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CONTACT INFORMATION
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| Robert Gentile O.M.D |
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294 Buckley Street
Essendon
Victoria 3040
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NATURAL FERTILITY - IVF SUPPORT - WOMEN'S HEALTH - ENDOMETRIOSIS - OVARIAN CYSTS - PCOS - MISCARRIAGE PREVENTION - NATURAL OBSTETRICS
Introduction
True Health is more than an absence of disease, it is a state of physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing. As a multi award winning Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Natural Medicine Practitioner, Robert is dedicated towards inspiring, educating, and empowering you to achieve true health and wellbeing. With a unique and individualised approach, you will be treated holistically with a treatment plan made just for you. Robert’s passion for healing is combined with a professional, warm and safe environment to help you achieve your health goals. Emphasis is placed on body and mind self-care, enabling you to understand your body and prevent illness.
At the Essendon clinic, Robert has a special focus on natural fertility enhancement and IVF support. He helps a large number of couples conceive by identifying the underlying cause of imbalance and using holistic therapies to bring the body and mind back into a state of balance and create a internal environment suitable for conception. Once pregnant, care is take to ensure the pregnancy is carried successfully to full term.
Robert has a special interest in women's health and natural obstetrics. He utilises acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to correctly identify and treat the underlying causes of these conditions according to the latest clinical evidence. Alongside these therapies, Robert incorporates dietary and lifestyle modifications with supplementation to enhance treatment outcome. Robert successfully treats uterine fibroids, endometriosis, PCOS, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, simple ovarian cysts, period pain, PMS, and menopausal symptoms. Obstetric conditions commonly seen in practice include miscarriage prevention, morning sickness, low-lying placenta/placenta praevia, labour induction, and breech presentation.
Robert has extensive experience in treating many common disorders and complaints. He is renowned for being extremely thorough by patient's and fellow practitioners alike. Please feel free to email or call Robert if you would like to know if he can help you or simply if you would like to ask a few questions.
Robert Gentile is located at All Degrees of Health, 294 Buckley St, Essendon. Simply call 03 9331 0951 to make an appointment.
Services
Robert bases his practice on two fundamental principles:
1. The body has the innate ability to heal itself.
2. The mind and body are one in health.
Your body knows what to do to prevent disease, just like a tree knows how to grow. Disease arises when a disruption occurs in the natural functioning of your body. This can be due to external influences such as in your living environment, diet, lifestyle, physical trauma, and external pathogens or it may results from internal influences such as emotional disturbances. These influences disturb and unbalance the delicate state of the body, which results in disease.
Using acupuncture and natural medicine, Robert aims at restoring balance in the body and mind by identifying and correcting the underlying cause of illness, thereby promoting balance in the body to heal itself. When the body falls into a state of disease, sometimes all that is needed is a push of the right buttons in order to remind the body how to heal itself. This may involve the use the following therapies:
• Acupuncture
• Chinese herbal medicine
• Cupping therapy and acupressure
• Dietary therapy and clinical nutrition
• Moxabustion and heat therapy
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment that involves the insertion of very fine, sterilised, single use needles at strategic points in the body along energy channels called meridians. When the flow of energy in these meridians becomes obstructed, disease occurs. Acupuncture helps unblock the flow of energy in the body, which signals the body to heal itself. Clinical studies have shown that acupuncture has a wide variety of effects on the body, including hormonal regulation, improving blood circulation, releasing natural opioids such as endorphins, and relieving emotional stress.
Robert only uses Seirin disposable needles. Seirin needles are by far the highest quality acupuncture needle on the market and are usually half the size of a traditional Chinese needle, making the acupuncture experience much more comfortable.
Chinese herbal medicine
Chinese herbal medicine is the most popular form of therapy in traditional Chinese medicine. It involves the practitioner prescribing a carefully designed herbal formula composed of around 12 to 16 herbal medicines tailored to your bodies imbalances. We prescribe powdered herbal medicines that are easy to administer. Chinese herbal medicines have been clinically proven to provide safe and effective treatment for a large range of disorders, from period pain to irritable bowel syndrome and sub-fertility.
Cupping therapy and acupressure
Cupping therapy is an age-old healing therapy that has been practiced throughout Asia and Europe for centuries. This involves the placement of suction cups on the body to activate the lymphatic system, promote blood circulation, expel toxins, and promote deep healing. It is often applied with traditional acupressure, which is similar to acupuncture however it uses pressure instead of needles. Infant massage and acupressure may also be applied to young children to help in the management of a large range of disorders. Many of these techniques can be taught to parents.
Dietary therapy and nutrition
Dietary therapy in Chinese medicine is similar to herbal medicine but uses common everyday foods to rebalance the body and treat disorders. This often includes conventional nutrition and supplementation. In addition, lifestyle advice is often provided to help remove the external causes of illness and change negative habits in the individual’s lifestyle. Particular dietary plans and exercises may be prescribed.
Moxabustion and heat therapy
Moxabustion is a type of heat therapy that often accompanies acupuncture treatment. It involves burning a herb called mugwort above strategic regions or points of the body to stimulate the body to heal itself, improve circulation and relieve pain. Heat therapy may also include the use of mineral infrared heat lamp to improve circulation of blood and energy in the tissues and relieve pain.
What conditions can be treated?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises acupuncture as an effective treatment, as proven in placebo-controlled trials, for a large range of conditions. Robert commonly assists in the management of a large variety of disorders. These include:
- Pain management: back pain, neck pain, tennis elbow, knee pain, headaches, herpes zoster neuralgia, sciatica, facial pain and paralysis, postoperative pain, sports injury, and arthritis.
- Natural fertility enhancement for men and women: Men’s and women’s infertility and subfertility, IVF assistance, prenatal care.
- Pregnancy and postnatal care: morning sickness, miscarriage prevention, pregnancy support, labour induction, breech presentation, postnatal depression, poor lactation, mastitis.
- Post cancer rehabilitation and immune support:immunoprotective therapy including treatment for chemotherapy and radiotherapy side effects.
- Women’s health and hormonal balance: menstrual irregularities, period pain, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovaries, PMS, and menopause.
- Facial rejuvination acupuncture: natural anti-aging skin therapy that aims at increasing collagen formation and circulation in the face and surrounding tissues with a holistic focus.
- Men’s health: low libido, impotence, prostate enlargement, prostatitis, and male pattern baldness.
- Digestive balance: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, acid reflux, bloating, indigestion and mouth ulcers.
- Cardiovascular care and prevention: coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, high cholesterol, hypertension, palpitations, chest pain, and cardiovascular disease prevention.
- Emotional balance and support: depression, anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, irritability, and mood swings.
- Skin detoxification and purification: anti-ageing, psoriasis, acne, tinea, scar healing therapy and cosmetic acupuncture.
- Respiratory health and restoration: common colds, influenza, cough, bronchitis, asthma, allergies, sinusitis, wheezing, breathlessness.
Specialised focus
At the Essendon clinic, Robert has a specialised focus on natural fertility enhancement and IVF support. He helps a large number of couples conceive by identifying the underlying cause of imbalance and using holistic therapies to bring the body and mind back into a state of balance and create a internal environment suitable for conception. This often involves treating both the male and females partners to optimise the reproductive health in both partners. Robert has worked with many women undergoing IVF to increase the success rates of implantation and pregnancy. Once pregnant, acupuncture and herbal medicine help secure the pregnancy, prevent miscarriage, and eventually to help bring on labour naturally. After this period, paediatric massage is taught to parents to aid in the natural treatment of their new loved one.
Robert has a special interest in women's health and natural obstetrics. He utilises acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to correctly identify and treat the underlying causes of these conditions according to the latest clinical evidence. Alongside these therapies, Robert incorporates dietary and lifestyle modifications with supplementation to enhance treatment outcome. Robert successfully treats uterine fibroids, endometriosis, PCOS, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, simple ovarian cysts, period pain, PMS, and menopausal symptoms. Obstetric related conditions such as morning sickness, fatigue, breech presentation, low-lying placenta, pre-labour care and natural labour induction are commonly treated at the clinic.
Consultations
Acupuncture & Natural Medicine Consultations:
Initial Consultation (1.5 hours)
Ongoing Consultation (1 hour)
Concession rates available for health care card holders and students.
Private health rebates available with HICAPS onsite. If prescribed, Chinese herbal medicine is an additional cost.
Tuesday 10am-8pm
Thursday 10am-8pm
Friday 1pm-8pm
Saturday 9am-4pm
*Unlike many Acupuncturists, Robert only sees one patient per hour as he believes that this offers his patients the best experience possible. Many Acupuncturists see two or more patients at once - this cuts session times and often makes patients feel that they are being rushed during the consultation.
Your practitioner
Robert Gentile O.M.D
Doctor of Oriental Medicine
Acupuncturist and Herbalist
Robert is a passionate and warm practitioner who has an extensive knowledge of natural medicine. He is down to earth and has an interest in organic foods, gardening and sustainable living. He graduated from Victoria University with a Bachelor of Chinese Medicine, in both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, with the highest honours. He completed his clinical internship at Shanghai’s famous Shu Guang Hospital, working in the Oncology, Gynaecology, Internal Medicine, and Acupuncture departments. Robert has also provided acupuncture services at Windana Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation clinic in Windsor to assist in the drug withdrawal and detoxification process. Robert is the recipient of the Victoria University Dean’s Scholar award for the faculty of health, science and engineering and the University Medal of Academic Excellence for academic achievements in Chinese Medicine. He was also awarded the Sun Ten award for Chinese Medicine in 2009. He is registered with the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria (CMRBV) and is a member of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA).
Location and parking
Robert Gentile O.M.D is located at All Degrees of Health, 294 Buckley St, Essendon, VIC. All Degrees of Health is a large natural medicine clinic that also offers naturopathy, osteopathy, active learning therapy, clinical psychology, remedial and sports massage, shiatsu, yoga classes, and personal training. There is free carparks for all patients at the rear, as well as parking on Buckley St out the front. The closest train station is Essendon, and it is a 15-minute walk from there or a bus travels from Essendon Station to Bucklet St regulary. All Degrees of Health is centrally located and close to many suburbs such as: Essendon North, Essendon West, Aberfeldie, Mooney Ponds, Ascot Vale, Keilor East, Keilor West, Avondale Heights, Strathmore, Niddrie, Maribyrnong, Brunswick West, and Pascoe Vale.
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QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Bachelor of Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture & Herbs) - Honours
Certificate of Clinical Practice (Shanghai Shu Guang Hospital, China)
University Medal of Academic Excellence (VU)
Dean's Scholar Award (VU)
Sun Ten Chinese Medicine Award 2009
Certificate of Cosmetic Acupuncture (White Lotus)
C.M.R.B.V Registered
A.A.C.M.A Member
Acupressure, Acupuncture, Cupping, Herbalists, Mens Health, Natural Fertility Management, Nutrition, Remedial Therapies, Sports Injury Therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Weight Loss, Womens Health
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