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Freedom Chinese Medicine

Freedom Chinese Medicine: Free Your Body, Mind & Spirit

Freedom Chinese Medicine offers natural, effective, holistic and practical solutions for your health problems using the ancient and powerful methods of:

Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Laser Acupuncture, Acupressure, Chinese Remedial Massage, Cupping, Moxibustion, Dietary Therapy and Medical Qi Gong. The clinic is situated at 27 Ivanhoe Pde, Ivanhoe (next to the Foreigner Cafe)

The phone

number is 03) 9486 5966. There are free parking spaces out front if the clinic & 2 large free car parking lots nearby

Visit www.freedomchinesemedicine.com for more information

04/07/2025

💫Did you know?

😴 Acupuncture is effective for Insomnia.

A new umbrella review has found high quality evidence that acupuncture is effective for insomnia and can also improve anxiety and depression.

Wang, JX, Bai, B, Zhu, RR, Yu, XT, Xu, XT, Tu, XM, Fang, L (2025) Traditional Chinese Medicine therapies for insomnia: An umbrella review and evidence map. Integrative Medicine Research

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2025.101176

05/05/2025

Not sure what to give Mum for Mother's Day? Perhaps some healing, relaxation or rejuvenation? We now have digital gift vouchers for sale. Super easy. For any value you like. For any service or product she likes :) Here's the link https://checkout.vaocher.app/?id=9ecfa5f7-5025-498c-890d-61d04046c824

19/03/2025

Autumn has finally arrived in Vic! Change of season is a great time to have a check up & tune up with a Chinese Medicine practitioner. Why? Because we know all about balance. How to balance your body when things change around you. Or in you for that matter. It's all about homeostasis/ dynamic equilibrium.

Who wants to be balanced out? Or chilled out. Or boosted. Or get some pain relief perhaps? We can help. And have some availability today! Click here to book easily online: http://www.freedomchinesemedicine.com/booking
or call us on 039486 5966

06/03/2025

Prefer Natural, Gentle & Holistic Health Care for your family? We can help kids with:
- Low Immunity
- Pain Relief
- ADHD & ASD
- Digestive Issues
- Headaches
- Cold’s & ‘Flu
- Sleep trouble
- Allergies
- Improved wellbeing
- Improved mood & concentration
- Asthma & Sinus

Our practitioners have extensive experience treating kids, babies & teens. And we are all parents! Some of us are parents of kids with ADHD and ASD so we are well versed in these areas!

We can make your kid’s experience helpful, relaxing & even fun. We use Laser Acupuncture for kids, especially those under 7 years of age. We can also use ear seeds, cupping, simple herbal remedies, acupressure & nutritional advice to help.

Special - Kid's Sessions/ Laser Acupuncture (12yrs old and under):

Initial Session (30 mins) $55 in March only, usually $67.50

Subsequent Sessions (15mins) $45 in March only, usually $58.50

Of course, we can do a longer session if your kid's health needs a deeper dive/ more complex support. Just select Initial Acupuncture session for one hour.
Click here to learn more: https://freedomchinesemedicine.com/natural-health-care-kids/
Click here to book: https://www.freedomchinesemedicine.com/booking

03/03/2025

Clinic room/office space available for rent in Ivanhoe.

Very reasonable and flexible rates depending
on requirements. Room is furnished inclusive of (portable) massage table, desk, chairs and is available up to 4 days per
week incl evenings & Saturdays. Professional, calm space with great parking. Please DM or email management@freedomchinesemedicine.com

20/01/2025

Elaine Hickman will be working every week in Melbourne from next week! Every Monday & Tuesday. Come on in & get some expert health care; https://freedomchinesemedicine.com/booking/

24/12/2024

Wishing you all a wonderful festive season! Take it easy if you can & yes, we’re open in Ivanhoe on Boxing Day, Friday the 27th & Saturday the 28th so come on in if you need some TLC.
Booking online is easy via https://www.freedomchinesemedicine.com/booking

Here’s a wintery pic of Mt Buller to hopefully cool you down in the next few days!

21/11/2024

Introducing our new Acupuncturist ~ Steve!

Available on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays (incl evenings).

Steve commenced his practice of Chinese Medicine in 2005, later branching into workplace wellbeing, mental health and injury support in various industries.

Having now returned to his passion for Acupuncture, he draws on personal, professional and lived experience, with a special appreciation for the impacts of neurodivergence and mental health.

Steve is a kind and empathetic practitioner who provides a welcoming and inclusive space for his patients to achieve their individual health and wellness goals.

Outside work Steve enjoys time in nature, collecting hobbies and hanging out with his kids.

Click here to book: https://freedomchinesemedicine.com/booking/

04/11/2024

Introducing our new Massage Therapist ~ Eve

Available on Wednesdays, Fridays (incl evenings) & Saturdays.

Eve is an experienced, holistic, amazing Massage Therapist. She happily provides remedial or deep tissue massage. Eve is highly intuitive and can also bring in energetic massage techniques (Reiki, Breath & Sound Awareness) to support you back into balance. The choice is yours though!

Eve offers Remedial Massage and Bodywork Healing sessions and Pregnancy Massage.

As a Doula, Eve offers pre-natal and post-natal wisdom and support.

Click here to book: https://freedomchinesemedicine.com/booking/

Mention this post for $20 off your first session with Eve!

T&C: For sessions had in November 2024 only. Not available with any other offer.

23/10/2024

Ready for some tranquility in the High Country? 3 mats left..

10/10/2024

World Mental Health Day - October 10.

Recommended by the World Health Organisation for the treatment of depression, acupuncture is now being recommended by psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners in the USA as a drug free alternative for the treatment of depression and anxiety.

Ongoing research is providing more evidence on the benefits of acupuncture for pain relief making it an obvious option for the treatment of depression and anxiety caused by chronic pain and systemic inflammation.

A study published in the Annals of General Psychiatry in 2021 “found that acupuncture therapy aimed at reducing anxiety in patients has beneficial effects compared to controls” and a 2020 study showed “that in the treatment of chronic pain with depression, acupuncture could get better clinical efficacy compared with medicine therapy. Additionally, it could be used in patients who had poor response to the conventional medication and serious side effects”.

As a drug free treatment option, acupuncture has no or minimal negative side effects or contraindications making it a prudent treatment alternative for pregnant women who prefer not to medicate when pregnant or for people who are taking pharmaceutical medications and are concerned by the chemical cocktail that they are already taking without needing to add more to the cocktail.

An added bonus is that acupuncture can also help treat the side effects of medications, restoring balance and harmony to the body while treating the depression, anxiety, pain and inflammation.

Acupuncture often delivers immediate results with people getting off the treatment table feeling calm, relaxed, with less or no pain and better than when they first came in.

You have nothing to lose but the pain, inflammation, the depressed or anxious mood while potentially gaining a reduction in medications or being able to come off the drugs gradually and may be even completely.

Speak to an AACMA member practitioner and your doctor so you can integrate acupuncture into your mental health management plan.

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19/09/2024

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Ivanhoe, VIC

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 8pm
Tuesday	9am - 8pm
Wednesday	9am - 8pm
Thursday	9am - 8pm
Friday	9am - 8pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61394865966

Website

http://www.freedomchinesemedicine.com/

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Freedom Chinese Medicine was founded the year 2000 by Dr. Elaine Hickman. She grew the practice based on putting the patients needs first. And they appreciated it! Starting in Clifton Hill, then Northcote, Fairfield & now Ivanhoe, moving the clinic as it grew. Freedom Chinese Medicine is now a team of 15 people offering natural, effective, holistic and practical solutions for your health problems using the ancient and powerful methods of: Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Laser Acupuncture, Acupressure, Chinese Remedial Massage, Cupping, Moxibustion, Dietary Therapy and Medical Qi Gong.

We also have a Counselling Psychologist, Natural Beauty Therapist & Yoga Instructor on board. The clinic is situated at 261 Waterdale Road, Ivanhoe (Corner of Banksia St, opposite the Heidelberg Repat Hospital). The phone number is 03) 9486 5966. There is patient parking lot at the rear of the clinic (enter via Banksia St). Freedom Chinese Medicine is a Wellness Clinic. Meaning that we focus on Preventative Medicine and Health Education. And also offer: Qi Gong Classes Qi Gong Workshops Visit www.freedomchinesemedicine.com for more information