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.
Home moxibustion kits can look like an easy way to warm stiff joints. Heat and burning material bring real risks, so advice should come before buying.
Online guides and starter kits can make moxibustion look as simple as ordering supplies and lighting a stick. For someone with stiff knees or an aching lower back, warming sore spots at home may sound like a convenient idea. The reality is that heat and burning material carry practical risks, and a written guide cannot check how your skin feels heat or how your lungs cope with smoke.
General instructions cannot tell whether you have reduced sensation in your feet, thinning skin, asthma or circumstances that make home use unsafe. Older adults, people with diabetes and anyone taking medicines that dull sensation may not notice that an area is getting too hot until damage is done. There are also fire risks to think about in a home setting, from smoke alarms and curtains to smouldering ash left in a bin.
Before purchasing equipment, ask Dr Christine Shen, Acupuncturist, whether home use is appropriate for you at all. If it is being considered, you will need personal instructions and a clear plan for when to stop and how to seek help if something goes wrong. A video or checklist is not permission to experiment with longer, hotter or more frequent sessions.
Agree in advance how you will judge when warmth is too much, and what aftercare is needed. Skin health, sensation and breathing sensitivity should all be covered. Keep any instructions specific to you; another person's routine says nothing reliable about your own needs. If a blister or burn appears, stop and seek appropriate care promptly.
If you have already bought a kit, bring it with you to the Lane Cove clinic. Christine can look at what you have and discuss honestly whether it belongs in your routine or is better left in the cupboard.
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