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.
Pre-prepared herbal decoctions can make daily use easier for busy people. Convenience still means knowing exactly what you received, how to store it and how to use it.
For people whose evenings are already full, or whose hands and back make standing over a stove for an hour difficult, pre-cooked herbal decoction packs can be a welcome option. The liquid arrives sealed and ready to warm. That convenience is genuine, yet every pack still needs clear identification and directions, and preparation and quality checks can differ from one supplier to the next.
For any product arranged through Dr Christine Shen, Acupuncturist, at the Freshwater clinic, it is reasonable to ask:
Write the answers on the box or keep them with your packs, so the information does not depend on memory weeks later.
If a pack is swollen, leaking or torn, or the contents smell or look different from what you expected, set it aside and check with Christine before drinking it. Colour alone is not a reliable sign of strength or quality, and different prepared liquids do not all keep for the same length of time, so a rule you learned for another product may not apply.
Keep the name of the product, how much to take and when it will be reviewed in one place, ideally with the original packaging. If your GP or specialist changes a medicine, let Christine know. Should you feel unwell after starting the packs and be unsure whether they are involved, ask for advice rather than skipping doses or doubling up to see what happens.
Convenience works well when it comes with clarity. Spend a few minutes at the start understanding your packs, and the daily routine can then fit easily around work, exercise and the rest of your life, with fewer questions left hanging.
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