Torquay Chinese Medicine

24/10/2025

Our little clinic Gingko tree, with its new green Spring foliage, reminding us of life’s impermanence.

Constant change, such as the changing seasons and the dormancy and growth that they bring, show us all things are temporary. Nature encourages us to live in the present & develop resilience to adapt to life’s inevitable changes.

Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture works with nature’s energy & naturally occurring cycles. Not controlling energy, but rather harnessing it and encouraging it to flow and vitalise certain areas of your body that might be lacking. Never forcing, and only providing and guiding with an individualised approach, sensitive to what your body needs right now in the season it is in. Whether that be worn out, stagnated, overstimulated…and more.

Could this be what your current approach to health is missing?

Curious to learn more? Get in touch with us today.

24/09/2025

Excited to announce we will now be open on SATURDAYS!

Dr Shae O’Dowd will be offering Saturday appointments from Saturday 4th October, and is happy to be able to increase access to care & treatment for those who work full time during the week, are caring for children, or have various other reasons that mean attending an appointment during the week is often not possible.

Please reach out to find out more, or book online via our website www.torquaychinesemedicine.com

22/09/2025

It’s been a wonderful couple of weeks welcoming our new Acupuncturist Shae, who’s already started treating patients at the clinic.

Having recently made the big move from Alice Springs, he’s enjoying exploring & settling into life down here on the beautiful Surf Coast.

While serving communities in remote and regional areas, he’s developed the ability to care for patients of all ages and stages of life. Shae is described as a dedicated, warm, and compassionate practitioner, who is deeply committed to helping people achieve better health and balance through holistic, individualised & non-judgemental care, utilising the highly effective tools that Chinese Medicine has to offer.

As an AHPRA registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner & Acupuncturist who’s been practising for more than 18 yrs, he has extensive clinical experience and frequently works with patients seeking support for:

~ Musculoskeletal pain
~ Restoring function post-injury
~ Stress / anxiety / mental health
~ PTSD
~ Poor Sleep quality
~ Fatigue

Appointments with Shae now available Wed & Thurs 9am - 6pm.

Get in touch if you’d like to learn more!

21/09/2025

The strength of our medicine lies in its ability to listen closely to your body, interpret its signals, and treat your unique imbalances.

At our Torquay clinic, Chinese Pulse Diagnosis is incorporated into every Acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine consultation.

Your body is constantly communicating with its environment, and gently feeling the qualities of your wrist pulse provides subtle clues to help your practitioner understand the energy of your different organ systems, circulation, and patterns of imbalance.

When different qualities about your pulse are discovered, it can help guide and refine your treatment to where support is needed most.

Are you curious to know if Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture might be able to help you? Please get in touch today!

13/09/2025

Are you looking for treatment that aims to address the root cause of your health concern, is increasingly being proven to be effective, and is provided by therapists you can trust and who genuinely listen to you?

Our four AHPRA registered Chinese Medicine practitioners have over 64 yrs combined experience and provide a personalised & patient centred care approach to treating that draws upon more that 3,000 years of wisdom from Chinese Medicine, an ancient holistic medicine.

Get in touch today if you’d like to learn more.

04/09/2025

Golden hour at the clinic ✨

30/08/2025

Did you know we now offer Ayurvedic Medicine & Anthroposophic Naturopathy at our clinic?

Welcoming Dipika Delmenico, who is already well known & loved in the local community, and has been practicing human-centred medicine clinically for more than 28 years.

Dipika is an an Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, Anthroposophic Naturopath, Mentor, educator, and bestselling author of The Ayurvedic Woman.

Through her depth and breadth of therapeutic intuition through Ayurveda, Siddha Veda, anthroposophical medicine and Yoga of Sound, Dipika dives deep into authentic wellbeing. She brings a depth of understanding, clarity and wisdom to her work which constantly creates potent, life changing benefits. She’s developed laser insight and sensitivity in reading a person’s physical, feeling, mind and soul hygiene via pulse reading and highly refined holistic observation. Dipika works with all kinds of people but has particular focus in women’s health, pedagogical health and heart-centred conscious wellness.

Appointments with Dipika in clinic are now available on Tuesdays

For more info, go to www.dipikadelmenico.com

29/08/2025

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29/08/2025

A new Acupuncturist is joining our team, all the way from Alice Springs…

Welcoming Dr Shae O’Dowd!

Shae is an AHPRA registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner & Acupuncturist with over 18 yrs of experience. He has extensive clinical experience and frequently works with patients seeking support for:

~ Musculoskeletal pain
~ Restoring function post-injury
~ Stress / anxiety / mental health
~ PTSD
~ Poor Sleep quality
~ Fatigue

While serving communities in remote and regional areas, he has developed the ability to care for patients of all ages and stages of life. Shae is described as a dedicated, warm, and compassionate practitioner, who is deeply committed to helping people achieve better health and balance through holistic, individualised & non-judgemental care, utilising the highly effective tools that Chinese Medicine has to offer.

In his spare time Shae greatly enjoys anything out and about in nature. Be it watching birds, walking in forests, or along the rock pools of a river. He is always up for engaging in philosophical debate and sharing good food with good folks. You can often find him exploring ‘off the beaten track’ places while travelling locally and abroad, and has a keen interest in learning and understanding different cultures.

Shae begins offering treatments at Torquay Chinese Medicine from Sep 9th, and you’ll find him in clinic on Wednesdays & Thursdays 9am - 6pm

Please get in touch if you’d like to know more, or would like help making a booking

08/08/2025

We are so excited & happy to announce a new Acupuncturist is joining our team!

(Here he is, standing in the ancient Ali Shan forest of Taiwan, in front of a tree that’s a few thousand years old!!)

Shae is an AHPRA registered Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbal Medicine Practitioner with over 18 years experience, including an internship at Chengdu Hospital of TCM, in China.

He is passionate about Chinese Medicine and contributing to the health and emotional wellbeing of communities. Having run his own clinic in Alice Springs for almost 15 years, he has also worked as a locum doctor at clinics in the Grampians and the Perth Hills, volunteered at village hospitals in India, and established free community acupuncture clinics in Kinglake for bushfire victims, post Black Saturday.

While serving communities in remote and regional areas, he has developed the ability to care for patients of all ages and stages of life.

Shae has extensive experience in treating everything from musculoskeletal pain to mental health (stress/anxiety/PTSD), sleep issues, restoring function after injury, metabolic issues / low energy, and a wide range of other health conditions.

Shae is described as a dedicated, warm, and compassionate practitioner. He is deeply committed to helping people achieve better health and balance through holistic, individualised & non-judgemental care, utilising the effective tools that Chinese Medicine, with it’s thousands of years’ history, has to offer.

Appointments with Shae will be available from early September ~ please get in touch with the clinic if you’d like to enquire about his treatments & if they can benefit you.

01/08/2025

This week, we were honoured to receive a visit from representatives, Ms Aoi & Ms Ayano, who travelled all the way from Japan! 🇯🇵

The aim of their visit was to connect, strengthen relationships, and better understand the clinical environment in Australia. We were very happy to provide insights into the application of Seirin products in our day-to-day practice at our clinic.

Seirin are internationally renowned for manufacturing the HIGHEST QUALITY acupuncture needles, which we are proud to use in our clinic and have done for many years now. If you’ve ever had a Cosmetic Acupuncture Facial at our clinic, you would have experience how baby fine, smooth, & comfortable their needles are. We rely on them for all of our facial treatments, and regularly use them for treating more sensitive body acupuncture points, to enhance patient comfort.

A big thank you to Johnny, Steve, & Carmen from , who arranged the visit and enjoyable lunch catchup afterwards. It was wonderful to meet you all!

01/08/2025

Our treasured Acupuncturist, Jing, returned this week from her overseas adventures ! 🏔️ ⛰️

‘Tibet took my breath away—the towering Himalayas, crystal-clear lakes, and endless blue skies, felt like a dream. Facing Tibet’s high altitude was my first battle—shortness of breath taught me to slow down, breathe deeper, and respect my body’s limits.’

She has been back in clinic this week, but in true Jing style, she was fully booked out and hit the ground running!

‘Don’t worry boss, I can take it! but also, I’m grateful for the coffee!’ 💪🏼 ☕️

She’s now back offering treatments

Mon - Thurs, 8.30am - late (6/7pm)

Only a few select spots left next week…get in touch with the clinic if you’re keen to resume your treatments & would like help booking in (or to go on her wait list for a particular time)

Welcome back Jing, 我们想念你! (We missed you!)