Naturopathy
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What is Naturopathy?
Naturopathy is a holistic system of healthcare that uses a combination of disciplines (e.g., nutrition, herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bach flowers, tissue salts, homeopathy) and lifestyle advice for optimal health and wellbeing.
Naturopathy embraces the fact that we are all different, and therefore require an individualised approach to medicine.
Naturopathy is based on the following Naturopathic principles:
The healing power of nature – Naturopaths recognise that the body has a powerful innate ability to heal itself. Treatment focuses on creating the right conditions so that this can occur.
Identify and treat the cause – Naturopathy focuses on addressing the root cause of an illness rather than simply treating symptoms. Symptoms are the body’s way of communicating problems, and are not the cause of dis-ease.
Treat the whole person – all aspects of a person are taken into consideration. This includes exploring an individual’s physical symptoms, emotional health, spiritual beliefs, genetics, environmental influences, nutritional status, previous traumas and more.
The Naturopath is a teacher – a Naturopath educates their patients to ensure that they understand why they are experiencing symptoms, and why recommendations are being given in order to address this. Patients are empowered to take responsibility for their own health.
Do no harm – a Naturopath will never use treatments that may cause harm.
Prevention is better than cure – a Naturopath focuses on preventing illness and suffering whenever possible.
How can Naturopathy help?
Naturopathy focuses on digging down into the cause of symptoms so that recommendations given are the most effective in order to achieve optional health.
Bobby produces individualised Naturopathic plans to address and support a diverse range of health concerns. This includes digestive complaints, period problems, low energy, frequent infections, Type 2 diabetes, thyroid disorders, skin conditions, autoimmune diseases, musculoskeletal complaints, mental health disorders, fertility, cardiovascular complaints and more…
Testing:
Bobby draws upon various forms of testing to deepen his understanding of his patients’ health imbalances. This includes Naturopathic diagnostic techniques used within the consultation such as traditional Chinese tongue diagnosis and iridology (iris/eye analysis), as well as advanced functional testing. Bobby is a registered practitioner with some of the top functional testing companies including INVIVO, Genova Diagnostics, Cambridge Nutritional Sciences, Regenerus Laboratories, Lifecode GX, Nordic Laboratories and more.
These advanced forms of testing are sometimes recommended to patients in order to gain a deeper insight into an individual’s digestive function, microbiome balance, nutrient status, hormone imbalances, inflammatory markers, heavy metal toxicity, genetics and more.