The Local Doctor is a General Practice offering a broad range of general health services including pre-employment medicals, skin checks, vaccinations, iron infusions, acupuncture and much more. We have clinics in the Melbourne suburbs of Ivanhoe and Diamond Creek.
Your health is our priority, and our experienced doctors offer a vast array of medical services and treatments to ensure that your health is completely cared for. If there is a service you require not listed below, please get in touch, and we will do everything we can to help.
Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medicine-based approach to treating a variety of conditions by triggering specific points on the skin with needles.
Acupuncture is a minimally invasive method to stimulate nerve-rich areas of the skin surface in order to influence tissues, gland, organs, and various functions of the body.
Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies in Australia and remains one of the most underdiagnosed conditions in general practice.1 It is estimated that about 8% of the premenopausal adult female population has biochemical iron deficiency, with less than one-quarter being anaemic.1 The consequences of this condition can be subtle and the cause is often multifactorial
