About The Hale Clinic

The Hale Clinic was established in 1987 and officially opened by HRH the Prince of Wales in 1988. The Clinic was founded by Teresa Hale whose aim is to combine and integrate the principles of conventional and complementary medicine as no one system of medicine has the whole answer to every medical problem. Great emphasis is placed on preventative medicine as a way of maintaining good health following treatment.

The Hale Clinic has pioneered research into chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, autism, cerebral palsy and repetitive strain injury. Over the centuries every culture has developed its own system of treating illness. For example surgery and pharmacology form the basis of modern western medicine. The roots of Chinese health care lie in acupuncture and medical herbalism. In India, Ayurvedic remedies play a large part in treating disease. Homeopathy and herbalism are widely practised throughout Europe. There is empirical evidence to suggest that all of these methods are effective in combating ill health.

Complementary medicine provides another dimension to what we think of as conventional medicine. While modern western medicine tends to focus on treating specific illnesses and their symptoms "complementary medicine" takes a broader view and considers factors such as a patient's diet, temperament, work environment and sleeping habits amongst others when prescribing treatment.

There are over 100 practitioners based at The Hale Clinic, 20 of whom are medical doctors, many of whom are multi-disciplinary. Of the complementary medical therapies practised at the clinic, some are over 3000 years old and some have been developed within the last 50 years. Although they differ considerably in the way they treat illness, they all view the practice of complementary medicine as helping the individual organism achieve its natural harmony and balance thereby making it much less susceptible to illness and disease.