Our Naturopath Elysia Humphries can help get you back on track and functioning at your best both mentally and physically.
How will a Naturopath help my health?
Naturopathy uses Nutrition, Herbal Medicine, Lifestyle Coaching and pathology testing to find long lasting solutions to improve your health. Many of the problems you would consult a GP about can also be supported with Naturopathic treatment.
We give you the opportunity to participate in your health care and be in control of your health. We'll show you practical, easy ways to improve your energy levels and overall physical and emotional fitness.
What problems do you treat?
You can come to see a Naturopath with a specific problem, like tiredness or poor digestion and get effective help to ease those symptoms.
You may visit a Naturopath because you want to improve your health and learn what foods best suit your body's needs, learn how to prevent illness to stay as well and as energetic as possible.
You may find yourself saying "I just don’t feel quite right" or "I know I could feel better than I do." Elysia will help you to understand your body’s signals and become more healthy, inside and out.
Your Naturopath may help with
digestive problems - bloating, constipation, irritable bowel- allergies & sinus (including food intolerance testing)
- weight loss (including hormone testing)
- fatigue/ feeling 'not quite right'
- menopause, period pain and menstrual problems
- healthy eating plans to suit your lifestyle
- fertility and preconception planning
- managing stress
- acne and eczema
- anxiety and depression (safe herbs if taking prescription antidepressants)
- headaches, pain and muscle soreness
- detox programs
- improved resistance to colds / flus
About our Naturopath Elysia Humphries
Elysia has been a local Brisbane Naturopath for 14 years, with a special interest in health education, regularly presenting health seminars on women’s and men’s health issues and presents the Biggest Loser Style '12 Week Challenge' nutrition seminars for the Bardon Goodlife Gym.
Elysia is once of the most experienced naturopaths Brisbane has to offer. Her treatments combine a balance of nutritional advice, pathology testing, lifestyle advice and evidence based natural medical advice.
What if I’m already seeing a Doctor, Psychologist, or on medication?
Elysia is experienced in working with GP’s, Psychologists, Physiotherapists and other health care providers and believes that you will receive the best healthcare if you have a team of health care practitioners looking after your health.
Regular health checkups and blood tests from your GP will assist Elysia to treat your health and you are welcome to bring copies of recent blood tests to your consultation. If you are on prescription medication, there are many dietary and herbal options for you that won’t interfere with these medications.
Elysia is experienced with drug/ herb interactions and takes care to ensure your herbal medicine is safe and effective and won’t interfere with your prescription medications.
What testing c an you do?
The best way to understand the cause of dysfunction in the body is to take a comprehensive health history. Elysia will spend an hour with you at your first consultation asking many questions about all the systems in your body – this gives us the framework to understand which areas of your body are working well and which areas need help.
Elysia will give you an evaluation of your health and then ask you in which order of priority you would like to treat your health issues. Other health evaluations that may be used are:
Tests You May Need That Are Included With Your Consult Fee:
Iridology
Analysis of your eyes, discovering genetic strengths and weaknesses in your organs and body systems.
Zinc status test
Zinc is a mineral essential for health hormone function, metabolism, immune health and the repair of hair, skin and nails.
Urinary Indican Test
Simple urine test to measure levels of bad gut bacteria, which may cause bloating, sluggish bowels, weight around the abdomen and tiredness.
Tests Which Incur Extra Costs:
The following tests can be performed for those who need them. They are sent to accredited pathology laboratories and incur lab test fees.
Food Allergy Testing
Find out which foods are causing irritation to your body with food intolerance testing. A food intolerance is different to an allergy. Food allergies are quick, with obvious reactions such as peanut allergy. Intolerances can irritate the digestive tract and can take a few hours/ days for you to notice the symptoms. This makes them tricky to diagnose, so testing removes the guesswork.
96 Food Test
This test gives you a comprehensive report on your reactions to 96 common foods. Results list if there is no immune reaction or a low, medium or high reaction so you can tell how much the body is affected by each food tested.
Helpful for digestive problems like bloating, constipation, irritable bowel, sinus, hayfever, recurrent colds/ flus, headaches, fluid retention, skin rashes, eczema and general tiredness.
Hormone Testing
Saliva hormone testing is an easy way to test your hormones without blood tests. Hormones tested in the blood are both active hormones ready to be used by your cells and inactive, bound hormones. Blood test readings list active and inactive hormones.
Saliva tests can give you an accurate picture of your active hormones because only the active hormones travel into saliva. So if you’ve been suspecting a hormone imbalance and not felt right about your body then this test may be helpful.
Issues which may be helped by this test: weight gain, infertility, period problems, polycystic ovaries, endometriosis, menopause, hormonal headaches, tiredness, mood swings.
Stress Hormone testing (saliva test)
Test your cortisol and DHEA levels to measure the effect that stress has taken on your body. Melatonin can also be tested for those with insomnia.
Client testimonial – lowering cholesterol with healthy diet and herbs
“Having read a lot about diet and healthy lifestyle I had always wanted to seek advice from a Naturopath to reinforce what I already knew and as someone to guide me toward the best possible health now and for the future.
I was spurred on to see a Naturopath by my GP saying that my high cholesterol may have to be controlled by taking prescription medication. A major point of difference between the GP and yourself, is the solution to the problem - you actually look at the body as a whole, make suggested changes to the diet and by adding supplements etc, see a solution. You take a pro active approach, - and a 'it will work attitude.” And by the way.......my cholesterol has gone down significantly!!" J. Gordon.
Prices
Initial Consultation - One hour - $120
Follow Up Consultations - 30 to 45 minutes - $70
Save $40 and make your health results last with a 3 session introductory package: $220
(3 session pack includes an Initial + 2 follow up consultations)
Health Fund Rebates available - just pay the gap fee with our healthpoint instant health fund claim terminal.
How to achieve the best results when seeing a Naturopath:
Just as you don't get fit by only going to the Gym once, it takes a few sessions with a Naturopath to notice improvements to your health. Naturopathy helps you to discover the reasons why your health is out of balance and slowly but surely helps you to achieve a state of good health. Elysia has noticed that her clients who get the longest lasting positive results come for at least 3 Naturopathic appointments.
This is why we offer a 3 pack at a discounted rate. At your first consult you'll be given a health plan and advised of what treatment Elysia will use over the next few sessions to get you health back on track.
Most clients notice improvements within 2 - 4 weeks and continue to improve once treatment is completed.
Book your appointment now
Call us on (07) 3366 7970
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Book online now using our online appointment diary CLICK HERE
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Email us at: info@vibenaturalhealth.com.au
Our Naturopath, Elysia also works from Nurture Studio at New Farm, Brisbane, 2 days per week. Phone 0407 670 113
We offer Naturopath and Nutrition services to clients all over Brisbane and Queensland. We are a short drive from Brisbane CBD, Paddington, Red Hill, Kelvin Grove, Newmarket, Enogerra, Wilston, Windsor, Milton, Toowong, The Gap, Ashgrove, New Farm, Kenmore, Chapel Hill, Indooroopilly, West End.
If you are unable to visit our clinic a phone or email consultation may be available - just contact us.
