Helping You Feel Calm, Clear, and Yourself Again
Support for anxious minds, exhausted bodies, and people who no longer feel like themselves after prolonged stress and overwhelm.
When Your System Stays Stuck in “Always On"
Stress, anxiety, poor sleep, and emotional overwhelm can slowly begin to affect how you think, feel, rest, and move through daily life. Many people find themselves constantly tense, mentally exhausted, emotionally depleted, or unable to properly switch off, even when they try.
Acupuncture and remedial massage are designed to help regulate the nervous system, restore balance, and support the body’s natural ability to rest, recover, and feel calm again.
You are not failing to cope. Sometimes your system has simply been overloaded for too long.
Fernando Prado - Classical Acupuncturist
Stress, anxiety, poor sleep, and emotional overwhelm can slowly begin to affect how you think, feel, rest, and move through daily life. Many people find themselves constantly tense, mentally exhausted, disconnected from themselves, or unable to fully switch off, even when they try.
I became a therapist because I believe it is all made of “energy”, we are all connected and follow the same universal rules that govern the whole universe. In restoring the correct free flow of “energy”, we can heal our bodies and minds, allowing a path for our souls to find themselves again.
You do not need to wait until things become unbearable to seek support.
My approach is centred around creating a kind, calm, supportive space where you can feel heard, understood, and cared for without judgment. I allow time for you to fully express yourself so we can have the most effective healing journey.
Treatments are tailored to help regulate the nervous system, restore balance, improve sleep, and support you in feeling calmer, clear, grounded, and like yourself again. Treatment plans are unique to each client.
Fernando Prado
Classical Acupuncturist and remedial massage therapist
Treatments we provide
Support for Both Physical and Emotional Wellbeing
Stress, anxiety, poor sleep, and emotional overwhelm are often deeply connected to physical tension and pain within the body. Treatments are designed to support calmer minds, reduced tension, improved movement, deeper rest, and a greater sense of balance and wellbeing.
Classical Chinese Acupuncture
Helping Your Mind and Body Return to Balance
Acupuncture is a gentle and restorative treatment designed to support emotional and physical health by helping calm the nervous system, improve sleep quality, ease tension and discomfort, and restore balance within the body.
Treatments are tailored to your individual needs and may help you feel more grounded, mentally clear, emotionally balanced, physically relaxed, and better able to move through daily life with greater freedom, ease and energy.
Many people seek acupuncture to support deeper rest, reduced stress, improved recovery, emotional health, and a renewed sense of connection with themselves and their health.
People seek acupuncture at Living Breath Therapies on the Sunshine Coast for support with:
Stress and emotional strain
Anxiety and nervous system regulation
Sleep disturbances and insomnia
Emotional Trauma
Hormone Imbalance
Persistent pain and tension
Digestive and internal imbalances
General health and preventative care
Treatments are individualised and may include acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, or manual techniques where clinically appropriate.
Initial Consultation (75 minutes) - $150
Follow‑up Consultation (60 minutes) - $130
Treatment outcomes vary between individuals. Acupuncture is not a substitute for medical care where required.
Remedial Massage
Feel Lighter, Looser, and More Comfortable in Your Body
Remedial massage is designed to relieve muscular tension, improve mobility, reduce physical discomfort, and support your body’s natural ability to relax and recover.
Using a combination of targeted massage techniques, treatments aim to help you move more freely, release built-up tension, improve physical comfort, and experience a greater sense of calm and ease throughout the body.
Many people find regular treatment supports better sleep, reduced physical stress, improved recovery, increased body awareness, and a greater sense of balance and well-being in daily life.
60 Min massage - $130
45 Min Massage - $105
30 Min Massage - $80
Extended Session
Extended sessions combine acupuncture and manual therapy within a longer appointment.
These are suitable when more time is needed — for complex presentations, heightened stress states, or when deeper regulation and recovery support is required.
Duration: 90 minutes - $200
Book a session today
Appointments are available at our Sunshine Coast clinic. Online booking allows you to choose a suitable time and service.
If you are unsure whether acupuncture is appropriate for your condition, you are welcome to make contact prior to booking.
*Now also available to ClassPass clients
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Frequently Asked Questions
Acupuncture is generally considered safe when performed by a qualified practitioner. All treatments at Living Breath Therapies follow professional standards of hygiene and care.
Acupuncture have helped many people with stress and sleep‑related concerns. Individual responses vary, and outcomes cannot be guaranteed.
The number of treatments varies depending on the individual and their presentation. This will be discussed during your consultation.
Debit card or credit card. We have provider number for most of the health insurance plans
Acupuncture initial sessions take 75 minutes, and follow-ups take 45 minutes.
Remedial massages are 30, 45, 60 or 90 minutes.
We have provider number for most of the health insurance plans
It is not a problem. We can also work without needles with cupping, moxa, and remedial massage.
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CONTACT & LOCATION: Sunshine Coast Sports Hub, inside Mooloolaba Massage and Sports Health.. For enquiries or bookings, please use the online booking system or contact the clinic directly.
Address
Mooloolaba Massage and Sports Health, 135 Brisbane Rd
Phone
0411 650 437Operating Hours
Monday: 9:00 - 18:00
Tuesday: 9:00 - 18:00
Wednesday: 9:00 - 1800
Friday: 9:00 - 18:00
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