CONSULTATIONS
All consultations are taken over phone or zoom. If testing and prescriptions are required these are sent to you during or after the appointment.
Allied Health Professional under NDIS.
Private Health fund rebates available. Please check nutrition is covered under your private health.
INITIAL APPOINTMENT
60 minutes - $195
Previous to your appointment you will have filled basic information about your condition. This appointment is usually to gather in depth information about your health issues and priorities.
We will also take record of any current pharmaceutical medication and past pathology so please have past records available or send before the appointment. We will also discuss your particular health goals, dietary and lifestyle habits. We will gather this information to gain understanding of what may be happening in your body on a physical, emotional and biological level.
Further pathology may be required to understand your condition.
After the consult you will be sent an individualised treatment plan and if required a prescription.
RETURN CONSULTATION
60 minutes - $195
During your return consultation we will discuss pathology results, your dietary changes and treatment plan. This is where we may add, adjust or change the treatment depending on results. Improvements, regressions and goals will also be assessed and what still requires further work.
Prescriptions will also be assessed and possibly continued or changed depending on situation.
ACUTE CONSULTATION
15 minutes - $45 - Existing Patients only
Only for existing patients who have had an initial and one return consultation.
It is understandable that questions do arise between consultations. Even though we can be contacted through email, we cannot give specific advice without a consultation. This is for your own safety and due to insurance reasons.
This appointment can also be utilised if you require a refill prescription. Or if you have an acute condition that requires no more than 15 minutes - such as a cold.
PATHOLOGY REQUEST
30 minutes or 1 hour
Our clinic offers short or long appointments to order pathology testing or in some cases you may be unsure what testing you require from your symptoms.
Often some practitioners do not want to order certain pathology tests as they cannot interpret them. Our clinic offers a solution for complicated cases or even just for your standard health checks.
The short appointment can be utilised for simple health checks, uncomplicated cases or if you have already had a consultation with us previously. The longer appointment can be utilised for complicated cases or if you previously haven't had a consultation with us.
PATHOLOGY ASSESSMENT
60 minutes - $195
Assessment of Pathology results that have been ordered previously by other practitioners or by our clinic. We will go through your test results to see what nutritional deficiencies we can find and other systemic conditions that may have been missed.
Occasionally clients find they are not getting answers from previous pathology tests. Or that another practitioner has said everything is normal however the symptoms would suggest otherwise. Often they are only looking at standard reference ranges and not OPTIMAL reference ranges. Or they have not ordered tests that would be significant to the symptoms.
HEALTH FUND REBATES AND NDIS
Qualified and ANTA registered Nutritionists are recognised by Private Health Funds in Australia.
Private health funds offer rebates as part of their extras packages for qualified and registered nutritionists.
APIA Health Insurance (NIB)
Australian Health Management (AHM)
Australian Unity
Credicare Health Fund (CUA)
GU Health
HBF (Inc GMF)Health Partners
health.com.au
Medibank Private
Mildura Health Fund
NIB (AAMI & Suncorp)
Qantas Health Insurance (NIB)
Queensland Country Health (Inc Territory Health)
Westfund
* Please check with your Private Health provider.
PLEASE NOTE: Some health funds do not provide rebates for Phone or Zoom consultations.
PRESCRIPTIONS AND TREATMENT
We treat the person not the illness.
Each patient will receive a detailed treatment plan and if needed a supplement protocol from the appointment.
This can include dietary, lifestyle recommendations and if required a supplement protocol.
Each treatment plan is individualised to each patient. There is no "one size fits all" approach to care.
What will my treatment plan include?
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Specific dietary recommendations.
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Educations and resources.
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If needed meal plans or recipes.
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Shopping lists.
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A prescription of a supplement protocol - delivered to your door. This includes details of how and when to take prescriptions.
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Lifestyle recommendations, including exercise or movement recommendations.
All protocols are delivered directly through to you via email.
Supplement prescriptions are sent to you via an online system called Vital.ly. Once prescribed your protocol you can then log into Vital.ly, create your account and the products are conveniently delivered to your door.
PATHOLOGY TESTING
As qualified practitioners we have access to order a range of functional pathology tests. These functional tests provide the information we are sometimes missing in order to treat you. These are ordered based on each individual case.
We do not and will never receive any percentage of the cost of these tests, these are only utilised when absolutely necessary and can be useful to understand on a biological level what can be helped through diet and supplementation.
Some of the testing we utilise is below but there may be others we need depending on your condition.
STANDARD & RED CELL BLOOD TEST
Standard Blood tests can tells us a lot about your general health. They also give us a base to work with. Clinical Labs is used for all blood testing. Red Cell testing is always requested instead of standard serum testing.
BIOSCREEN - STOOL TESTS
Faecal Microbial Analysis (FMA) Test - The only laboratory in Australia that cultures all the significant live bacteria that can be recovered from your faecal sample. (FMA) test can investigate the composition of your microbiota. This information can help modify your gut microbiota to improve your health.
ORGANIC ACIDS TEST
The organic acids test is a simple urine test, which makes it non invasive. This test looks at biomarkers from various metabolic pathways. These biomarkers give an overview of several major systems in the body and an analysis of nutritional deficiencies in the body. It provides insights into the body’s cellular metabolic processes. Organic acids are metabolic intermediates that are produced in pathways of central energy production, detoxification, neurotransmitter breakdown, or intestinal microbial activity.
MYCOTOX PROFILE (MOLD EXPOSURE)
MycoTOX Is a urine test that screens eleven different mycotoxins, from 40 species of mould. If you have or suspect you have been exposed to mould, then it is important to determine what type. Moulds have different severities and treatment protocols.
DUTCH Hormone Test
This test provides a comprehensive look at adrenal and sex hormones as well as how they are metabolised. It also includes cortisol and melatonin. This test may help address the underlying reasons for fatigue, sleep problems, hormone and fertility challenges.
COMPLETE MICROBIOME MAPPING - GI MAPPING
This is a stool sample to assess a patient’s microbiome, with particular attention to microbes that cause disease or that disrupt normal microbial balance and contribute to perturbations in the GI flora and contribute to illness.
The panel is a comprehensive collection of microbial targets as well as immune and digestive markers. It screens for pathogenic bacteria, commensal bacteria, opportunistic pathogens, fungi, viruses, and parasites.
Common Conditions this test is used for:
IBS/IBD
Abdominal cramps or pain
leaky gut symptoms
SIBO
Allergies
Weakness
Diarrhoea
Bloating
Fatigue
SIBO - SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH
Normally, bacteria are found in the trillions in the LARGE INTESTINE, where they perform various symbiotic functions for the human body.
SIBO is a condition where bacterial overgrowth occurs in the absorptive area of the body the SMALL INTESTINE.