ARTHRITIS – NATUROPATHY
Experienced Practitioners To Help Relieve Your Arthritic Pain
Arthritis is a very common condition in Australia, affecting people of all ages. It’s actually an umbrella term for more than 100 medical conditions that affect joints where two or more bones meet. The most common type of arthritis is osteoarthritis.
If you have:
pain
stiffness
inflammation; and
damage to joint cartilage
you may be suffering from arthritis.
Arthritis is a painful condition that can make everyday tasks difficult. Many people think that if conventional medicine hasn’t worked that nothing will – but that’s just not true. Our qualified practitioner can help relieve your pain and improve your mobility.
How Can Naturopathy Help You?
Our naturopathic approach treats arthritis holistically – we take every aspect of your health into consideration because we treat the person – not just a symptom.
1. Understanding Your Condition During your first consultation, our practitioner will ensure they have a thorough understanding of your circumstances, discussing current symptoms, previous history, previous treatment, diet and lifestyle, using a wide range of diagnostic tools.
2. A Wellness Plan for Arthritis
Our practitioner will develop a treatment plan specifically for your arthritic symptoms. Treatment may include supplements, dietary changes and weight loss depending on the severity and duration of your arthritis. Exercise and diet are two key factors in the successful management of arthritis and our team of professionals can develop a plan that’s suitable for you.
3. Medicine Specifically Prepared For Your Condition
You will be provided with Practitioner Approved Supplements or Customised Herbs or Homeopathics to help you improve your condition. Our practitioners will recommend supplements or herbs that help aid joint repair, decrease inflammation, minimise swelling and ease joint pain.
Meet Our Dedicated Practitioners
Carmel Elmore – Chermside
Carmel is a fully qualified Naturopath, Nutritionist and Yoga Instructor with more than 10 years experience of treating patients.
Carmel combines the use of traditional natural medicine in the form of herbs, tissue salts and nutrients with the most current supplements, compounding nutrients, functional pathology testing and evidence-based medicine available.
Jen Strachan – Cannon Hill
Jen considers herself to be an Integrative Naturopath, understanding the need in some cases for co-management and combining a scientific, evidence based understanding of health with a natural approach.
She spent 3 years in a very busy practice, specialising in thyroid conditions, seeing thousands of patients and gained a solid grounding in treating hormone related conditions. Jen is familiar with a range of subsequent health concerns and has a special interest in reproductive health and digestive complaints.
Emma Pumfrey – Chermside
Emma is passionate about client education and long-lasting results – setting you up with any tools or education you may need to create the structure for a balanced and healthy lifestyle!
Within clinic, Emma utilises herbal and nutritional supplementation, flower essences for emotional health and wellbeing, as well as a combination of dietary and lifestyle recommendations. She may use diagnostic tools to help get a better overview of your current health status which may include iridology, tongue analysis or referrals for pathology testing.
Mark Westhead – Cannon Hill
As a degree qualified Naturopath, Mark is passionate about restoring optimal health through the use of evidence based nutrition and lifestyle changes and where necessary, through the use of quality, practitioner only nutritional supplements and herbal medicines.
Mark believes in finding and treating the root cause of chronic illness and treating the whole person, not just masking the symptoms, in order to restore vitality and a return to good health.
Mark is the creator of the Overcoming Anxiety Workshop. A 5 week online course designed to help people to take control of their lives through education (causes, triggers, physiological effects on the body), coping skills, diet and nutrition.
Sheridan Genrich – Chermside
Sheridan is a both a Clinical Nutritionist & Naturopath who is passionate in treating mood & digestive disorders. She has completed extensive post graduate education in Nutrigenomics (how nutrients impact our DNA) and Functional Medicine.
For more than a decade, Sheridan has been helping busy people live life with energy and excitement by correcting the Nutrient, Hormone & Genetic imbalances that many people don’t realise are underlying their symptoms.
| Naturopath | |
|---|---|
| Initial 60 minute consultation incl Comprehensive Health Review | $150.00 |
| Subsequent 60 minute appointment incl Health Review results | $120.00 |
| Subsequent 45 minute appointment | $110.00 |
| Subsequent 30 minute appointment | $85.00 |
