Alternative Medicine Services

Alternative Medicine Services

Treatments

Alternative Medicine Services

We are looking for practitioners to share space with us on the following services

Three different things, and the difference matters

This clinic offers acupuncture, massage and beauty treatments. They are not variations of one another, and knowing which is which saves you booking the wrong thing.

Acupuncture — a registered health service

Practitioners hold AHPRA registration with the Chinese Medicine Board. A full history before anything happens, because what is appropriate changes with pregnancy, medication, implanted devices and several other things.

Remedial massage — a health service, differently governed

For a specific complaint: assessment, then targeted soft-tissue work. Diploma-level training, governed by professional associations rather than AHPRA. Often claimable through private health funds — check with yours.

Relaxation massage — not a treatment

An hour of being looked after, and a perfectly good reason to book. What it is not is treatment for a condition, and nobody here will suggest otherwise.

Beauty treatments — not a health service

Skin and appearance work. It does not treat medical conditions. A good beauty therapist will tell you when something on your skin needs a doctor rather than a treatment, and ours will.

What to book

A specific complaint: remedial or acupuncture, and say what the complaint is. Tired and wrung out with nothing specific: relaxation. Skin or appearance: the beauty side. Not sure: ring and describe it.

Before any of them

Tell us about pregnancy, blood thinners, a pacemaker, lymphoedema, diabetes affecting skin or circulation, recent surgery, or any recent cosmetic procedure. None of it rules anything out; all of it changes how.

Alternative Medicine Services

Alternative Medicine Services