Dry needling in Miranda
For dry needling in Miranda, you are already at the source. PACT Physio & Rehab is on Sylvania Road, run by Andrew Ellis, the physiotherapist behind @thedryneedlingphysio, with trigger point dry needling a genuine focus since 2012.
Dry needling on your doorstep
Most Miranda locals scrolling for dry needling do not have to go anywhere. Our clinic sits a short walk from Westfield Miranda and the Kingsway, with street parking right at the front door, so you are on the table within a minute of pulling up. It is about as local as physiotherapy gets.
It matters who holds the needle. Andrew Ellis, our founder and principal physiotherapist, has focused on trigger point dry needling since 2012 and runs the @thedryneedlingphysio channels. We assess how you move first, find the muscle actually driving your pain, then use needling as one part of a plan built for you, 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 the tension, settle the pain it refers elsewhere, and let the muscle move freely again. It is a physiotherapy technique grounded in anatomy.
It is not acupuncture. Acupuncture follows the traditional Chinese medicine map of the body. Dry needling targets the specific muscular trigger point driving your pain, based on where your symptoms come from and how you move. Same tool, very different reasoning.
- A physiotherapy technique based on anatomy, not traditional Chinese medicine
- Very thin, single use, sterile needles
- Aimed at the trigger point driving your pain, not a fixed set of points
- Always paired with hands on therapy and exercise
Common reasons Miranda locals come in
Around the Kingsway there are a lot of desks and a lot of retail floors, and both tend to load up the neck, shoulders and upper back. Dry needling helps most with that tight, achy, knotted kind of pain, and with the headaches and referred pain that muscle tension sends elsewhere. It is always one piece of a wider plan, and the assessment tells us whether it is worth using for your problem.
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 whole clinic. Whoever you see at PACT works to the same approach Andrew built and treats alongside him, 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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