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Meet Your Bondi Clinic Practitioner
Hi, I'm Gavin, a AHPRA registered Acupuncturist practicing in the heart of Bondi Junction, Sydney.
I opened Acupuncture Grove as a practice dedicated to helping busy Eastern Suburbs residents restore balance and improve their quality of life. I work with people for a wide range of different health concerns, with a particular interest in chronic pain and complex chronic health conditions.
I’ve learned a lot from my own experience with chronic pain and having been diagnosed with two autoimmune conditions, and I continue to study and research in the hope to better guide others through the tangled maze of regaining their health.
Gavin Martin-Rentz
Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Acupuncturist
What To Know Before Your First Acupuncture Appointment
Frequently Asked Questions
We will start by talking about what's brought you in as well as some other important general health and history questions. Then there will then be some assessments that we'll run through together, which may include any combination of checking your wrist pulse, looking at your tongue, palpating muscles, joints and abdomen, range of motion tests and muscle tests. Once we have our baseline and I have a working idea of what we need to do, we'll start with the acupuncture treatment.
First of all, the needles used in acupuncture are much, much finer than anything you'd get at the doctor. It is normal to feel a sensation with acupuncture, such as a dull ache, heaviness or sometimes a muscle twitch, but all treatments are tailored to you and your tolerance. I work with a lot of people who are sensitive or nervous about needles and so have developed a gentle approach.
Generally, we will get feedback early on in treatment whether you're responding or not. Often, we will be able to observe some fairly immediate changes during the treatment, though because acupuncture has an accumulative effect, I would want to see how you respond over at least a series of sessions (4-6 for more recent localised issues, and 6-12 for more chronic or systemic concerns). Within that time, we should have a good idea of how you're responding and if acupuncture will be helpful for you. From there we can figure out the best plan forward according to your goals.
No, acupuncture and dry needling or trigger point needling come from different theoretical backgrounds. Acupuncture is based on Chinese medicine and has a history of many thousands of years of development. Dry needling dates back to the 1940s and is based on the trigger point work of Janet Travel and David Simons. Dry needling got its name because they originally used much thicker hypodermic needles to inject anaesthetic or saline into trigger points, but when acupuncture started to become popular in the West, they found acupuncture needles achieved similar results and so was coined dry needling because no fluid was being injected.
Acupuncture is frequently used throughout pregnancy. Please always tell me if you are pregnant, or think you might be, at any stage. Some points are avoided during pregnancy, and so I'll adjust treatment to suit you.
Always tell your practitioner about any allergies, medications or pregnancy as this can change if or what herbs are suitable for you. Ingredients are listed on every bottle and formulas are sourced from companies with rigorous quality and safety testing procedures.
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LOCATION ADDRESS
2/15 Bronte Rd,
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
Located across the road from Westfield Shopping Centre
OPENING HOURS
MON: 9:00am - 6:30pm
TUE: 8:00am - 1:30pm
WED: Closed
THU: 9:00am - 6:30pm
FRI: 8:00am - 1:30pm
SAT: Closed
SUN: Closed
