Services

Naturopathic Medical Services in Burnaby and North Vancouver

Acupuncture

AcupunctureAcupuncture is an ancient medical art used for thousands of years for many conditions, but it is especially helpful for stress, pain, and fibromyalgia. Acupuncture can be used to aid the success of fertility treatments and to help pregnant patients deliver successfully on time.

 

Allergy Testing and Treatment

AllergiesIn house scratch tests take only 15 minutes and the results are immediately obvious. Once you know what you're allergic to, sublingual immunotherapy drops can be used to permanently reduce your allergic response.

 

 

Botanical Medicine

Herbal MedicineModern Botanical Medicine is based on traditional use of plant extracts and modern biochemical analysis. Herbal extracts are the pharmaceuticals of the ancients and they tend to be gentler and have fewer side effects than modern pharmaceuticals. A majority of pharmaceuticals are based on herbal extracts, only they have been isolated and amplified.

Laboratory Diagnostics

Lab testsAny blood test you can get from your Medical Doctor, your Naturopathic Physician can also order. Naturopathic Doctors can also order tests that a Medical Doctor cannot under MSP restrictions, including food sensitivity and salivary hormone panels. In house allergy testing is also available.

 

Neural Therapy

NeuralBy using injection of analgesics into tight muscles or scar tissue neural therapy can help many people greatly reduce or eliminate chronic pain conditions that have been very difficult to treat. Physicians have been using similar techniques since the 1920s to alleviate pain where other treatments have failed. The analgesics break up scar tissue and relax muscles to allow for better blood flow and mobility.

 

Nutrition

NutritionHippocrates said "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." We have all been told what we should be eating. It doesn't have to be complicated but it is critical because food is often a significant contributor to our current health status. Individualizing the diet to particular health problems can create the most important changes in a person’s overall health.

 

Ultrasound Guided Prolotherapy and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)

ProloNote that PRP is only available at the Burnaby location

Prolotherapy is short for proliferative therapy. It works by stimulating wound repair in specific weakened tissues by injecting solutions that stimulate connective tissue growth. Forms of this therapy have been used for more than 2,500 years and it is an essential part of many challenging chronic pain and instability cases.

 

Spinal Manipulation

ManipulationTrained by Chiropractors and Naturopathic Physicians,we learn and use the same techniques as a Chiropractor (but for legal reasons it is called Spinal Manipulation). It is amazing how many people adapt to limited mobility from chronic pain. Though treatment is usually not curative in the first session, repeated corrections and physical therapy help many to move more freely and with less pain.