Dry needling for Sylvania
Sylvania sits right next to Miranda, so getting to PACT for trigger point dry needling takes no time at all. Our clinic is run by Andrew Ellis, the physiotherapist behind @thedryneedlingphysio, with dry needling a genuine focus since 2012.
Dry needling a few minutes from Sylvania
From Southgate Sylvania or the canals of Sylvania Waters, our Miranda clinic is a quick run up the Princes Highway, with free parking at the front door. For a suburb this close, there is no reason to settle for dry needling as an afterthought on a busy list of techniques. 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 assess how you move first, find the muscle driving your pain, then use needling as one part of a plan built around your 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 the tension, settle the referred pain, and let the muscle move freely again. It is a physiotherapy technique grounded in anatomy, not acupuncture.
Acupuncture works to the traditional Chinese medicine map of the body. Dry needling targets the specific muscular trigger point driving your symptoms, based on how you move. We always pair it with hands on treatment and a few exercises so the change lasts.
- 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
From weekend sport to stubborn tension
Sylvania is a family and water pocket of the Shire, so we see plenty of weekend sport strains, paddling and boating shoulders, and the neck and back tension that builds up through a busy week. Dry needling helps most with that tight, knotted kind of pain and the referred aches that come with it, 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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