Naturopathy
Comprehensive Naturopathic Consultations - we treat the whole of you
Health Healing Life is a well established clinic, offering Naturopathy in Brisbane for over 17 years. We take our responsibility towards our client's well-being seriously and for us integrity is everything. We will not sell you things that we do not genuinely feel will support you and we will always refer on if we feel it is in your best interest to see someone else. We have meticulously chosen each individual nutritional product that we sell to ensure it is the highest quality and value for money available currently.
- Comprehensive consultations
- Detailed assessment of current health
- Experienced clinicians
- Latest functional medicine research
- Chronic illness, hormones, immune
- Supporting clients to understand their health
Digestive disorders
Bloating, flatulence, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhoea, irritable bowel syndrome, dysbiosis, parasites, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), reflux and heartburn
Infections
Urinary tract infections, thrush, respiratory tract infections, sinusitis
Common childhood conditions
Ear infections, constipation, recurrent colds and flus, eczema, skin infections, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), irritability, slow growth and failure to thrivegen, testosterone, emotional eating
Autoimmunity
Rheumatoid arthritis, Ankylosing spondylitis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Graves’ disease, etc
Skin conditions
Acne, eczema, dry skin, fungal infections
Musculoskeletal conditions
Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, as well as general aches and pains
Hormonal imbalances
Premenstrual tension (PMT), heavy or painful periods, irregular cycles, menopausal symptoms
Fatigue-related ailments
Chronic fatigue, post-viral syndromes including glandular fever
Weight loss
Thyroid, metabolism, cortisol, stress, sugar metabolism, estrogen, testosterone, emotional eating
Mood disorders
Depression, anxiety and stress
Eczema can be a difficult condition to shift as there are many contributing factors to the successful management and treatment of it as well as the time it takes for the skin's immunity to adjust and healing of the skin integrity to change. One of the important factors that is often dealt with poorly or not at all is the relationship between skin integrity and gut health. In this video our naturopath, Sandi Cooper explains some of the important factors to consider in the treatment and management of eczema.
Your first appointment usually involves an in-depth discussion, including your current and past health history. We piece together everything that has led you to being where you are today.
We discuss:
- A thorough case history, including relevant current, past and family history
- Pathology results, determining the need for further testing
- Possible causes
- Next steps
- Relevant dietary, lifestyle and environmental modifications to support your healing and to remove obstacles to recovery
- Supplements or herbal remedies, as required
- Referrals, as required
Typically the duration of a first consultation will be 1.5 hours in length, although children may not need as long.
Children are prone to many ailments in childhood. From common colds and sniffles right through to ear infections, chest infections, tummy problems, fatigue, eczema and asthma as well as school sores, ringworm and viral warts. Many of these are preventable and there are amazing tools to support your child's immunity and help our littlest patients recover from these conditions quickly.
Children are not just little adults, there are unique differences in their detoxification capacity, in their nutritional needs during growth and development and in the illnesses they commonly experience. It's not uncommon for children to get sick more often than adults, even healthy ones. However when they are constantly sick, it can be a time where their bodies are needing more support.
Think of your body as a super-advanced car.
Not only does it need regular servicing, correct fuel and respectful use . . . it is super-advanced, which means it has the amazing ability to regenerate itself. However . . . unlike a car - our body is irreplaceable.
IBS can be a debilitating condition with many people feeling like they have found very few answers. A holistic approach can be very valuable as many factors including dysbiosis, altered motility (how often the bowel empties), mild inflammation, and increased sensitivity of the nerves within the gut have been found to be involved in those suffering with IBS.
Sandi works with her patients to help determine what is affecting their gut health as well as supporting the processes at play. This may involve functional testing to investigate things like food intolerances, leaky gut, parasites, dysbiosis, among others that can contribute to discomfort and symptoms.
Food can be supportive on its own – it’s essential we get the foundation right, but this is only one aspect of what we do. Through a holistic combination of nutrition, herbal medicine, diet and lifestyle modifications, we address whole body systems (gut, skin, immune & reproductive system), and offer a greater depth of enquiry into the body and person.
A person’s symptoms come about because of a disruption to harmony within the body, otherwise known as homeostasis, the body’s inbuilt mechanism to return to a natural state of balance. However, over time and for a variety of reasons, including genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors, an imbalance can develop within a particular organ, or within or between body systems. The resulting symptoms and signs of imbalance do not necessarily produce clinically recognised conditions. In other words, you know you don’t feel quite right; you have dis-ease, not a medically diagnosed disease.
Naturopathy aims to restore balance, aiding the body’s natural homeostatic process, and can therefore be applied to a wide range of concerns (see below). It can also be used to help provide support for many chronic conditions.
Sandi completed her Bachelor of Health science in Naturopathy in 2002. She has been in private practice ever since and as such has over 15 years clinical experience. Sandi is highly devoted to continuing to deepen her understanding and knowledge of health and natural approaches to disease. She is regularly researching various conditions to support her patients, attending conferences and seminars, and invests a significant amount of time and money into doing so. At times, she’s found speaking to small groups or running workshops on various topics such as gut health, healthy eating and children’s nutrition.
A major focus of Naturopathy is wellness, and prevention of future disease. Good health is so much more than just the absence of disease. To many, being healthy is not having a diagnosed medical condition, or simply being able to get up and keep going each day regardless of the quality of how they can do this. At Medicinal Healing we truly believe that wellness is so much more than not being sick.
"To me, modern Naturopathy is a beautiful fusion of both art and science. The ongoing research into understanding the body, our herbal medicines and our nutritional remedies in more depth is providing a strong science-base to what we use in practice. Combined with the philosophy of treating the whole person, of addressing diet and lifestyle contributors along with our traditional understanding of health and remedies we have a powerful process for true change."
– Sandi Cooper
naturapath
She is currently adding to her clinical skills with further study at Griffith University. Her clinical focus is around chronic fatigue, thyroid health and auto-immune conditions.
Cindy has a calming effect on all who meet her, she is naturally warm and nurturing while sharing her experience and knowledge honestly. When clients meet Cindy, they find she is always supportive and never imposing or pushy.
Our Clinic is in Wavell Heights on the Northside of Brisbane
Booking an appointment is easy and we are flexible with how you decide to work with our practitioners to support your health. Once you book your 1st appointment there is never any obligation to continue seeing our practitioners and we encourage you to only continue with us if you feel 100% comfortable with what we are offering. We will offer the experience of what has worked for our many clients but we will never be imposing as understanding health issues is always a partnership between Naturopath and client.
If you are unable to travel to our clinic, we can support you with skype appointments.