Acupuncture

SANDRA HEDGES

Modality: Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture

Professional Body Registration: AHPRA

Business Name: Margaret River Accupunture

Address: 2/34 Prince St Busselton WA 6280

Contact phone number: 0428 177 700

Email address: sandra@acuvibe.com.au

Business website: www.acuvibe.com.au

Sandra Hedges is a specialist in her chosen field of Acupuncture with a 4 year Bachelor of Health Science degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture (Bach.H.Sc.Acu). Sandra is an active member of the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia with registration as a Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Acupuncturist and an accredited member of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).  

Sandra has both studied and travelled extensively throughout the US, SE Asia and China continually keeping up to date with latest techniques and information through professional development seminars and extensive post-graduate training. Sandra has also worked in Asia volunteering her services within remote paediatric and women’s health clinics which was an extremely rewarding experience and highlight of her career.     

 In practice Sandra enjoys treating all types of conditions both men and women’s but has a special interest in musculoskeletal conditions and pain management, successfully treating many clients with sports or gym injuries. Other specialty areas include fertility and IVF support, menopause and neurological disorders having great success with stroke/nerve damage.  Sandra is also passionate in promoting acupuncture for stress, anxiety and depression. With modern life placing huge demands on us, acupuncture is clinically proven to help relax and calm the body to better manage stress, anxiety and depression naturally.                              

In addition Sandra has a keen interest in cosmetic acupuncture having undergone post graduate studies under leading experts in this exciting field which combines traditional TCM skills with modern science. Sandra is also licensed to prescribe patent Chinese herbal formulas for added wellness support.

Practitioners collaboration: Sandra is always happy to work with your local GP or other health professionals, believing that each modality has their strengths and challenges and that mainstream medicine and natural holistic medicine/therapies including acupuncture and TCM can successfully work together. Sandra believes that as a Holistic Health Network we are all passionately committed to helping you on your quest for good health and wellness. Our body has an amazing capacity to heal and repair and Sandra’s commitment is to help you on your personal path to balance, health and vitality. 

SANDEE LIPPIATT

Modality: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Master Ziran Qigong Instructor

Professional Body Registration: AHPRA, AACMA, FCMA

Business Name: MARGARET RIVER ACUPUNCTURE

Address: The Reef Centre, Unit 14, 34 Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285

Contact phone number: 0439 432 185

Email address: margaretriveracupuncture@gmail.com

Business website: http://margaretriveracupuncture.com.au

Sandee is a qualified, licensed Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner with over 17 years clinical experience.

Sandee facilitates and empowers her patients to realise their own healing potential. Offering an holistic approach, her work encompasses acupuncture, massage, cupping, electroacupuncture, moxibustion, Qi Gong, Western and Chinese herbal medicine, Sho Ni Shin, dietary and lifestyle advice.

Sandee graduated with a Diploma of Herbal Medicine and a Graduate Diploma in Acupuncture (TCM) at the Australian Institute of Holistic Medicine and also studied as an apprentice with Master Andrew Tem-Foo Lim.

In 2005, Sandee travelled to China with Master Lim where she attended workshops on Chinese Orthopaedic Medicine, Qigong and Acupotomy also working in Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of TCM in specialist clinics treating hundreds of patients each day which exposed her to Chinese Medicine diagnoses and treatment methods.

Sandee practices and teaches Qi Gong, which assists her to be in touch with her own Qi (energy) and that of her patients. She is a Master Ziran Qigong Instructor and trains with Master Liu Deming (5th generation of the Ziranmen lineage).

Sandee has a special interest in Women’s health and natural fertility. She is a “Fertile Life Method Practitioner”, has trained with Kirsten Wolfe who continues to be a mentor in fertility, IVF support and pregnancy care. In 2013 she studied Sho Ni Shin for children and Obstetrics/ Gynaecology with Dr Soma Devi which included a beautiful remote community paediatric and woman’s health clinic in Northern Bali.

MIRANDA YATES

Modality: Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine

Qualifications:Bachelor of Health Science Acupuncture (BHSc Acu), Diploma of TCM Remedial Massage (An Mo Tui Na), Post-graduate Cert Cosmetic Acupuncture, Cert IV Swedish Massage

Professional Body Registration: AHPRA, ANTA

Business Name: Dunsborough Acupuncture

Address: 2/34 Dunn Bay Road Dunsborough WA 6280

(Located within Naturaliste Chiro and Physio)

Phone Number: (08) 9756 7888

Email address: info@dunsboroughacupuncture.com

Business website: www.dunsboroughacupuncture.com

Social Media:

Instagram - @dunsboroughacupuncture

Facebook - @dunsboroughacupuncture

Miranda Yates graduated with Distinction from Endeavour College of Natural Medicine with a Bachelor of Health Science majoring in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture in 2012. Having been introduced to Acupuncture as a child, Miranda was aware from a very young age that Chinese Medicine would be her life pursuit and practice.

Miranda has extensive experience treating a wide range of conditions however has a specialised clinical focus in the areas of Musculoskeletal and Reproductive Medicine.

Miranda is fascinated by anatomical structure and function and loves to support her patients through musculoskeletal injury, degenerative and inflammatory disorders in addition to the management of acute and chronic pain.

Miranda also loves working with athletes to help them avoid training injuries whilst enhancing their performance and quickening their recovery time. She has become especially proficient in the sports of Ironman, Triathlon, Ultramarathon and Surfing.

In the reproductive, fertility and women’s health space Miranda works with ladies for a variety of reasons, the most common being; hormonal imbalances, cycle irregularities, PMT symptoms, pre-natal/pregnancy/post-natal care, morning sickness, infertility (explained or unexplained), IVF support, labour inductions, hormone related emotional fluctuations and menopausal symptoms.

As passionate about Chinese Medicine as it gets Miranda takes her ongoing training and education very seriously. Miranda enjoys travelling both internationally and domestically to learn from the brightest leaders in her field.

Miranda has been practicing Acupuncture for over 10 years and has had the pleasure of serving the South-West community of Dunsborough and surrounds since she moved to Western Australia from Queensland in 2013. She founded Dunsborough Acupuncture in 2017 of which she is now the owner and principal practitioner.

Prof. ANDREW JAN

Modality: Medical Acupuncture

Qualifications: MBBS FAMAC BA FACEM MPhil PhD

Professional Body Registration: AHPRA

Business Name: Margaret River Surgery

Address: 1 Station Rd, Margaret River WA 6285

Phone Number: (08) 9757 2766

Email address: drandrewjan@gmail.com

Business websites:

www.drandrewjan.com.au

https://margaretriversurgery.com.au/

Social Media:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drandrewjan/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drandrewjan/

Dr Jan practices at the Margaret River Surgery in Margaret River, Western Australia. Professor Jan has a sincere interest in pain management with a focus on non-pharmacological modalities such as acupuncture.

Mission Statement:

To both help and be dedicated to patients with their pain management. To utilise the range of standard evidence-based therapies (from pharmacological to procedural interventions) that both benefit and have reduced harm in the short and long term. To mitigate harm by minimising opioid usage and high-risk procedures. To incorporate, where evidenced-based, non-pharmacological methods such as acupuncture, meditation, diet, exercises, yogic stretches and Tai Chi.