FREEDOM ACUPUNCTURE

 The number of treatments depends on the severity, complexity and where the problem is in the body.  The frequency of the treatment can in some cases be just as important as the treatment itself.  Most musculoskeletal conditions are usually ok to be treated once a week, however arthritis and conditions involving nerve pain usually require at least twice weekly treatments.  This is because with acupuncture we can’t increase the dose, we can only increase the frequency in order to get a stronger effect.  As a general rule when it comes to treating pain syndromes, muscles are by far the easiest tissue type to treat, with ligaments, tendons, cartilage and bone being much more difficult to treat, and so require more treatments.

When you see your acupuncturist for your symptoms, they will make an assessment of what maybe causing your symptoms, and base your treatments on this.  With acupuncture we always need to treat the cause of the problem, not the symptom.  If we only treat symptoms, they will continue to return. For this reason, to increase the effectiveness of your treatment it is helpful to bring any diagnostic reports with you to your initial appointment.  This will allow us to have a better understanding of the cause of your symptoms, and to tell you upfront if your condition is treatable with acupuncture and also to give you an estimate of the number of sessions required.

The success of your treatment, could be our next referral, so it’s in best our interest to get you better, and with the least number of treatments.

Acupuncture is not covered by Medicare, although there are currently negotiations between  the Australian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA) & the Australian government to have acupuncture added to Medicare rebate scheme for allied health services for those people who have a chronic (or terminal) medical condition that is being managed by a GP.  Hopefully this will be approved in the not too distant future. 

 Most major health funds offer a rebate for acupuncture, this is processed through our HICAPS EFTPOS machine at the point of payment.  

 Initial consultation is $90 and 1.5 hours.  Follow up appointments are one hour and also $90. Twice weekly appointments are discounted to $75 per appointment ($150 week).

What is your Cancelation Policy?

We ask for 24 hours’ notice if you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment.  Appointments cancelled with less than 12 hours’ notice will be invoiced for 50% of the consult fee. Non-attendance without any contact to the clinic will be invoiced for 100% of the consult fee.  This is our business, we cannot pay our bills with no show attendances.  It may also mean someone else may miss out on a treatment.  Please VALUE our time, as we VALUE yours.