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Victoria Bennett - Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Victoria Bennett
Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Victoria Bennett is an experienced and accomplished practitioner. Truly caring for each individual client Victoria prescribes a treatment plan based on an individual’s needs. Viewing the client in a wholistic way ensures both emotional and physical issues are treated together for optimal results. Victoria is an asset to the Elevate team.
Interview with Victoria Bennett
Where do you come from/ where did you grow up?
Sydney
What were your interests growing up?
Horse-riding, Skiing, Painting and Singing.
How would you define optimal health and lifestyle/what is your philosophy?
I see optimal health as a time when you feel pain free, sleep well, have a regular digestive system, and feel optimistic and positive emotionally. It is my philosophy that people are prone to illness when they become angry, anxious, restless or sad; are grieving, or become stressed. How healthy you are, depends on how well you handle these emotions, embrace them, and then act appropriately to initiate positive change. While diet and exercise are pivotal to good health, I also believe that balance and moderation are important. Being healthy needs to be a part of your life that makes you feel great, not an added stress to your daily routine. Life is dynamic, and changes everyday, and my main philosophy is that optimal health comes, when an individual finds their own way to best adapt to changes around them with the intent of achieving the most positive outcome to their needs.
What do you try to achieve with your clients/patients?
With my clients, I like to believe that they feel comfortable enough to be completely honest about their emotions, physical condition, and lifestyle choices in the treatment room. I want them to feel safe, relaxed, and feel comfortable with the acupuncture treatment, whilst it is being applied. If they are not, then I am open to using alternative methods such as Life-wave patches on acupuncture points, or other various East-Asian Meridian therapy techniques such as: polarity cords, magnets, cupping, tuina or herbal medicine. I want to work with the patient, not against them, and I recognize that needles and Chinese herbal teas aren’t always for everyone at the start. Whilst I encourage my clients to try acupuncture and gua sha as the solid base of a treatment plan, I want to achieve trust in my patients before using these modalities and will always work within their comfort zone.
What do you specialise in/ Focus on?
I specialize in treating any disorder related to blockages in the body of energy, blood, or phlegm. I enjoy treating circulatory disorders with cold hands and feet, as well as cardiac problems, chest pain and respiratory conditions including sinusitis and asthma; gastro-intestinal disorders; as well as cosmetic conditions such as rosea, spider veins, stretch marks and dark circles under the eyes. Usually when a patient presents with any of these indicators of ill health; neck pain, headaches, sleep disturbances, stress and emotional upsets commonly also fit in to their patterns. I like to look at the body as whole entity and try to focus on all presenting symptoms in a patient and how they relate to make up the individuals current state of health.
Qualifications/Education:
Bachelor of Health Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine, UTS.
Industry Association Member: Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA).
What makes you different from other practitioners in your field?
I have not only learned acupuncture theory through study, but also by my own experience as a child that was constantly getting sick. Over the years I have had great results in treating my own asthma and allergies with leave in press tack needles and gua sha using a shell with a perfectly smooth edge. I use these techniques every day, and have gone from using an inhaler 3 times a day, to maybe once every two weeks. I also work a lot with modern, gentle, non-invasive Japanese meridian tools that effectively relieve pain and release tight muscles by working with the body’s natural polarity. When combining these tools with gua sha, it significantly decreases any discomfort or bruising that would otherwise result from this technique when applied by other practitioners.
What are your interests now?
As well as practicing acupuncture on people, I also like to work with animals, such as dogs, cats and horses. I find they respond well to acupuncture and that it can make a world of difference to their quality of life, as well as they owners vet bills! I also still love my horse-riding and teach children’s show-jumping classes on the weekends at centennial park. Other past times include singing, writing song lyrics, painting, skiing and kayaking. All of which I’ve been crazy about and stuck at since about the time I could walk!
