Total 90-minute experience - Diagnostic 15 minutes - Acupuncture 45 minutes - Chinese Herbal Medicine 15 minutes - Massage, Aromatherapy 15 minutes
The Lane Cove rooms are at 2 Austin Street, directly opposite the Lane Cove Library and a few metres from Longueville Road. If you are coming from the village it is a walk of two or three minutes, and the parking behind the library is the easiest option in the middle of the day.
Lane Cove sends a particular mix of problems through the door. There are the desk-and-commute necks and low backs from St Leonards and the city, the shoulders and elbows of a suburb that plays a lot of tennis, and the knees and Achilles tendons that come with living on a hillside — the stairs down to Tambourine Bay and the streets off Burns Bay Road are their own kind of training load. Lane Cove also has a lot of people in their thirties and forties carrying small children, which is its own demand on a back.
A first appointment is mostly questions and movement testing: where the pain is, what makes it worse, what it stops you doing, and how it has behaved over weeks rather than days. From there you should leave knowing what is proposed, roughly how long it is expected to take, and what would mean changing the plan.
Worth bringing: any imaging or specialist letters you already have, a list of medications, and the shoes you actually walk or train in. If the pain is new and severe, follows a significant fall, or comes with numbness, weakness, fever or any change in bladder or bowel control, see a doctor first — that is a medical assessment, not a treatment question.
The nearest alternative if Lane Cove does not suit you is the Freshwater side, about 14 kilometres away across the Spit.
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Our practitioners are registered with all the health funds in NSW. Contact your private health fund to check your eligibility.
We require 24 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule appointments. Failure to do so will incur a full fee.
Herbal Medicine costs generally range from $30 to $100 per week, depending on the medication type and market rate for the specific herb.
At Rainbow Medicine, we are committed to providing high-quality health services and treatment results at affordable prices. For the past 10 years of practice, our pricing has been among the best value for money in the Sydney Region. We have been endeavouring to go through difficult times of inflation impact. However, costs for imported herbs, needles, and miscellaneous items are still increasing, so we have revised our pricing slightly to accommodate this again. If you are experiencing financial hardships, please discuss treatment plans with your doctor. We will happily tailor the fee to suit your needs without compromising the result. On behalf of our team, we thank you all for your continuous support.