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Natural Healthcare for Families is focused on the well-being of you and your family. It is my privilege to assist you on your journey towards optimal health. There are many avenues provided in nature for healing the body and mind: proper nutrition, exercise, natural remedies that facilitate your strength, and body/mind work that promotes toxin removal and overall balance.
Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a safe, effective system of natural medicine used by millions of people worldwide for more than 200 years. German physician, chemist and linguist, Samuel Hahnemann began the homeopathic movement when he observed that the same medicine that cured malaria also could produce the same malarial symptoms in a healthy person - thus discovering "Like Cures Like". Through his many experiments upon himself and other volunteers, he proved this system of practice to be curative over and over again.
He used the client's individual symptoms as a guide to find the correct remedy that matched their symptoms. The matching remedy was given to strengthen their own energy (Hahnemann calls this energy the "Vital Force"), thus stimulating their body, mind and emotions to come back to a state of balance and healing.
There is no "cookie cutter" approach when using homeopathy - it is highly individualized care for the client.
Homeopathy is very useful for emergencies, such as wounds, burns, etc., as well as for acute illnesses, such as flu, colds, infections, etc. It is also beneficial for chronic ailments, such as allergies, chronic sinusitis, bronchitis, emotional anxiety, etc.
Homeopathy is so safe because it utilizes natural materials that have been highly diluted and shaken (potentized), so that none of the molecules of the original substance remain in the solution - only the energy imparted from the substance remains. In Hahnemann's day, he did not have access to Tesla Coils and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance equipment to prove that sheer energy information can be given from one substance to another - like energy from a plant imprinting in a water solution. Recent research studies have demonstrated that the energy of "remedy solution" has a different frequency (KHz) than does a simple solution with no remedy.
Because it is "energy solution" acting upon our own energy (our Vital Force), we do not suffer the side effects that one might suffer when using a crude substance (like taking too much of a certain herb or mineral, or medication).
Your first consultation with a homeopath will be very different from a western medicine (allopathic) doctor consultation. The consultation usually lasts from 2-3 hours. Many times, the homeopath will then spend several hours studying your information after the consultation has ended. This in-depth evaluation of your information is essential for the homeopath to select the appropriate remedy for you.
The highly individualized case study is holistic - it does not stop at a "heart" or a "kidney" or a "case of asthma". Homeopathy encompasses the totality of physical and emotional symptoms for the whole person.
Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral Therapy has become a well-known, effective therapy through the work of Dr. John Upledger and several others like him, who have discovered the benefit of assisting the body's healing in the craniosacral system. They have found that what is happening in the craniosacral system affects the fascia (the durable membrane that covers the muscles, bones, nerves, organs, and blood vessels). When the fascia is affected, the body can be set off-balance and, immediately or over time, experience restrictions in function.
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is a light, non-invasive touch that can help to release tension in the body, relieve pain, and improve your function in life. Our cells have "tissue memory", which can cause them to hold onto changes that happened during injuries, traumas, or just the stress from every day living - stress with work, family, etc. With CST, the soft tissues that surround the brain and spine can relax into their natural movement, and the fluid that is contained in the spinal cord can flow more easily and more symmetrically.
This therapy is very gentle, and is appropriate for all ages - infants to the elderly.
Just several areas of dysfunction that CST helps are: pain from accidents, headaches, TMJ Syndrome, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, chronic neck and back pain, post-surgical pain, torticollis, and some infant feeding problems caused by difficult/traumatic delivery.
CST can facilitate overall health, well-being and body/mind comfort.
Lymph Drainage Therapy
One of our body's most powerful tools for removing toxins is built right in! It is our Lymphatic System. The lymphatic system is busy 24 hours per day filtering, removing toxins and waste products, housing and transporting immunity "helper cells" as well as proteins, hormones and fatty acids. When the lymph is "backed up" or blocked for some reason, these substances also get stuck and toxins accumulate. The health of every cell in the body depends upon the lymph system to be able to do its job.
Lymph Drainage Therapy (LDT) was developed by doctors Miller and Millard in the 1920's and by Vodder, a massage therapist in 1932. The Upledger Institute utilizes the LDT technique developed by Bruno Chikly, MD, DO (hon.) to train many LDT therapists worldwide.
LDT is a gentle hands-on technique that manually promotes proper flow of the lymph fluid. Trained LDT therapists can detect areas of lymph stagnation, as well as patterns and rhythms of lymph flow. This knowledge helps the therapist to know which direction to direct the lymph flow, and how much pressure to use (averages the weight of a nickel).
Many clients report feeling much lighter, feeling less "tight" or "congested" in areas where the lymph was stagnant prior to therapy, and sometimes temporarily increased urine output from the improved lymph flow.
Because promoting proper lymph flow delivers nutrients and removes toxins, it is a great adjunct therapy, along with proper nutrition, exercise and healthy lifestyle, to help the immune system to function at its optimum!
