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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD: Natural Treatments in Wynnum, Brisbane

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Do you, or someone you love, suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?  Have you been put onto a drug cocktail which is taking away your quality of life? PTSD can be supported with natural therapies, supporting the use of necessary medicines, but reducing the toxic load greatly.  Our clients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder come to use for a variety of treatments such as:

  • Remedial Yoga Classes – allowing the body to relax
  • Meditation Classes - teaching tools to use in your daily life
  • Kinesiology Treatments – help to diffuse the stress stored in the subconscious and unconscious parts of the brain.  Kinesiology slowly changes the way the brain works, allowing more conscious areas of the brain to ‘come alive’ and allow the old memories to diffuse and relax.
  • Frequency Specific Microcurrent Treatments – can diffuse old emotional patterns stored in the cellular memory of the body.  Very non-invasive, simple and effective.  Can also be used to regenerate areas of the brain, the adrenal glands and other areas exhausted by the PTSD
  • Remedial & Relaxing Massage Treatments - increase serotonin and other feel good endorphins by reducing stress and inflammatory hormones such as cortisol and adrenalin.
  • Natural Supplements for the Nervous System – natural supplements for the nerves are improving and becoming stronger all the time.  Favourites for PTSD are Proxan, a natural anti-depressant, Stressan, improves anger issues, Neurocalm calms the nervous system and Gaba is a natural calming agent.

We use a combination of supplements and treatments in a programme to get you well fast.  Call us today on 3348 6098 to find out the best way to get you started.

Madonna Guy ND, Naturopath, Wynnum, Brisbane
New Leaf Natural Therapies

Fat-Loss Programmes: common challenges!

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Fat-Loss/Weight-Loss Challenges!

It’s important to know that there are definite challenges associated with weight loss and fat loss in some people.  The good thing is that at New Leaf we know what to do about it.  Many programmes are designed for the quick weight loss only – low calories, lots of shakes, small portions – and that’s fine.  But what we find is that there is rarely enough protein in these diets and people lose muscle mass: this leads to exhaustion and thyroid problems.

The ongoing stress with this is that people will ALWAYS put on weight again afterwards!  And low fat diets lead to hormonal issues since hormones are made of proteins and fats!

We also find that people don’t detox whilst losing weight, the problem here is that fat mass holds huge amounts of toxins – it’s a fantastic storage space, so by losing weight without detoxification, we’re simply pulling toxins out of the fat mass and less it flow through the blood stream and land in the nerves, the spine, the liver, the kidneys.  This can cause a multitude of other health problems.

So, the two tips here are 1. eat heaps of protein and 2. detoxify while losing weight!

Madonna Guy ND
New Leaf Natural Therapies