I use a holistic approach which combines the best of of Conventional Medicine with Naturopathic Therapies and Philosophies to give you a sensitive, individual assessment and treatment which addresses both the underlying causes and symptoms of your health concerns. If you are like my family and I, you will be attracted to the idea of addressing health concerns as effectively and naturally as possible. The key areas we specialise in treating are listed below.
Almost every patient who walks through our clinic door has experienced fatigue at some time. There are many potential causes of fatigue and successful treatment often requires a holistic treatment plan. Simply resting and waiting for your health to turn around may be a very slow and frustrating experience. It is our teams belief that active management is the preferred option.
There are times in most people’s lives when stress becomes overwhelming. Do you simply need a holiday or is there more that needs to be addressed?
Are any of these symptoms relevant?
Many patients trying weight loss diets find that their results are either disappointing or short lived, or both. This is often because many ‘fad diets’ are poorly designed, nutritionally deficient and not at all holistic. Fat loss requires dietary changes to be applied, but if underlying driving factors are not addressed, a patient’s weight loss goals may remain unattainable. In this sense, Healthcare Professionals that practice holistic medicine are best placed to help patients make lasting changes to their body composition. We can help you make the dietary and lifestyle changes you need to lose the weight, as well as helping address the underlying driving factors that may be contributing to weight gain and/or impeding weight loss.
Lots of people complain about being tired. If only they could have more sleep. Generally this means not getting enough sleep and / or missing out on good quality sleep.
Are you having trouble sleeping, and if so why? An estimated two million Australians pop sleeping pills at least one night a week. The issue of prescription sleeping tablets has been highlighted in early 2008 with the death of the Australian actor Heath Ledger in Manhattan who suffered chronic insomnia and was taking a cocktail of painkillers and medication for anxiety.
So what do you do if you are dragging yourself out of bed for weeks, months or even years? Where do you start? Can you supercharge the general advice?
Are you concerned that your Digestive System is causing you pain, bloating, gas or wind? Wondering why your energy levels are not keeping up with what you have planned for each day? Frustrated that you seem to be eating the right foods, but weight gain seems to be telling you otherwise? Are medications for Heartburn, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn’s Disease giving you only partial symptom improvement?
Do you have Symptoms of an Unhealthy Gut?
Many clients come to this clinic wanting to know if they have an underactive thyroid gland. Some are already on Thyroid hormone replacement, but are concerned that not all symptoms have improved. Others have a screening TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) blood test result which is in the normal range but still believe their thyroid gland is under functioning.
Do you Have Symptoms of An Underactive Thyroid?