Naturopathy
Did you know that you can see a naturopath for almost any condition that doesn’t require an emergency room?
Naturopaths are excellent at managing chronic disease, and at our clinic we specialise in treating mental health, allergies and children’s health issues.
When you come to see a naturopath for the first time, it can be a slightly daunting experience. You might be asking yourself questions like ‘What will this person make me do?’, ‘Will they make me change my diet?’, ‘Will they make me take medication or exercise?’. The answer is a naturopath won’t make you do anything you are not comfortable with. Seeing a naturopath is a painless process. Often we will try and find out a little about you, what makes you an individual, and what areas of your health you would like to improve. The more information a naturopath can get the more effectively they will be able to treat you.
Naturopathic practice incorporates:
- Western Herbal Medicine
- Clinical Nutrition - vitamin and mineral therapy
- Food as Medicine
- Homoeopathy
- Flower essence therapy
- Iridology
Naturopathy is much more than just the treatment of health conditions with herbs and nutrition instead of pharmaceutical drugs. It involves educating you about your body and teaching you about how to listen more closely to what your body is telling you. Through doing this you learn about how disease manifests in your body and how to notice the early signs of disease.
Why do people turn to alternative medicine?
- Dissatisfaction with health outcomes of conventional medicine
- Wanting to take a more natural approach to their health
- Wish to understand the importance of preventative medicine over symptom based medicine
Naturopathy can be used for a whole array of health concerns:
- General health and wellbeing
- Inflammatory conditions such as arthritis
- Weight loss and management
- Detoxification
- Digestive imbalances such as irritable bowel syndrome, coeliac disease, constipation & diarrhoea, flatulence & bloating
- Stress and anxiety
- Child and teenage health including ADHD
- Energy levels
- Building immunity
- Kidney disorders
- Skin conditions
- Fertility issues
- High blood pressure
- Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
- Chronic Pain eg headache and migraine
- Sleep problems