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.
Raw-herb formulas come with small details that are easy to forget. Here is how to get clear written steps, organise your kitchen and handle a scorched batch calmly.
If you live with a sore back, stiff hands or a hectic workday, a pot of simmering herbs can feel like one more job on the list. Raw-herb formulas also come with small details that slip away when they are explained quickly at the end of an appointment, and two prescriptions rarely follow exactly the same method.
Dr Christine Shen, Acupuncturist, prescribes Chinese herbal medicine at the Lane Cove clinic, and you are welcome to request written directions that match the formula in your bag rather than a general recipe. A short sheet stuck on the fridge is easier to follow on a tired evening than a half-remembered conversation.
Before your first brew, check these points with Christine:
Burnt batches happen, especially when you are juggling dinner, work emails or a grandchild. If the liquid smells scorched, or a label on one of the bags makes no sense, hold off drinking it and contact the clinic first. A friend's shortcut from a different formula may sound handy, but it was written for someone else's prescription.
If sore hands or shoulders make lifting a heavy pot awkward, say so. Practical limits belong in the plan, and Christine would rather hear about them than have you struggle in silence.
Store the written directions beside the original bags so the product name and method stay together. Let Christine know if your GP changes a medicine or you start something new from the pharmacy. If you feel different after starting the herbs and cannot tell whether the formula is involved, ring for advice instead of quietly taking more or less.
A simmering pot does not need to become a source of worry. With clear notes, a sensible routine and a quick question whenever something seems off, preparing herbs at home can settle into the rhythm of your week, and the next review gives you a natural moment to say how the process is going.
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