Close-up Of A Female Manager Touching Her Back In Pain

We talk about the “common” cold, but actually pain is the most common reason Australians seek medical help and doubtless you, dear reader, have been up-close-and-personal with it in one form or another.

If pain is limiting your day-to-day functions and impacting upon your quality of life then acupuncture, and our Integrated Acupuncture treatments may be of benefit.

For muscle pain resulting from injury, post-surgical issues and a myriad of other muscular-skeletal pain, we recommend our sports-orthopaedic acupuncturists.  What once took weeks of treatment combining physio, massage and acupuncture can now be done in one or two treatments with our combination of neurofunctional acupuncture, trigger point therapy, dry needling, distal acupuncture, gua sha, cupping and tuina (Chinese massage therapy).  Let us create effective treatment plan for you, designed to get you out of pain and back in the game fast.   Read more about this here (link to sports acu page).

Chronic or persistent pain can result in anxiety and depression and, as we are witnessing, addiction to opioids for pain relief has reached epidemic levels with a staggering 1.9 million Australian adults beginning to take prescription opioids every year*.

(*Research by the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS) at the Monash University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Why acupuncture as a potential treatment for pain?

Acupuncture engages the body’s own healing mechanisms to address underlying problems as opposed to temporarily suppressing symptoms the way drugs do.

How does it work?

Research has increased our knowledge about the neuroplasticity and the brain – that is the brain’s astounding ability to change and adapt. Acupuncture, electro-acupuncture and e-stimulation are all techniques which we can use to stimulate the body’s own biochemicals such as endorphins, encephalins and serotonin without the side effects associated with many drugs.

Acupuncture can also help to reduce inflammation in the body. inflammation is what creates the pain (impeding proper flow of our blood and lymph systems and pushing on our various nerve receptors). 

And as we learn more about the nervous system and the brain we are developing new strategies to help you get you back to fully participating in life and doing the things you love.

These are some of the areas where acupuncture can help:

  • Neck/back pain
  • Shoulder pain
  • Tennis/golfers elbow
  • Headaches
  • Hip and gluteal pain/glute amnesia
  • Knee pain
  • Achilles tendonitis/tendonosis
  • Plantar fasciitis
  • Sciatica
  • Muscular strains/ligament sprains
  • Chronic pain
  • Athletic performance

If you would like to discuss how we may be able to assist you, call us or make an appointment online  with Sally, Zoe, Shann, or Lara

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What is our approach

Our approach to natural therapy and medicine is simple. We use:

Evidence Based Protocols

We are guided by research and proven protocols that get results. We belong to global learning networks and keep up-to-date with the latest findings in our fields.

Summaries of our findings and recommendation

We provide you with a clear Treatment Plan setting out our agreed treatment aims and how we plan to get you there.

Experienced practitioners

We are highly qualified, with experienced practitioners with many years of experience. Most importantly we practice medicine because we love it

Proven modalities

  • Acupuncture
  • Physiotherapy
  • Clinical nutrition
  • Nursing
  • Herbal Medicine
  • Neutraceuticals
  • Ultra sound

High quality products

We source Organic and AAA rated natural herbs for our teas, broths and medicines. Our practitioner supplements are tested to ensure you are getting the exact ingredients and dosages we prescribe for you.