TCM Manly

TCM for Manly. Freshwater is about twenty streets from Manly, the next beach north, and considerably easier to park at than anywhere in Manly itself. 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 Manly.

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 Manly.

What we see from Manly

Manly is surf, ocean swimming and running. The swim squads go out most mornings, the surf clubs train year round, and plenty of people are in the water before work.

Swimmers arrive with shoulder impingement and the neck stiffness that comes from breathing to one side for years. Surfers bring the same shoulders plus lower back from paddling and getting to their feet. Runners on the hills come in with outer-knee, calf and Achilles pain.

It also means we see people who will not stop training, which changes how a course of treatment has to be scheduled.

What TCM involves

Traditional Chinese Medicine — acupuncture, herbal prescribing, moxibustion and Tui Na bodywork — applied as one system rather than as separate treatments.

It is most often sought for people who want the whole system rather than one technique. 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 TCM 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.