What does a natural medicine practitioner do...?
Seek Vitality Naturopathy focuses on treating the underlying causes of disease by assessing and treating the patient as a whole. There is a strong focus on helping the body to return to balance by encouraging the body's own healing mechanisms by using nutritional and herbal medicine along with dietary advice and lifestyle recommendations.
Initial consultation - takes up to 90 mins
Each person is unique and needs individualised support. The first consultation is longer than a GP's visit because it includes a comprehensive case history, dietary breakdown, family history and physical assessment, as we uncover underlying imbalances which might be hindering health and prioritise areas of focus for your personalised naturopathic support program.
A wise variety of assessments and questionnaires may be used as part of Vanessa's comprehensive health screening and further testing may be needed, depending on the findings.
Further health testing may be required to 'dig-deeper' to uncover specific body system imbalances. These are done by functional or general pathology labs or are additional to our in-clinic tests. These may include:
A wise variety of assessments and questionnaires may be used as part of Vanessa's comprehensive health screening and further testing may be needed, depending on the findings.
Further health testing may be required to 'dig-deeper' to uncover specific body system imbalances. These are done by functional or general pathology labs or are additional to our in-clinic tests. These may include:
- Food Intolerance testing
- Hormonal and endocrine testing
- Thyroid and adrenal status assessment
- Immune system review
- Detoxification pathways assessment
- Assessment of Gut toxicity
- Stool analysis
- MTHFR and genome testing
