Paddington Natural Health Clinic: FAQs

At Paddington Clinic we tailor wellness programs specific to your needs and goals.

You can request specific treatments if you have had a great experience with them before or have a particular interest.

However, generally treatment modalities will be selected by your Senior Practitioner to get you the best results sooner.

A Senior Practitioner is the practitioner that will oversee your treatment solution.

They will go over your testing results, work alongside your Associate Practitioner, and tailor a treatment solution that is best suited for you.

An Associate Practitioner is one of the key practitioners working on your health solution.

They will work with you under the recommendation of the Senior Practitioner to help you reach optimal health.

At Paddington Clinic we offer a team-based approach to your health.

This allows you to utilize the knowledge, skill and treatments offered by different practitioners.

Your health solution will be managed by your Senior practitioner so all practitioners are working together to get you the best results.

With our treatment programs there will be a minimum of two practitioners working on your health solution; a Senior Practitioner and at least one Associate Practitioner.

However, if more treatment services are needed to get you optimal result, additional practitioners will be available to assist you.

The non invasive testing we use at the clinic helps to tailor specific solutions for your condition.

Any testing done is to aid the efficiency of your treatment. It will also give clear before and after information so we can assess how well your treatment is progressing.

This can depend on the person and their particular situation.

Each session will be assessed for its beneficial change. Some people need more, some less to get the outcome they are looking for.

As a general rule we say 6 sessions is considered a course of treatment.

Yes, most health funds will cover natural medicine.

If you are unsure check with your health fund or ask at reception.

The best way to start is to have a Wellness Assessment.

This will look at your current symptoms and underlying factors contributing to these symptoms. This is a great way to get a very clear picture of where your health is, where it needs to go and what needs to be done to get you there.

You can also book a no obligation free 15 minute mini consult with one of our senior practitioners.

If you’d like to ask anything not covered here, please get in touch.

Acupuncture uses very fine needles inserted into specific acupoints on the skin.

These points have been observed over thousands of years and are related to supporting the different aspects of the body.

The goal of a treatment is to bring the body back to balance so it can heal and regain optimal function.

Usually 45 minutes to 1 hour.

$97.00 – $160.00 depending on the practitioner and type of acupuncture appointment.

We have HICAPS so your private health fund may cover some of the cost.

Please contact your health fund for more information.

No. Generally the sensation where the needle is placed is very mild.

There are different styles of acupuncture that could be considered painful but the styles we use are very gentle.

You should see change in the body immediately.

How much this flows onto symptomatic change can differ between people.

Some people need accumulative change while others have very rapid change.

This can be affected by factors such as stress, overworking, lifestyle factor and your general health condition.

Acupuncture sessions should have an accumulative effect; the more your system returns to optimal function, the longer the benefit lasts.

We do encourage people to do proactive maintenance, which for most people is about a month.

The more time you have to allow treatment to integrate the better.

Minimise anything strenuous or stressful; but we appreciate you do have a life.