Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine in Avondale Heights | MACHI Health
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in Avondale Heights, supporting burnout, pain, cancer, fertility and women’s health.
MACHI Health has been located in the inner west for over a decade supporting the community with Shiatsu massage and later acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.
Our team of AHPRA-registered practitioners have a strong focus on integrative healthcare, accessibility, and community wellbeing. We work closely with private and government-funded programs to support patients experiencing acute, chronic and trauma stress.
To ensure we can make this medicine more accessible, we run a monthly community acupuncture clinic in West Footscray to ensure all members of the community can receive access to acupuncture.
Our approach is gentle, results focused, and informed by both traditional Chinese and modern medicine, and we value trauma-informed care in our clinical practice.
Want to know more about Acupuncture in Avondale Heights? Learn more about what we do and get in contact if you want to discuss how we might be able to assist your individual needs.
Services we provide at MACHI Health:
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is one of our most foundational therapies. We use ultra fine single-use disposable acupuncture needles that stimulate an internal response with the aim to provide more physiological balance, pain reduction and symptom relief.
Our AHPRA-registered practitioners prioritise your comfort and autonomy in session. Together, we clarify your goals, observe changes during treatment, and develop a plan that supports you with personalised diet and lifestyle recommendations.
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If you want to explore complementary health solutions for physiological problems and the best acupuncture in Avondale Heights, then make sure to contact us now.
PTSD & Embodied Trauma Support in Avondale Heights
Our team has worked for a decade supporting clients experiencing PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and embodied trauma through CASA (Centre against sexual assault) and victims of crime.
We support clients receiving funding from the financial assistance scheme (FAS) and work alongside talk therapists to get the most out of your trauma healing.
We provide a wide range of services to meet you where is most appropriate while navigating your unique embodied experience of stress. Explore trauma informed shiatsu massage that is taken at your pace, acupuncture to help calm the central nervous system response and herbal medicine to support symptoms that accompany long term traumatic stress.
We’re here to help you soothe physical/physiological symptoms, alter your relationship to touch, increase body awareness and self-acceptance,
If you’re seeking professional trauma-informed care for PTSD and embodied trauma support, contact us today.
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Shiatsu - Pregnancy Massage & Postpartum support in Avondale Heights
Our team understands pregnancy and post-partum care, having supported patients for over a decade and navigated our own journey to becoming parents.
We provide you options:
A floor futon allowing for a large soft place to land whilst pregnant or postpartum alongside your new baby or a massage table if mobility support is required.
We provide a large tool kid:
Massage for releasing muscle tension and stiffness, supporting nervous system regulation, addressing postural imbalances, enhancing circulation and energy flow, and much more.
Acupuncture particularly for pain, relaxation, cervical softening, induction, nausea plus many more wild and wonderful ways your body changes through the trimesters.
Herbal Medicine, to tend to deeper internal challenges that might need a complementary approach to your standard care
Well rounded care:
Providing a bodywork style underpinned with east asian medicine theory, movement that feels like we are doing yoga for you, and a much needed oily neck, hand and/or foot massage. We get to all your new aches, pains and swollen limbs that pop up unexpectedly as the trimesters progress.
Labour support:
We provide guidance on partner-assisted acupressure from 40+ weeks to help prepare the body for labour and support natural induction.
Postpartum massage and acupuncture in Avondale Heights? Come alone or pop in with your new baby, the large floor futon at MACHI Health has space for both of you to feel comfortable and relaxed.
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Community Acupuncture in Avondale Heights
Our team at MACHI would love a future where acupuncture is more accessible, whilst we patiently wait and advocate, we have set up a monthly community acupuncture clinic to support the folks in the west of Melbourne.
Our low cost trauma informed community acupuncture service is aimed at supporting symptoms as a result of acute, chronic and traumatic stress, chronic health conditions and disability support.
If you want to know more about our community acupuncture clinic, contact us today to chat.
Acupuncture for lower back pain in Avondale Heights
Are you looking for acupuncture in Avondale Heights for your back pain? Look no further because we are here to help. Our team of AHPRA registered practitioners are extremely passionate and skilled with pain conditions and the systemic impact of pain has on your body.
With so many therapeutic tools on hand, such as acupuncture, cupping, heat therapy, massage and when appropriate Chinese herbal medicine, we will find a way to support your symptoms of back pain.
Our aim is always to help you become pain free where possible, or to significantly reduce pain and improve function in line with what your body and condition allow.
As a results focused team, we will be providing you with tools that you can use in your everyday life to support your back pain; working to empower you with understanding around condition(s).
We work closely with allied health practitioners like physiotherapists, osteopaths, massage therapists and your general medicine practitioner to ensure that we are all getting the best results for your presenting condition.
Is Chinese herbal medicine safe?
Like all medicine, pharmaceutical, herbal medicine and supplements, we require these medicines to be supplied by a qualified professional working within their scope of practice.
Your health is the most important thing to us and we ensure that the only side effect you experience from Chinese herbal medicine is symptom reduction. We encourage frequent blood work and particularly emphasize this requirement for high risk patients, people with liver disease and patients undergoing cancer treatment.
Is acupuncture safe for children?
Safety is extremely important to us in the clinic, when working with children (and any client) we ensure that consent and communication is extremely clear, and understand it can change at any point.
For children, we use extremely thin cosmetic needles and have a reduced retention time for acupuncture sessions for kids.
We often recommend children attend a shiatsu massage session prior to trying acupuncture to ensure a level of trust has been built with your child and the practitioner.
We would love to help you navigate this experience, call and chat with us to understand if acupuncture is right for your child.
Accessibility
MACHI Health is located in the quiet suburban street in West Footscray with all day on street parking. There is a small set of stairs to get into the private clinic whereas the community clinic is wheelchair accessible.
MACHI Health
Rear 638 Barkly Street West Footscray Vic 3012