Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Villawood
Josephine is a registered acupuncturist & Chinese herbal medicine practitioner based in Lane Cove and Frenchs Forest. If you're willing and able to travel from Villawood to either of these locations for TCM consultation, acupuncture and herbal medicine services, Josephine looks forward to meeting with you.
Achilles tendinopathy involves degeneration and pain in the Achilles tendon, the largest tendon in the body. It results from repetitive overloading, causing failed healing and disorganised collagen fibres. Risk factors include sudden increases in running volume, tight calf muscles, flat feet, and fluoroquinolone antibiotic use.
In TCM, the Achilles tendon lies on the Bladder and Kidney channels, and tendinopathy reflects kidney qi deficiency combined with local blood stasis. Treatment uses BL-60 (Kunlun) beside the tendon, KI-3 (Taixi) on the medial ankle, and BL-57 (Chengshan) in the calf to relax the gastrocnemius-soleus complex. Electroacupuncture along the tendon at low frequency (2 Hz) stimulates fibroblast activity and tendon remodelling.
A 2013 randomised trial in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy found that acupuncture combined with eccentric exercises produced greater improvements in pain and function at 12 weeks than eccentric exercises alone, with benefits maintained at one-year follow-up.
Acupuncture promotes tendon healing by increasing local blood supply, stimulating collagen production, and releasing tension in the calf muscles that overload the tendon. Electroacupuncture can enhance these effects by promoting fibroblast activity. Treatment is most effective when combined with eccentric loading exercises.
Achilles tendinopathy typically requires eight to twelve acupuncture sessions over six to ten weeks for meaningful improvement. Chronic cases may require longer treatment.
Josephine Zhuo (TCM) is an AHPRA registered health practitioner — acupuncturist and herbalist.
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