Dry needling for Caringbah
If you are in Caringbah, our Miranda clinic is just up the road for trigger point dry needling. PACT is run by Andrew Ellis, the physiotherapist behind @thedryneedlingphysio, with dry needling a genuine focus since 2012.
Dry needling minutes from Caringbah
Caringbah sits between Miranda and Cronulla, so our clinic is a short trip along Port Hacking Road or the Kingsway, with early and late appointments to fit around work and the school run. There is no need to treat dry needling as a line item on a long list of techniques when the real thing is this close.
Andrew Ellis, our founder and principal physiotherapist, has focused on trigger point dry needling since 2012 and runs the @thedryneedlingphysio channels. We find the muscle actually driving your pain first, then use needling as one part of a plan built around the problem, not a set recipe of points.
What trigger point dry needling actually is
Trigger point dry needling places very thin, sterile, single use needles into the tight bands of muscle known as trigger points, to release tension, settle the referred pain, and let the muscle move freely again. It is a physiotherapy technique grounded in anatomy.
It is not acupuncture, which follows the traditional Chinese medicine map of the body. Dry needling targets the specific trigger point driving your symptoms, based on how you move. We always pair it with hands on treatment and exercise so the change holds.
- A physiotherapy technique based on anatomy
- Very thin, single use, sterile needles
- Aimed at the trigger point driving your pain
- Always paired with hands on therapy and exercise
For workers, shift work and stubborn knots
With the Taren Point business area on one side and the local hospital precinct nearby, Caringbah has plenty of manual workers and shift workers, and both tend to carry tight shoulders, forearms and low backs. Dry needling helps most with that knotted, achy pain and the referred aches that follow, as one part of a wider plan. If it is a work injury on an accepted claim, we bill your insurer directly.
Led by Andrew Ellis
PACT was founded by Andrew Ellis, who has focused on trigger point dry needling since 2012 and shares dry needling education with a community of more than 13,000 followers through @thedryneedlingphysio. He is also the founder and host of World Health Webinars, an online education platform that delivered courses to more than 5,000 clinicians across 14 countries.
That depth sets the standard for the clinic. Whoever you see at PACT works to the same approach Andrew built, so you get the same careful assessment and the same reasoning behind every needle.
What you pay, with or without cover
Every appointment is a full, unhurried session with the time to work through complex, persistent problems. The fee is $165 for an initial visit and $142 for a follow up, and if you have Medicare, private health extras or an accepted claim, here is what you pay.
Paying privately
No referral or paperwork needed. Every visit is a full, unhurried session with the time it needs.
With a Medicare plan
A GP Chronic Disease Management referral rebates $63.40 on every visit, up to 5 a year (Medicare item 10960, from 1 July 2026).
With private health extras
Claim on the spot through HICAPS. The gap depends on your fund and level of cover. See all health funds
Workers comp & CTP
Accepted workers compensation and CTP claims are billed straight to your insurer, and we handle the paperwork.
Every bar is drawn to the same scale, from $0 to the standard fee. Private health gaps vary with your fund and your level of extras cover.
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