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Trent Knights

Acupuncturist, Chinese Medicine Therapist,
Massage Therapist, Educator

Trent is our full time acupuncturist and massage therapist at Acupuncture Works. It is his face that you will see all through our self care videos. He has been a qualified massage therapist since 2002 and an acupuncturist since 2007.

Over the years he has acquired a variety of massage, acupuncture, herbal medicine and exercise strategies to treat many painful and postural conditions.

But who is Trent you ask? He is not only a manual therapist, he is also a father, husband, bass/guitar player and hockey player. He is passionate about the topics which interest him, such as music, sport, exercise, health, tv/movies and enjoying the company of friends.

Most clients would agree that he loves a chat and really enjoys the challenge of helping clients to help themselves.

Carolyn Knights

Massage Therapist,
Personal Trainer, Educator

Carolyn is a very passionate remedial massage therapist and educator. She has been a massage therapist for over 20 years and a fitness trainer for even longer. Over the last ten years, Carolyn has been educating new massage therapists at Fitness Institute Australia and TAFE NSW.

She is a dynamic runner , frequently winning her age group. Carolyn has completed marathons, ultra-marathons and back in ’92 she even tackled the dreaded Hawaiian Ironman! If you believe in exercising, eating well and looking after yourself, you will love Carolyn.

Clinic Services

A full range of acupuncture and massage services and products
we supply in our clinic can be found below.

Headaches

Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in treating frequent episodic and chronic tension-type headaches. I 2 large trials, 48% of study participants had their headache frequency reduced when receiving acupuncture and standard care (pain-killers) when a tension headache occurred, compared to 17% who received standard care only. One study showed acupuncture effects can last up to 6 months

Tension-type Headaches “The available evidence suggests that a course of acupuncture consisting of at least six treatment sessions can be a valuable option for people with frequent tension-type headaches”. (“Cochrane Review: Acupuncture for Tension Type Headache, Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 April 19). hppt://www.cochrane.org/CD007587/SYMPT_acupuncture-tension-type-headache

Migraines

“The available evidence suggests that a course of acupuncture consisting of at least six treatments can be a valuable option for people with migraine” Acupuncture had slightly better results at reducing headache frequency than proven pharmacological options, with fewer side effects. The average migraine days suffered per month reduced by over 40%. These effects were achieved in roughly half of the study participants. http://cochrane.org/CD001218/SYMPT_acupuncture-preventing-migraine-attacks

 

Knee Osteoarthritis

The “results indicate that acupuncture represents certain clinical effect on knee osteoarthritis, which is superior compared with physiotherapy, and hint the possible roles of acupuncture in promoting cartilage repairing.” There were better pain, stiffness and physical function scores for the acupuncture group as compared to the physiotherapy group.

(“Influence of Acupuncture in Treating Knee Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Repairing”, Am J Transi Res, 2016; 8(9): 3995-4002). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040698

 

Nerve injury recovery

This study is related to the effects of acupuncture on peripheral neuropathy (PN). PN is the name for damage to nerves outside the spinal cord. This study showed that acupuncture along the nerve pathway as well as along the governing vessel (over the spine) can induce an environment that may allow the nerves to heal.

“electroacupuncture at Governor vessel acupoints has an immediate therapeutic effect on peripheral nerve injury”

“acupuncture significantly improves motor nerve conduction velocity and amplitude and also promotes functional nerve repair” (Neural Regeneration Research V10, no.1 (2015): 128). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357096

Acupuncture also appears to accelerate recovery after the use of general anaesthesia.

(“Acupuncture Recovery After General Anesthesia: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial”, J Integr Med. 2015 Mar; 13(2): 99-104).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25797640

 

Back Pain

There is a “strong recommendation” for the use of acupuncture as a first line therapy for lower back pain that is not radiating down the leg (“Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians”, Annals of Internal Medicine, Clinical Guidelines, 4 April 2017). http://annals.org/aim/article/2603228/noninvasive-treatments-acute-subacute-chronic-low-back-pain-clinical-practice

Though if you do have pain radiating down the leg from sciatica, there is good news. This meta-analysis of multiple treatment types shows that acupuncture is more effective than opioids for sciatica (“Comparative Clinical Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Sciatica: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis”, Spine J.2015 Jun 1; 15(6):1461-77). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24412033

Depression

Acupuncture increases the therapeutic effect of anti-depressants, less medication = less side effects (“The Benefit of Combined Acupuncture and Antidepressant Medication for Depression: A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, J Affect Discord. 2015; 176:106-117) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25704563

Ulcerative Colitis

“Clinical studies suggest that acupuncture and moxibustion therapy in ulcerative colitis (UC) can regulate bowel inflammation and these treatments have the advantages of low rates of adverse reactions and recurrence as well as long-term efficacy” (“Review of Clinical Studies of the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis Using Acupuncture and Moxibustion”, Gastroenterol Res Pract 2016; 2016:9248529). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articales/PMC5112307/

 

Gastreoesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Acupuncture is safe and effective in the treatment of GERD

(“Acupuncture for Treatments of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” BMJ Original paper, Jul 2, 2016).http://aim.bmj.com/content/early/2017/07/07/acupmed-2016-011205.share

Obesity

A systematic review & meta analysis on the use of acupuncture on adults with obesity is encouraging. Acupuncture was able to reduce both body mass index (BMI) and body fat measurements (BFM) at waist and hip measurements.

“Acupuncture appears to be an effective treatment for simple obesity” (“Acupuncture for the Treatment of Obesity in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” Post Grad Med J 2017 Jul 8). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28689171

Fibromyalgia

Studies investigating individualised treatments based on diagnosis according to traditional Chinese medicine theory concluded; “individualised acupuncture treatment in patients with fibromyalgia proved efficacious in terms of pain relief compared to placebo treatment. The effects persist at one year, and its side effects were mild and infrequent” (“Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial”, Acupunct Med 2016; 34: 257-266). http://aim.bmj.com/content/34/4/257

Chinese Herbal Medicine

  • Sunherbal Chinamed pre-mixed capsules
  • Sunherbal Black Pearl pre-mixed pills
  • Yunnan Baiyao Capsules

Self Massage

  • Foam Rollers
  • Spikey Massage Balls
  • “Pocket Physio” trigger point tools

Rehabilitation

  • Tubex exercise bands
  • Rigid massage tape
  • Strapit underwrap tape
  • Kinesio/Rock tape

Topical Application

  • Herbal Ice
  • Foam underwrap
  • Skin care balm
  • Boo boo balm
  • Massage Balm
  • 701 warming patches
  • Zen gel
  • Po Sum massage oil
  • Moxa Sticks

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