Naturopathic Treatment | Summary
Naturopathic Medicine, a highly-recognized complementary health care practice, focuses on the use of natural therapies to support and stimulate healing processes.
Naturopathic treatment can also work in conjunction with standard medical treatment. As such, most natural medication can be prescribed with pharmaceutical medications (limitations apply). In fact, this might speed up healing, reduce side-effects or reduce the need of pharmaceutical medications over time.
Treatment Plans
During the initial assessment, our in-house Naturopath will document your health history, may conduct a physical exam and then develop a personalized treatment plan (which may include specialized testing).
During subsequent visits, your overall health will be re-examined by the Naturopathic Doctor and the treatment plan will be altered if necessary.
Common Types of Therapies
While there is a vast array of therapy types, some common ones include:
- Nutrition/diet or detoxification plan
- Vitamin B12/folic acid intermuscular injection
- Homeopathic medicine includes biotherapeutic drainage
- Herbal medicine
- Acupuncture
- Physical therapies
- Lifestyle counseling
- Food intolerance tests
- Food sensitivity/allergy tests
- Salivary hormonal testing
- Hair mineral analysis
- Body composition measurement and analysis
- Gastro-intestinal microflora analysis
Common Conditions Effectively Treated by Naturopathic Medicine
Common health conditions that our patients have sought Naturopathic treatment for include:
- Low energy
- Allergies
- Gas/bloating
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Depression
- Poor sleep
- Headache or migraines
- Skin conditions
- Hormonal conditions (e.g. pre-menopausal or post-menopausal symptoms)
- Thyroid conditions
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Arthritis
- Weight management
Our In-House Experts
Dr. Nirogini Mahadevan, Better Body’s in-house Naturopath, obtained her diploma of Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) in Ontario.