What We Do – The Low Down
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Natural Medicine Consultations and Treatments
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Functional Testing (including Blood Draws)
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Nutrigenomics by DNALife
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Sports Therapy and Exercise Prescription
Keep scrolling down to find out more.
Natural Medicine Services
Supporting all your health and fitness needs through holistic, natural, and non-invasive methods.
Naturopathy
Sometimes also referred to as ‘Naturopathic Medicine’ or ‘Naturopathic Nutritional Therapy’
We take the time to listen to your goals, wants and needs – your initial consultation lasts up to an hour and a half. We get to the bottom of any imbalances in your nutritional and health statuses, we will agree a plan to support your health based on what we identify.
We will include these methods of assessment:
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Nutritional Analysis
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Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Iridology
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Functional Testing
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And the tools we can use to support your health include:
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Nutritional Therapy
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Lifestyle Interventions
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Herbs
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Homeopathy
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Tissue Salts
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Flower Remedies
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Nutraceuticals
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Whether you are generally well or struggling with a health issue, we will support your body’s needs and give the best chance of feeling good.
Naturopathy Gold Service
Recommended for those struggling with multiple ongoing health issues.
A longer consultation and over a week for us to research your case before proceeding.
Your initial consultation will last up to 2 hours.
Naturopathy Quickie ‘Service & MOT’
Not recommended for those struggling with ongoing health issues. rather those of us who just want the peace of mind of a quick confidence check.
We’ll check what you are eating and how you are living is supporting your health and suggest a few improvements.
We’ll select the most appropriate methods from the tools available above.
Some of the functional tests available to us are excellent for this type of general check-up. There is one to suit every budget.
Your initial consultation will last up to 30 to 45 minutes.
Naturopathic First Aid
Ideal for the acute and sub-acute phase of an injury.
If, for example, you have given yourself a nasty cut, bruise or sprain and it’s not responding as well as you’d hope.
We’ll employ all the best tactics from the tool-boxes of:
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- Sports Rehab
- Dietary and Lifestyle Interventions
- Food Supplements
- Herbs
- First Aid Homeopathy
- Cell Salts
As with all our services, we’ll discuss if and when it is important to seek additional medical help.
Your consultation will last about half an hour.
Naturopathic Health Check Up
Are you struggling to get a primary care appointment during these strange times?
Do you just want:
- A quick confidence check
- A few measurements to see if things are in good working order:
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- Blood Pressure
- Blood Sugar
- Heart Rate
- Vitamin D levels (optional extra)
- A quick chat with a friendly professional to discuss any concerns
- A quick review of your diet and exercise habits to see where we can make some improvements
- Peace of mind that any red flags will be referred on to an expert
All this is currently on offer from your friendly local Naturopath in Whitchurch Road.
A full 30 minute consultation reduced to just £38.00 pounds throughout the summer of 2021.
As with all our services, we’ll discuss if and when it is important to seek additional medical help.
Functional Testing
We have arrangements with several commercial and NHS laboratories so that we can order tests to gather more evidence about what might be going on and what we need to support your health.
We can test, for example; nutritional status, hormone levels (inc. thyroid conditions, stress hormones, fertility status), food reactivity and genetic testing is available.
This will be discussed as part of your consultation and only appropriate and useful testing will be considered.
Phlebotomy – including centrifuge service
Nutrigenomics by DNALife
Genetic testing and nutrigenomics are the future of individualised healthcare. The impact of diet, lifestyle, exercise, and environment on an individual’s genetic makeup should not be underestimated. Knowledge of how genes are influenced by external factors enables the development of personalised health programs not only in supporting the chronically ill patient to improve health but also for someone at peak fitness levels to gain the most from their training programs.
Direct Access Functional Testing
If you are already fairly sure what testing you need – maybe through your own extensive research or from alab work
relationship with another practitioner who was unable to access tests.
We will still need to confirm that tests are appropriate and necessary and rule out any ‘Red Flags’ or other concerns.
You may also choose a follow up consultation for help wit interpreting the implications of any results.
Lab Testing Analysis Special
If we agree on functional testing options, then the interpretation will be delivered as part of your package.
However, you may have a stack of laboratory results that have been ordered by another practitioner or service.
If no one has yet taken the time to give you the explanation you would like around these results, then we can.
At least half an hour will be allowed for a consultation.
Massage Therapies (Unavailable after January 2024)
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Rigorous Massage Therapies-
Sports Massage
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Sports Massage is the manipulation, management and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body.
The techniques used by sports massage practitioners have been developed to ensure effective and efficient results are gained from each massage given. Some benefits of Sports Massage include:
- Improve circulation & lymphatic flow
- Assist in the removal of metabolic waste
- Increase or decrease muscle tone and length
- Remodel scar tissue if required
- Assist in mental preparation for sporting participation
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Remedial Massage
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Treatment employs massage techniques designed to treat both deep and superficial tissues, not dissimilar to those used in sports massage. The remedial massage therapist uses skilled manipulation combined with in-depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology to bring about pain relief, correcting and normalising the body’s muscles and soft tissues.
Specialist Fitness Training
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Weight Loss Programmes
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Expert advice in nutrition and exercise from a Trainer qualified in the Metabolic and Hormonal aspects of Fat Loss.
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- Cardiac Rehab
A medically supervised program that helps improve the health and well-being of people who have heart problems.
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- Injury Rehab
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Personalised programmes to help you adjust after an injury
Gentle Massage Therapies
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Aromatherapy
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Aromatherapy massage is massage therapy but with highly concentrated plant oils, called essential oils, added to the massage oil or lotion.
The nostrils are attached to a part of the brain called the limbic system. The limbic system controls emotions and influences the nervous system and hormones.
When you inhale essential oil molecules, messages are transmitted to the limbic system and affect heart rate, stress level, blood pressure, breathing, memory, digestion, and the immune system.
Essential oils are also believed to be absorbed through the skin.
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Reflexology
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Indian Head Massage
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are also available