الوخز بالإبر في Balgowlah

Acupuncture for Balgowlah. Christine practised in Balgowlah before moving to the Freshwater clinic, just a short trip away — around ten minutes by car from most of the suburb — so Balgowlah patients can keep seeing her there. The rooms themselves are at Rowe Street, Freshwater NSW 2096.

Where you would come

Rowe Street, Freshwater NSW 2096. On-street parking on Rowe Street and the surrounding roads. The clinic sits on the Northern Beaches, which is why it is the practical choice for anyone coming from Balgowlah.

There is a second set of rooms at 141 Longueville Road, Lane Cove NSW 2066, inside Health Therapies Clinics, if that one happens to suit your week better. Both are run by the same practitioner and your notes follow you between them.

Appointments run into the evening and on weekends, which is usually what decides whether a regular course of treatment is realistic when you are travelling from Balgowlah.

What we see from Balgowlah

Balgowlah sits between the golf course and Manly Dam, so it is a suburb of golfers, mountain bikers and people walking the Spit to Manly track.

The golf complaints are the same as across the harbour: shoulder, inner elbow, and the lumbar spine that does the rotating. From the Dam trails it is wrists, shoulders and the occasional stubborn knee. Walkers arrive with heel and calf pain more than anything else.

It also means we see families and weekend athletes, and parents who picked up the injury doing the school run on foot rather than on a court.

What Acupuncture involves

Acupuncture works by reading the body's signals and restoring what modern life disrupts — sleep, digestion, pain, stress and the menstrual cycle among them. Fine, single-use needles are placed at points chosen for your pattern, not from a protocol.

It is most often sought for persistent pain, poor sleep, stress that will not settle, digestive complaints and cycle-related symptoms. Your first appointment is a full assessment and a first treatment in one, so you leave with a plan rather than only an opinion.

There is a fuller explanation on the Acupuncture page.

Practical matters

• Treated by Dr Christine Shen, Acupuncturist and AHPRA-registered Chinese medicine practitioner.
• Health fund rebates through HICAPS at the clinic for most major providers.
• Bookings and questions: 0416 656 388.