Many people wish to minimise or avoid medications and medical interventions during labour. Acupressure is increasingly used by pregnant people and their birthing partners to proactively support the body in the month leading up to the baby’s due date. Learn about how our acupuncturists work with acupressure to help their patients prepare for birth.

Recovery from birth is an important part of what we do here at Papaya clinic. Learn about our Mother Warming Moxa sessions with our acupuncturists!

The holiday season is coming, and many Inner West mums might find themselves stretched
thinner than ever juggling school concerts, work deadlines, family gatherings, and the usual
chaos of daily life. Fatigue, brain fog, and burnout become so common they’re mistaken for
“normal.” But while these struggles are common, you do not want to let them redefine your
norm.

Whether it is brain fog, mood swings, or burnout - many women experience shifts in brain function especially when transitioning through milestone life stages such as puberty, perimenopause, postpartum. More often than not, the needs of those we love and care for are placed ahead of our own.

Why Traditional Menopause Care Fails Women

For too long, menopause has been treated as an afterthought in healthcare. Women experiencing brain fog, weight gain, hot flushes, or joint pain are often told it’s just part of ageing. They’re left to figure it out on their own, bouncing between practitioners with little continuity of care.

Maintaining strong, healthy bones is crucial to maintaining strength, agility, independence and overall wellbeing. This is particularly important as we age, or are confronted with factors that may affect our bone density. At Papaya Clinic, we take an integrative healthcare approach to bone health, combining evidence-based conventional strategies with complementary therapies. This article explores how an integrative healthcare approach can help prevent and manage osteoporosis.

Welcoming a new baby is one of life’s most transformative experiences, but postpartum recovery often comes with physical challenges that many women feel unprepared for. From abdominal separation (diastasis recti) to pelvic discomfort and back pain, new mothers may experience symptoms that can affect their daily lives, confidence, and ability to care for their baby.

The option for people to increase their fertility window with egg freezing is becoming more accessible, and more popular. Embryo freezing, which is also a fertility preserving technique,  is the same as the first half of the IVF process, and advice about this can be found elsewhere. In this article we’ll be covering egg-freezing specifically.

At Papaya Clinic, acupuncture is a structured, holistic journey towards long-term health. True healing happens when treatment is combined with the right lifestyle changes, consistency, and accountability.

Most people seek acupuncture when symptoms become too disruptive to ignore—chronic pain, headaches, insomnia, digestive issues, hormonal imbalances—but the real transformation happens when we go beyond symptom relief and address the underlying patterns that created the imbalance in the first place.

That’s why at Papaya, we guide you through a structured care plan, ensuring that each phase of treatment builds on the last. Our model of care is designed to retrain your body to find balance - reinforce healthy habits, and make long-term changes that stick.