AcuvivA Acupuncture is a Canberra acupuncture practice specialising in acupuncture for pain management and the stimulation of natural healing. “Viva” is Italian for “life”. Our philosophy is to use acupuncture to enhance quality of life.
We believe strongly in the benefits of acupuncture. We aim to make acupuncture an accessible form of treatment for as many people as possible. For this reason, we do our utmost to keep our prices as low as we reasonably can.
Prices
One off treatment:
Diagnosis and immediate treatment, 1 hour, $65
Course of treatment:
Course of five treatments, $180
- Diagnosis session – 1 hour
- Four follow up sessions – ½ hour each
Course of ten treatments, $300
- Diagnosis session – 1 hour
- Nine follow up sessions – ½ hour each
Follow Up Treatment
All follow up treatments are ½ hour sessions at $35
Please note that ½ hour follow up treatments can only be provided where the condition has already been diagnosed. Diagnosis is more time consuming and will always require a 1 hour booking.
Home Visits
For an additional call-out fee of $25, a practitioner can come to you. This service is limited to the inner-South and inner-North suburbs of Canberra.
WHAT TO EXPECT DURING YOUR TREATMENT
A first consultation will take approximately 1 hour and will include:
- A discussion of your symptoms
- A physical examination (with your consent)
- Diagnosis
- Creating a treatment plan
- A treatment (about 30 minutes)
Treatment may include (at your option):
- Acupuncture
- Massage
- Moxabustion or heat lamp treatment
- Cupping
- Gua Sha (a strong releasing massage technique)
- Corrective exercises
Your treatment plan will cover:
- Number of treatments likely to be needed
- Review dates
- Realistic outcomes
- Lifestyle recommendations to support your treatment
YOUR RIGHTS WHILST RECEIVING ACUPUNCTURE
You have the right to:
- Receive relevant health information from your practitioner and to discuss benefits, risks, cost of treatment, alternative and the optimal course of action
- Receive guidance, have questions answered, be advised of conflicts of interest and to receive independent medical opinion
- To receive copies or summaries of your treatment records
- Make decisions and either accept or reject my health care recommendations or treatment even though the treatment may impart bruising, bleeding or other reactions
- To be treated with dignity, respect, responsiveness, courtesy and timely attention to your medical needs
- To confidentially and to informed consent unless this is a need to protect the welfare of an individual or public interest
- Continuity of health care
- Sufficient and reasonable assistance in making alternative arrangements for care if the practitioner feels it is in the patients or mutual highest interest
