Our Philosophy

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas Edison

Everything I do in-clinic and on this site is based around those naturopathic principles.

That basically means helping people to find a way to identify what might be preventing them from healing properly or getting better, and then showing them possible ways to spark that healing process. That sounds a bit airy-fairy, but it relates to the quote from Edison above.

Examples

If a person contacted me, say, about eczema. Instead of simply giving an emollient cream to soothe it or a steroid cream to suppress it, I am more likely to talk about whether dietary stuff like intolerances or a lack of fatty acids, for example, might be at the heart of what's causing it in the first place and then take the person through a programme to address that.

Here's another example: say a person has restless legs. I might question them about tension being held in the calf muscle and refer them to an osteopath or remedial massage therapist. I might look at their diet and see if they may be lacking in key nutrients like iron, magnesium or the B vitamins, for example, all commonly linked to the condition.

I might assess their likelihood of it being an intolerance reaction (surprisingly common again) and then take them through an elimination diet process to discover the culprit(s), test to see whether that intolerance is related to a leaky gut or liver filtration issues, for example, and then give a supplement programme to correct that over time.

A good example of prevention might be helping a couple to get into the best of health before conceiving (thus significantly lowering any possibility of fertility problems, pregnancy complications, miscarriage, labour issues, post natal depression and unhappy eczema-covered screaming babies!).

Another prevention example might be someone with a stressful lifestyle coming up to menopause age. I would be inclined to check their adrenal status to make sure they were in tip-top condition as they will help keep levels of steroid hormones high and thus avoid oestrogen dips. Similarly, I might do a hair analysis on an 11 year old girl to see her zinc status before she hits puberty so she can hopefully avoid any PMS issues.

There are many more examples I could give and I could witter on for ages, but I think you get the point.