Health Injections in Berlin
Feeling peaky? Plattenbau and gray Berlin winter skies got you down? Maybe you're suffering from kreislaufkollapse, that mysterious German malady that is never diagnosed in any other country (equivalent to the French crise de foie) but entitles the sufferer to wilt on the sofa all day like Camille. Or perhaps you just need a pick-me-up. The pursuit of "wellness" is a national obsession, and Berlin offers hundreds of therapists of every stripe and (in some districts) a whole foods shop on every corner. If you want to feel good inside and out, here's a hand-picked selection of health injections around the hauptstadt to cure what ails ye.
London Juice Company
Wörther Straße 21
10405 Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
Face it. You know you're a bad person. If you really were a responsible little beam of sunshine and health, you never would have sunk all that Berliner Pilsner with a … Jagermeister chaser. Luckily the effects are reversible, so you can atone for your sins by ordering a serious fruit juice 'n' milkthistle 'n' wheatgrass combo laden with beta-carotene, vitamin C, and zinc that will set you on course for a new, purer you. Until next Friday. [link]
Grinberg Method
This is one for those staying in Berlin long term. The Grinberg Method is an intriguing concept -- roughly speaking, it's a kind of physical psychotherapy. A practitioner … will use a combination of reflexology and muscle work to teach you how you're holding your body and causing it grief -- stress headaches, IBS, panic issues, lack of confidence. Devotees travel to Berlin -- quickly becoming a center for the therapy -- from across the EU to see particular experts. Contact the Germany Website for local Grinbergers. [link]
Gorilla Bio Fast Food
Knesebeckstraße 5
10623 Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
Purveyors of all things fresh, sprouting and organic, Gorilla Bio Fast Food promises you won't have to wait more than five minutes for a plate full of yummy goodness. You … can check off your daily five fruit 'n' veg in a single sitting, if you're feeling hungry enough. [link]
Float Berlin
Dunckerstraße 12
10437 Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
Want to get away from it all but only have an hour to do it? Wipe your worry slate clean with a stint in a giant mussel shell half-filled with warm water and petals. No, … really. People still do the floatation tank thing! The shell is a nice touch -- better to rise from your watery bed like Botticelli's Venus than John Hurt from a stasis pod. [link]
Bryonia Alba Homoeopathy
Bötzowstraße 10
10407 Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
Homoeopathy is big in Germany -- it was devised here in the eighteenth century and went global in a few decades. Practitioners are required to study for three years and … survive exams with a high failure rate in order to qualify to treat patients, so standards are among the best in the world. If you want to try a treatment that takes account of your entire physical and mental state and avoids the side effects of Big Pharma remedies, Richenda Gillespie is a Brit who offers consultations in English and will guide you through the process. [link]
Bodywalk Massage
Bötzowstraße 10
10407 Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
US-born Barbara Doubray has magic hands. Her cranio-sacral massage sets your fibers pulsing and will leave you walking taller or so relaxed that you sleep like a babe. … She also offers a deep tissue massage to get to the root of your muscle tension and unravel the knots you spent a lifetime gnarling up. [link]
