Fertility Acupuncture Northern Beaches

Fertility Acupuncture for Northern Beaches. Freshwater sits in the middle of the Northern Beaches, between Manly and Curl Curl, which puts it within a short drive of most of the peninsula. 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 Northern Beaches.

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 Northern Beaches.

What we see from Northern Beaches

From Freshwater up through Curl Curl and Dee Why the pattern is the same: ocean swimming, surf, running the coast track and cycling Wakehurst Parkway.

Shoulders from swimming and paddling, lower backs from surfing, and the cycling complaints, which are their own set: a neck held in extension for hours, tight hip flexors, and knees that object to a heavy gear and a slow cadence.

It also means we see a mix of serious amateurs and people who train hard and sleep badly.

The families we see from Northern Beaches

The Northern Beaches has 37.3% of families as couples without children, close to the New South Wales figure, but one of the higher averages of children per family in Sydney at 1.8, and a median age of 41 (2021 Census). We see both ends of it: couples in their late twenties preparing properly before trying, and couples in their late thirties and forties already partway through IVF and looking for support that fits the timetable.

What Fertility Acupuncture involves

Treatment is timed to the cycle and aimed at the factors that can be influenced — sleep, stress, weight, cycle regularity — alongside whatever medical care is already under way.

It is most often sought for couples trying to conceive, and anyone preparing the body before assisted treatment. 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 Fertility 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.