IVF Support

Acupuncture is sometimes used as an adjunct therapy to support IVF, with some studies suggesting it improves implantation rates and reduces stress.

Here's a more detailed look at acupuncture's potential role in IVF support:

Potential Benefits:

• Improved Implantation Rates: Acupuncture, particularly on the day of embryo transfer, may increase the chances of successful implantation.
• The reduction of stress and anxiety can be attained: Acupuncture has the potential to enhance overall well-being and outcomes because of its emotional and physical challenges, which can be alleviated by reducing stress and anxiety during the IVF process.
• Improved Blood Flow and Uterine Relaxation: Acupuncture enhances blood flow to the uterus and relaxes uterine muscles, which could benefit embryo implantation.
• Support for Overall Wellness: Acupuncture can help address other health issues that may indirectly affect fertility, such as insomnia, digestive problems, or chronic pain, promoting overall well-being during the IVF journey.
• Modulation of the Endocrine System: Acupuncture can help regulate hormones and improve the menstrual cycle, which could be beneficial in preparing for IVF.
• Emotional support: Acupuncture can provide a safe and supportive space to express emotions and receive compassionate care during the challenging IVF journey.

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.