onto Local Care Direct on behalf of CCG. Instead of extending the contract, they’re trying to close it down. We had a meeting with them two weeks ago and now the local community are petitioning against this. There will be an appeal on the 14th July at City Hall.”

Mr Ansari, 49, has been a patient at the surgery for many years.

POLITE REQUEST: Young and old turned up to show their support for the surgery’s future, which they hope will stay open

He said: “I have been living here all my life. Manningham Medical Practice is a vital part of the community. If we get rid of it, there’ll be nothing in the area.

“We’re like a big unit. We treat everyone like a family. To lose it would be a real shame. It’s more like a community centre, everyone loves coming here.”

The patients have started up a petition which has had the expected response, i.e. they want the practice to stay open.

“We want to show the council that they’ve got it wrong. We want to keep it open for generations to come,” said Mr Ansari.

Mr Gupta added: “There is a very strong feeling that we don’t want to go anywhere else, and where do you put thousands of extra patients? Also, there are more houses being built up the road so there’s going to be even more need for a practice here.”

A spokesman for the CCG said there are 15 practices within a mile of Manningham Medical Practice - and that all of them have open lists.

But for the people who have built up trust with the Lumb Lane practice, spaces at new surgeries will be little consolation.

Mr Ansari noted: “It’s not fair on the disabled or elderly who will have to travel further to see a doctor. Something has to be done.”

PEACEFUL PROTEST: Cars beeped their support as they drove past protestors