Dry needling for Gymea
From Gymea village, our Miranda clinic is a short hop along the Kingsway 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 Gymea village
From Gymea Bay Road and the village, our Miranda clinic is a quick run along the Kingsway, with early and late appointments that suit the train commute or a full day on the tools. Plenty of Gymea clinics list dry needling as one of many things. Here it is a genuine focus.
Andrew Ellis, our founder and principal physiotherapist, has focused on trigger point dry needling since 2012 and runs the @thedryneedlingphysio channels. We work out which muscle is actually driving your pain first, then use needling as one part of a plan built for the problem.
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 pair it with hands on treatment and a few exercises so the muscle stays settled.
- 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
Built for busy bodies and hard working ones
Gymea has its share of tradies and commuters, and both tend to build up the same tight spots, forearms and shoulders from the tools, low backs from lifting, and necks from the desk or the drive. Dry needling helps most with that knotted, achy pain and the referred aches that follow, as one part of a wider plan. If your problem is not listed, the assessment tells us whether needling is worth using.
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 around 15,000 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 $61.80 on every visit, up to 5 a year.
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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