Papakura Acupuncture Clinic, at 111 Great South Road in Papakura North, is a Traditional Chinese Medicine clinic that has served the South Auckland community since 2008. The clinic offers acupuncture, cupping, and a needle-free electrical stimulation treatment that uses pads on the skin. Herbal formulas are prescribed case by case. Treatments are used for pain, stress, fatigue, sleep problems, digestive conditions and musculoskeletal injuries, and the clinic is an ACC treatment provider. Clients also learn acupressure techniques and lifestyle tips to use between sessions. The clinic sits two shops from Veolia Customer Service on Great South Road.
The owner and practitioner, Jerome, has more than a decade of practice. The clinic says Jerome is a member of the Chinese Medicine Council of New Zealand and a graduate of the New Zealand College of Chinese Medicine, and speaks English, Mandarin and Taiwanese.
Clients who have written about the clinic praise the attention given at the first visit, the careful listening, and the way treatments were adjusted over time. One client said an Achilles problem of four years cleared after a few sessions. Another said their teenage son's treatment changed his life.
Our pick in Papakura North for pain or injury care that is covered by ACC.