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What
is Naturopathy?
Naturopathic Medicine is about
inspiring and empowering you to make positive changes in your
life.
Have you forgotten what it's
like to feel truly well? Naturopathy can help.
By drawing on the latest advances
in medical health sciences, and integrating them with a range
of safe, effective natural therapies and age-old traditional
medicines, Naturopathy offers a holistic way of assessing, preventing
and treating a variety of health conditions.
Whilst taking into account your
current state of wellbeing - physical, mental and emotional
- Naturopathic Medicine not only relieves symptoms of illness,
but also seeks to address the underlying cause of your illness
or poor health.
In utilizing a range of Naturopathic
techniques, including:
- Professional
health screening (including body composition),
- Dietary
and lifestyle advice,
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Nutritional medicine (including practitioner only supplements
not available elsewhere),
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Western herbal medicines,
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and counseling techniques,
Jackie will work with you to
devise an individualised health and wellness plan (incorporating
many of the above techniques) that fully takes into account
your current needs and lifestyle.
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What
can Naturopathy do for me?
Would you like to bounce out of
bed in the morning?
Naturopathic
medicine can be of benefit in a vast array of acute and chronic
health conditions, however you do not necessary need to be ill
to benefit from seeing a naturopath.
Jackie
uses natural medicine as a means of promoting and restoring
general wellbeing.
Ease
your stress levels, restore you vitality, and renew your enthusiasm
for life today. What are you waiting for?
Some
of the common reasons why you might wish to see a naturopath
include:
- Learn
how to effectively manage your stress.
- Help
your body physically cope with the stress of an everyday hectic
life.
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Improve your energy levels.
- Reduce
allergies, naturally treat colds & flu, glandular fever,
poor immunity.
- Address
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
- Improve
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBD, digestive disturbances.
- Alleviate
joint pain & arthritis.
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Increase cardiovascular performance, lower cholesterol and
blood pressure.
- Normalize
hormones, PMS, menopause.
- Natural
support for infertility, pre-conception care and pregnancy.
- Address
behavioral difficulties including ADHD, ADD
and Aspergers.
- Reduce
levels of anxiety & depression, insomnia, headaches
and migraines.
- Regulate
sleep patterns to ensure you get a great night's sleep.
- Optimize
women's, men's & children's health.
- Improve
nutritional status, sports performance and prevent injury,
and much more.
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What
should I expect at my first consultation?
When
making an appointment with Jackie you can expect a comprehensive
consultation including:
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On the spot health testing (Blood Pressure, Glucose &
Cholesterol, etc).
- Bioimpedance
analysis test (cellular analysis), to assess body composition,
fat/muscle/water/bone mass, metabolic age.
- A
natural, safe and effective treatment
or wellness plan, including:
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Dietary and lifestyle advice.
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Individually prescribed practitioner only nutritional
supplements and herbal medicines.
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Referrals for pathology testing (when necessary), including:
- Hormonal
profiles (cortisol/melatonin, TSH/T3/T4, oestrogen/progesterone/testosterone,
etc),
- Nutritional
status (iron, zinc, magnesium, vitamin D, co-enzyme Q10,
etc),
- Intestinal
permeability, helicobacter, parasitology, liver function,
- Amino
acid profiles, antioxidant status,
- Pesticides,
toxic metals, hair mineral analysis,
- Food
sensitivity, intolerance and allergies.
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Referrals to other Healthcare Professionals, including Medical
Services where appropriate. (Jackie is happy to work in conjunction
with your GP or specialist if required).
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Confidentiality and professionalism.
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Empowerment and motivation to improve your health.
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