At Lane Cove Wellness Centre we offer a wide range of diagnostic and health management services.

We can call on a wide variety of specialist practitioners including:

These experts can help you identify and manage your health concerns using modern, safe and effective techniques.

Click on the links below to find out more!

Bioelectric Impedance Analysis

At Lane Cove Wellness Centre we do not rely solely on the orthodox battery of blood tests to assess an individual's health status. The body's homoeostatic mechanisms are designed to maintain blood levels of most factors within very narrow limits. The BIA can pick up issues well before some blood tests indicate problems. This gives us the flexibility where we can identify problems before they become serious.

All programs at Lane Cove Wellness Centre incorporate the use of Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA). BIA is a sophisticated diagnostic tool that can detect when an individual begins the slow decline towards disease and can also detect when that trend is reversed. This allows us to implement a wellness program in the Zone of Preferred Intervention, as well as accurately monitor its success.

Regular BIA assessments can detect a shift from an anabolic state (when cell repair exceeds breakdown) to a catabolic state (when cell breakdown exceeds repair).

This ability to detect very subtle shifts in cellular health makes it possible to "fine tune" our clients' diet and lifestyle modifications and maximise the effectiveness of their nutritional support.

BIA is the most reliable technique available to assess body composition, and allows easy monitoring of changes in lean muscle, fat and intra/extracellular water.

BIA is inexpensive, non-invasive and painless (the test involves a brief application of electric current).

BIA takes approximately five minutes to administer.

How does it work?

You may have read in some of our stories about assessing your biological age. Well, in order to do this, we use a special unit that can take fascinating measurements of internal aspects of your body. No, this is not some spooky device that is on a par with a crystal ball. It is a scientifically-proven measureing instrument and it is used in hospitals in some European countries as part of their health assessment procedures - just like us.

The VLA.

The VLA (vitality and Longevity Analysis) is also called a BIA (Bioelectric Impedence Analysis). This technical name describes how the unit works. It passes a microcurrent (1 millionth of an amp) through your body. The way the current vibrates, it will only pass through certain tissue in two different wavelengths. The bottom line is that, once we weigh and measure you, we can tell you the following:

1. How much fat your body possessses
2. How much muscle you have
3. How much bone holds you together
4. The volume of water in your body and
5. Where that water is situated (cellulite measurement)
6. How much toxicity your cells aree struggling with
7. The health of your cell walls (and there are approximately 50 trillion of them)
8. Your biological age.
9. The number of calories that will maintain your weight
10. The number of calories you need to lose weight safely
11. The ideal ratio of food groups to ensure your optimum health
12. The changes that are happening inside your body with each measurement

Basically, as a colleague says, the machine proves that what we do works. And by the way - it is harmless. It carries the same electrical potential as your own nervous system, so you don't even feel it.

Pain Management

The Lane Cove Wellness Centre specialises in helping people who are suffering from chronic or severe pain. We provide a comprehensive wellness program that can incorporate many diagnostic and treatment programs which can significantly alleviate chronic pain and in some cases make it disappear entirely.

Contact us to arrange a pain management consultation

Weight Loss

Normalise your weight. Get that summer figure you've always wanted.

Let us help you to try to not only lose weight but also improve your health and vitality. Our special screening tests will reveal possible reasons for present ill health - and overweight - and allow us to map out a wellness strategy for you.

Ask for a free consultation on how our low reactive diets work and what they can do for your health.

So, learn an effective and fun way to help reduce weight and improve your health and vitality at the same time.

Just what IS "Targeted Nutrition"

Pop in and find out or book in for a BIA and a brief look at the plan. You will be surprised just how easy it all is - not only to lose weight but also to keep it off.

Contact us to arrange a weight loss program

Preconception

What is a preconception plan?

Preconception planning tries to:

• Ensure that you achieve optimum health in preparation for a successful pregnancy, then
• Help you maintain your health throughout pregnancy.
• Ensure that your baby is happy, HEALTHY, and bright. )
• Enable you to remain strong and vital throughout breast feeding.
• Ensure that your baby receives optimum nutrition throughout the whole process

Who might benefit from a healthy preconception programme? Just about everybody!

Many factors in today's living conditions conspire to denude your body of vital nutritional reserves. Some of those factors are:

• Poor mineral content of Australia's topsoil and water supply
• Highly refined and processed foods
• Storage of foods for long periods
• Refrigeration
• Freezing
• Boiling or other forms of cooking

Not only that, but also you may suffer from contamination of food and water. These can have a negative impact on your liver function - essential for well-being and health - of you and the future little you. They are:

• Pesticide contamination
• Storage chemicals
• Preservatives in prepared foods found in the local supermarket

So, whether you are young or old, you and your baby can benefit from a preconception programme.

A pre-conception program may be of benefit for you if you are trying to fall pregnant and:

• have experienced miscarriages
• are over 32 years of age
• are a smoker
• are a drinker
• want to have the best chance for a healthy baby

Not only that, but also you may have been exposed to pollutants (from smoke, pesticides, demolition sites - especially house renovations) and be worried that the toxicity may affect a future embryo.

Whatever your situation, our preconception programme has shown us that you could have a more successful pregnancy than you might otherwise expect.

How is all of this possible? Our routine tests highlight heavy metal intoxication, tendency to allergy, liver efficiency and current cellular toxicity. Then, by using our targeted nutrition programme, you may improve your own - you're your partner's, if needed - health and your ability to carry a successful pregnancy. Our clinical experience has indicated that your health and that of your baby be superior and that you may also actually have a heavier and more intelligent baby.

So, just how do you go about this interesting process? Firstly, ask us to send you the information package. If you wish, have a chat with one of our naturopaths and we'll outline our programme. From there, it is a quick and easy process to get the relevant information to you.

If you can get in to see us, so much the better.

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Sleep Apnoea CPAP Therapy

Sleep Apnoea is a condition that affects a large proportion of the population. Many sufferers do not realise that they are affected by it. In fact, your partner is probably in a better position to notice whether you suffer from Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) than you are.

An obvious symptom of OSA is snoring, however not all snorers suffer from OSA. When you sleep your tongue and soft palate naturally hold your airway open allowing you to breathe. If the muscles relax too much, breathing in will cause the floppy muscles to vibrate and sound a snore.

OSA differs from snoring when the throat is particularly narrow or the muscles relax too much during sleep causing the airway to become blocked. The obvious give away that differentiates OSA from snoring is a snore followed by a period of silence. After a period of time (anywhere from 10 seconds to 2 minutes) the brain will realize that there is a lack of oxygen and arouse the body to wake. This arousal may not be on a conscious level and the sleeper may not realize it. This cycle is repeated all through the night and the sleeper never falls into a deep, refreshing sleep. Instead they feel tired, irritable and often lack concentration and memory.

What can you do about it?

The first step is to see you local GP and s/he will refer you to a specialist. The process will then include a number of overnight sleep studies where your sleep will be monitored and assessed.

What is CPAP?

CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. CPAP is delivered via a CPAP machine, which delivers a flow of air pressure via a mask. This flow of air pressure supports the airway preventing a blockage to occur and normal breathing can take place allowing the blood oxygen level to be maintained at the optimal level.

How We Can Help You

After your sleep studies you will receive a prescription for a pressure for the CPAP machine to be set to and a mask. The Lane Cove Wellness Centre specialise in supplying all major brands of CPAP machines and masks.

Our qualified CPAP consultant will help you decide which CPAP machine and humidifier suit you best.

Individual Wellness Outcomes

What are "Wellness Outcomes"?

This describes the health aspirations of the modern person - we don't just want to be treated for an illness - we want to get better. We aren't happy with growing old gracefully - we want to stay young and vibrant for as long as possible. And, if we are considering kids, we don't just want to have a healthy baby while still in our twenties. We want to have a rich, rewarding and fulfilling career and a lively, interesting youth, then to have a baby in our thirties or forties - or even fifties. And,of course, THAT baby has to be happy and healthy.

It's happening all over the world and it's happening here!

You see the goal of the modern health care worker is to keep up with all these aspirations.

It means that health care workers have to develop new specialties - break new ground in attitude and direction. The new local GP is actually a collection of people these days - doctor, physio, natural therapist and chiro - as the HCF ad could well say.

And the actual practitioners themselves need to change also. That's why I studied to become a naturopath, homoeopath, nutritionist and herbalist.

Why nutrition and herbal medicine? Well, our job as a pharmacist has always been to support the work of our doctors and consider ourselves part of the health care team. With wellness outcomes now being the focus of 60% of the population (according to a recent survey) there is an additional "team" job to do as part of this support structure. That job is to support - or complement - "treatment" aspects of the patient's needs to the next step they want to arrive at.

That's why I wanted to add to my pharmacist skills. I wanted to be where my clients were - and hopefully take them to where they want to go. You see, it is my belief that sound nutrition is the fundamental requirement of good health - and therefore is essential to wellness outcomes.

To achieve wellness means to recover FULLY from a chronic disease if possible. More and more people are finding that to be possible.

How?

By becoming responsible for their own health outcomes.

The main way is by gathering information. Information on food, vitamins, minerals and lifestyle and their place in the health equation.

So the modern nutritionist sees himself as the vehicle containing that information. It is my belief that our nutritional training should be directed in making a person independent of natural therapists in a sense - that he or she should be educated into being able to make the correct choices.

As a naturopath also, I like to incorporate the healing aspects of homoeopathy, herbal medicine, other energetic medicines and techniques and microcurrent therapy to hasten the "healing".

So an Individual Wellness Outcome is the result of learning about the choices you can make in improving your own health. The Lane Cove Wellness Centre can help you make this possible!

Contact us to arrange a Wellness Program now!

Massage Therapy

Massage is a powerful tool designed to release the stress of daily living as well as treating specific muscular, tissue or skeletal issues.

There are many types of massage available at the Lane Cove Wellness Centre. We have a variety of highly skilled, fully qualified male and female massage therapists.

We can offer:

• Reiki
• Deep Tissue
• Remedial
• Swedish
• Shiatsu
• Energy Healing
• Pregnancy Massage
• Reflexology Massage

Feel Free to call us on 02 9420 4959 or Contact us via Email to arrange a session with one of our therapists

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Naturopathy

Naturopathy is a broad area that has a distinctively natural approach to health and healing.

Its important to understand that naturopathy recognises the integrity of the whole person. Health and disease are conditions of the whole organism involving a complex interaction of physical, environmental and spiritual, mental, genetic, social , chemical and other factors.

The physician must treat the whole person by taking all of these factors into account. The harmonious functioning of all aspects of the individual is essential to recovery from and prevention of disease, and requires a personalised and comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment.

The physicians major role is to educate the patient to take responsibility for his or her own health. The physician is a catalyst for positive change leading to the patient becoming empowered and motivated to assume responsibility. It is you, the patient, and not the naturopath who ultimately accomplishes healing.

The ethos of the naturopath is first do no harm. Treatments are non-invasive and recognise that symptoms are the body's expression of a deeper illness and must not be ignored. Therapeutic actions should be complementary to and synergistic with this healing process. Therefore, methods designed to suppress symptoms without removing underlying causes are considered harmful and are only used in a deliberate and calculated manner.

Illness does not occur without cause. Underlying causes of disease must be discovered and removed before a person can recover completely from illness. Symptoms are expressions of the body's attempt to heal, but are not the cause of disease. Symptoms, therefore, should not be suppressed by treatment. Causes may occur on many levels including physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The physician must evaluate fundamental underlying causes and direct treatment at root causes rather than surface symptoms.

Contact us to arrange a visit to our Naturopath

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Iridology

An iridologist examines the density of the iris fibres, patterns, colours, structures and degrees of lightness and darkness to reveal if an area has potential for being strong or weak, irritated or has degeneration in the tissues or organs.

The complex iris has thousands of nerve endings that are connected through impulses to every tissue of the body through the brain and nervous system. The nerve fibers respond specifically to tissue and organ potential conditions with a corresponding reflex manifested in the iris as lacunae or colour variations.

The iris alerts us to potential early signs of imbalances in the body. It is then up to us to make changes in our life that can create positive results. This remarkable communication system in the iris gives a clear and complete picture of overall health potential and is a simple and painless way of obtaining that information. An iridologist observes the patterns found in the eyes and explains corresponding associations and guides natural therapies.

Contact us to arrange an Iridology appointment

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Acupuncture

Acupuncture has been successfully used to treat a large variety of conditions such as:

• Muscle or joint pain
• Arthritis
• Back Pain
• Sports Injuries
• Pain relief
• Emotional problems
• Colds & Flu
• Allergies
• Sleep & Insomnia
• Circulatory problems
• Pre Menstrual Symptoms
• Urogenital Disorders
• Treating addictions

Contact us to arrange an Acupuncture appointment

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Frequency Specific Microcurrent Therapy

Frequency Specific Microcurrent is a new therapy which has been made available commercially only recently. Just as Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI) is sensitive to the electromagnetic field of the various body tissues, so does microcurrent DONATE resonant energy to the same fields. It can do this because the frequencies of this extremely low amperage (1/1,000,000 of an amp) can be adjusted specifically from each of two channels to exactly neutralise the vibrational field of the target inflammatory condition and be directed directly into the target tissue.

Its low amperage and voltage (minus 75 millivolts of electrical potential identical with your own nerve cells) means that the current is transmitted INSIDE the cells of the body. It is four billion times more subtle and specific that the commonly used electric pulse therapy used in physical therapy. (This latter treatment merely floods pain receptors and causes muscle contraction, as the current from this passes outside cells).

"As an internist I have been taught that healing takes time and requires patience. In my 20 years in medicine I have never experienced any treatment or therapy that provides relief and results as quickly as Frequency Specific Microcurrent. I have been amazed and pleased. " - Robert Lerman, MD, PhD Gig Harbour, Wa.

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Nutritionist

A nutritionist looks at the picture of your body's total nutrient intake in a wholistic manner. By that I mean that we are not only interested in the things that a dietitian likes to consider t also we view the functional performance of your cellular tissue.

Let me explain:

In order to convert lamb chops and lentils with rice to its smallest components and then into healthy tissue, your body needs live enzyme activity. These enzymes are catalysts that make it all happen. It is a poorly held fact that all enzymes need vitamins and minerals to make them work.

That means to you that few people will have complete enzyme activity as over 80% of people are deficient in one or more trace minerals in their daily diet. To make matters worse, most vitamin supplements don't cater for all of these deficiencies. To make it worse again, an imbalanced supplement can actually drive a deficiency into the wrong direction.

The bottom line is that the only answer is to supplement the daily diet with a correctly balanced formulation. Once we have restored sufficient reserves of trace elements, vitamins and fatty acids in your tissue reserves, only then will your cellular activity return to normal functioning and with it your health and energy profile (wellness).

Why can't I just tell you what to do right now in order to hit your peak? The answer is that with over 100 essential nutrients to think about and thousands of enzymes that are activated by various combinations of them, the chances of me getting it right for you are quite small without more information.

We need to know all about what you eat, what aspects of your health are a concern , how long you've been feeling "off ", what you do every day, where you're placed in your personal space, which biological system is playing up, if your gut is dysbiotic and more. That's why we have developed a unique and comprehensive questionnaire system to give us all of this information in logical, concise sequence so that we can make some assessments on your behalf.

In the process, we may need to see you as well to conduct a full physical examination and to put together our subjective and objective assessments in order to be able to give you a full report. It's the difference between functional medicine and reactive medicine.

Contact our Nutritionist to make an appointment

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Functional Medicine

Functional medicine is the meeting place of the arts and the sciences and is the Nirvana of all seekers of wellness. It is the restoration to full functioning of your body's cellular tissue.

What does this mean? You see, if you are not well, it means that your body is not functioning 100%. You instinctively know that but it's usually almost impossible to communicate this to anybody, let alone a medico or naturopath. So what do you usually finish up with after a visit? Usually yet another prescription for medical prescriptions or maybe a bottle of herbs and some terrific advice such as keep an eye on it and if it doesn't improve in a few weeks (or whatever), make another appointment?. And that's about it. (You know, in a way I'm really jealous of those blokes - they know how to fill up waiting rooms real fast).

We call that reactive medicine, merely treating the symptoms and saying "Bye for now!".

Functional medicine, in Dr Jeffrey Bland's words, -is hard. It's hard because it requires the practitioner to work. And to spend time on you. And to be prepared to work through layers of issues with you. And keep working until you get to the bottom of things. And then to work even harder to come up with the right answers that your cellular tissue (enzymes) will respond to and start to give you back what you really want from the bottom of your heart  "wellness".

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Case Anecdotes

Disclaimer:

I am sharing these cases for educational purposes, not for promotional reasons. It is my belief that the sufferers of such illnesses need to know that genuine help is available for their conditions.

I am not purporting to make claims and have the permission of all people to feature their cases. In fact they were so grateful that they even gave me permission to use their names. However, I refrained from doing so.

- Chronic Fatigue With Pain

While it is not our intention to make outrageous claims, we do feel an obligation to share our unique results with other sufferers and practitioners for the general benefit of all. We will be happy to answer queries and share technical information for the common good. There will be a fee as regards professional enquiries to our centre.

CHRONIC FATIGUE WITH HIGH GRADE PAIN.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease with Chronic Fatigue
Lady aged 25 YO
Singer by profession. Pain - grade 10.
Investigation revealed that abdominal infection was most probably caused from a cyst on her right kidney, which she had from birth and which simply exuded into the abdomen over time.
Examination revealed that the uterus-fallopian tube-ovary system appeared to be adhered to the side of the abdominal wall. She had a definite swelling in the Lower Right Quadrant - extremely painful to the touch - and a hollow in the LLQ.
Tests:
Urinary indicans was unremarkable, as was urinary biochemistry.
VLA - or BIA - showed good muscle to fat ratio.
Unusual feature of case was pronounced reflux from possible hiatus hernia (common to many singers).
Treatment consisted of microcurrent and LCWCRR.
After first microcurrent treatment, the uterus appeared to be released and pain instantly mitigated. It took many microcurrent treatments to discover detect and treat the probable multiple bacterial species infecting her abdomen and abdominal organs as well as other underlying causes. I did this by selecting relevant frequencies for pathology and also pertinent frequencies for the specific tissue which was affected.
Patient is now relatively pain free, has full vitality and singing like a bird.
Presentation:
Girl aged 16 YO, 170cm, 84 Kg, presented with chronic myofascial pain. Foci of pain were hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, axillae, neck. Intermittent paralysis of LHS axillae - constant shaking - intermittent convulsions of LHS arm and torso (most nights and when touched).
PAIN ASSESSMENT: Grade 7-9+ at rest.
History:
Rolled ankle at age 14. Fracture undiagnosed for 6 weeks, then diagnosed by a sport injury medical clinic and treated, so on crutches for a total of 3 months. Reportedly grew 10 inches (25cm) in that period.
Eventually referred by GP some months after ankle recovered to Pain clinic and psychiatrist and was prescribed various analgesics. Finally diagnosed by psychiatrist as psycho-somatic. Family sought help from a naturopath who referred the patient to me for microcurrent.
Examination:
Neurological pain from neck - practically all dermatomes relating to cervical vertebrae responded to pinwheel.
Later Diagnosis:
Pain initiated by septic foci in all areas of damage. Secondary damage caused by crutches which had probably crushed sensitive growth plates of shoulders, humerus, gleno humeral joint and caused strain injuries to wrists and fingers and elbows. Supported by physical exam which particularly revealed major pain (grade 9+) at axillae to the lightest touch - especially on RHS axillla.
Patient appeared healthy mentally although understandably angered by poor medical care and treatment.
TREATMENT:
Microcurrent and LCWCRR were prescribed. The dietary regime was met with poor compliance (due to clashes with ethnic culinary habits) but patient complied about 80% with herbal medicine and supplements.
Initially, treated repetitively with microcurrent (every 5 days) with frequencies dealing only with chronic myofascial pain.
RESULTS:
Pain reduced markedly after each treatment. After 4 treatments, pain reduced to grade 1 between sessions. On fifth week, pain returned spontaneously to grade 8-9+.
Diagnosis: An acute crisis - presumed septic in nature. Examination revealed probable septic foci.
TREATMENT:
Treated for pathology from bacterial infection by selecting specific a frequency of microcurrent, aimed at removing pathology caused by specific bacterial species and applied to specific tissues by a similar method.
RESULTS:
Pain reduced to grade 0-1.

FOLLOW UP TREATMENTS:
Improvement was steady following this method.
All symptoms of pain finally disappeared at the end of the series of treatments..

Lady, 27 YO, pain in many segments of body up to grade 9 and suffering fatigue. Singer.
Multi system questions revealed pathology in many systems. Urinary Indicans grade 3. BIA readings normal.
Used microcurrent treatment and the LCWCRR as above. After about 9 months, patient fully recovered.

Chronic Fatigue:
Cab driver 45YO, Mediterranean extraction; adult acne rosacea; Commenced perdsonalised, personalised rotation and elimination diet (similar to modern blood type diet with twist); supplements: Zinc/vitC/Vit A/chromium/selenium/molybdenum tds; N/S supplemental MVM tds; N/S Calc/Mag tds; Vit E 250mg d; Wade's ST Cream; Vodder Lymphatic drainage;
After 4 months, patient recovered;

Chronic Fatigue with pain.
Youth aged 23 YO; CFS; Referred by GP;
When asked why referral to Acne Care Centre regime, doctor replied that one of his acne patients also suffering CFS completed our regime and both acne and CFS cleared up.
Commenced youth on personalized, modified R and E diet and supplements. After 4 months, patient reported symptoms cleared up, following initial improvement.

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NON SURGICAL FACE LIFT

Lady, 45 YO, heavy smoker; craftswoman; wanted a non-surgical face lift.
Presentation: Skin was dry with deep wrinkles (8/10) in many places - from weather and smoking especially the forehead, procerus (nose wrinkle), deep jowls, crow's feet, pronounced pouches under the eyes and throat
Treatment goals: Rejuvenate skin.
Treatment: Precision - Frequency Specific Microcurrent, supplied by Metagenics, specific frequencies and method of application; version of LCWCRR (Land Cove Wellness Centre Remedial Regime of diet and nutrition).
Frequency of treatment: Weekly for 6 weeks, then every six weeks.
Result: After 6 weeks, the client's skin had improved satisfactorily. After 12 weeks, it was looking 70% fresher and the wrinkle depth had declined significantly. After 18 weeks - and no further Microcurrent treatments - the skin appeared more youthful again. The client commented that her friends had noticed that she was looking -well- but was keeping our treatment - her little secret-.

Lady, 35 YO, moderate smoker; office manager; wanted a non surgical face lift.
Presentation: Skin was dry with moderate wrinkle depth (5/10) in several places, especially the forehead, nose wrinkle, crow's feet and mild pouches under the eyes, the jowls and throat.
Treatment goals: Rejuvenate skin and reduce wrinkling as much as possible.
Treatment: As above
Frequency of treatment: As above
Result: After 1 week, there was a noticeable (say 15% improvement which continued for 6 weeks (to, say 50% improvement); this continued for a further 24 weeks (repeating her treatment at 6 week intervals) to a point where the client is delighted with her appearance. The skin is elastic, moist and has a (to me) incredible soft glowing appearance without make up. And very little wrinkling remains. She has only recently given up smoking, which should help even more.

Male, 60 YO. Occupation, Health Professional in the orthodox medical field.
Presentation: Severe non-pustular acne rosacea with many small white heads, duration: whole adult lifetime; ageing skin and wrinkles.
Observation: Probably contained a content of subcutaneous Candida colonization, as I had had many courses of antibiotics.
Treatment goals: Client I wanted to be rid of the rosacea and also rejuvenate his skin, as being a high profile periodontist, he needed to look his best.
Treatment: ARR plus microcurrent non-surgical facelift frequencies and Wade's Skin Treatment Cream.
Result: By 6Th week, there was a huge improvement in wrinkles and quality of skin. By the 12Th week, rosacea had declined by 50%; skin had appearance of young, elastic skin and no pimples. By the 18Th week, rosea had declined by 90%. Patient was recently told by his dermatologist that he had the skin of a young man.

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Chronic Fatigue with high grade pain.

Chronic fatigue is a debilitating condition which usually has a gradual onset. Suffering from pain every day is dispiriting. Combined, they will drive the client to a point of cellular exhaustion and into a mental zone of -switching off- from pain - and even sometimes the fatigue. Relatively sudden onset fatigue * (developing over a few months) seems to develop drastic symptoms, leaving the hapless sufferer bedridden and often in pain. When this point arrives, either the pain or the fatigue becomes the client's focal point. Occasionally, the client presents for treatment just for the pain and takes the fatigue as a given. More usually, the client will usually not mention the pain as the fatigue is the greater disability. At its extreme, fatigue prevents her from functioning ? often being unable to rise from bed or if she does, they can only do so with the greatest effort and steeling of resolve. When this client tries to move, it hurts AND it is tiring. This type of fatigue often strikes at puberty* and it can occur in girls and boys.

In the case of both, it often commences with a bout of glandular fever (mononucleosis, or the Eppstein Barr virus). It often goes unrecognized and the teacher or coach will usually mistake it for laziness. This causes them to drive the student harder which results in a greater rate of progress of the exhaustion sequence. In fact, Mononucleosis can cause pronounced liver damage, forever affecting the health of the affected individual - UNLESS we can intervene with the right treatment.

You see? the bottom line is that the right sort of intervention can help at any stage of this victim's life ? even if they only find us many years later. But we recognize that the sooner we get to treat it then the quicker and easier it will respond to our regime. That means to you that all chronic illnesses respond to our type of natural therapy in a similar pattern, corresponding to Herring's direction of cure.

So, when I talk to him or her for the first time, the conversation generally revolves around the fatigue state ? especially the adults. It is as if they expect to experience pain simply they are trying to move a fatigued body which is seems is not meant to be moved.

It is my belief that the fatigue has arisen gradually following the downward spiralling of the body until it finally arrives at The Fourth Stage of Stress.

It is a fact that the fatigue-pain status can also arise from different causes. They would be anything from:

An old neck injury say, from

horse riding fall,

a Motor Vehicle Accident or MVA through to

Neck or other injuries associated with stress and strain, such as:

gymnastic

martial arts

football

tennis

athletics or

other sports with a similar pattern of trauma, strains and performance anxiety with pressure to achieve outstanding goals.

As good examples, I would

 

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Puberty Growth Spurt:

* Puberty onset is a time of great demand on your body's YH1 immune system, skewing your immune system into an inflammatory TH2. Such a change can occur during the puberty growth years (anything up to 23 YO for boys and 19 YO for girls). Not only that but also Many external factors in your environment will help or hinder this process, often rendering you more likely to develop an immune-related disorder. Such -diseases- can be reversible, using our unique and natural Wellness Outcome therapy method.

So, complaints such as:

Acne,

Diabetes

Psoriasis,

Wild moods,

Fatigue,

Joint disorders,

Glandular Fever,

Painful muscles and tendons,

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Presentation of case 1:

Girl aged 16 YO, 170cm, 84 Kg, presented with chronic myofascial pain. Foci of pain were hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, axillae (armpit), neck. Intermittent paralysis with pain of LHS arm - constant shaking - intermittent convulsions of LHS arm and torso (mostly at night and often when touched).

PAIN ASSESSMENT: Grade 7-9+ at rest.

History:

Rolled ankle at age 14. Fracture undiagnosed for 6 weeks, then diagnosed by a sport injury medical clinic and treated, so on crutches for a total of 3 months. Reportedly grew 10 inches (25cm) in that period.

Eventually referred by GP some months after ankle recovered to Pain clinic and psychiatrist and was prescribed various analgesics. Finally diagnosed by psychiatrist as psycho-somatic. Family sought help from a naturopath who referred the patient to me for microcurrent.

Examination:

Neurological pain from neck - practically all dermatomes relating to cervical vertebrae responded to pinwheel.

Our Assessment:

Pain initiated by septic foci (pockets of infection) in all areas of pain. Secondary damage caused by crutches which had probably crushed sensitive growth plates of shoulders, humerus, gleno humeral joint and caused strain injuries to wrists and fingers and elbows. Supported by physical exam which particularly revealed major pain (grade 9+) at axillae to the lightest touch ? especially on RHS axillla.

Patient appeared healthy mentally although understandably angered and distressed by poor medical care and treatment.

TREATMENT:

Microcurrent and LCWCRR were prescribed. The dietary regime was met with poor compliance (due to clashes with ethnic culinary habits) but patient complied about 80% with herbal medicine and supplements.

Initially, treated repetitively with microcurrent (every 5 days) with frequencies dealing only with chronic myofascial pain.

RESULTS:

Pain reduced markedly after each treatment. After 4 treatments, pain reduced to grade 1 between sessions. On fifth week, pain returned spontaneously to grade 8-9+.

Diagnosis:

An acute crisis - presumed septic in nature. Examination revealed probable septic foci (pockets of infection).

TREATMENT:

Treated for pathology from bacterial infection by selecting specific a frequency of microcurrent, aimed at removing pathology caused by specific bacterial species and applied to specific tissues by a similar method. Differeent bacterial species appeared to dominate the same area in a definite hierarchy of succession. I found in later cases that this same pattern repeated itself. I called this the Ferro Factor.

RESULTS:

Pain reduced to grade 0-1.

FOLLOW UP TREATMENTS:

Improvement was steady following this method.

All symptoms of pain finally disappeared at the end of the series of treatments. 

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Case 2

Presentation:

Female, 30 YO, Attractive, intelligent, appealing in all aspects of outward appearance, presented with chronic pain and fatigue. Referred by GP. A major symptom was horizontally directed vertigo ie: walking into walls quite inexplicably. Had this condition since early 20's.

Had not even discussed her extreme muscular pain until specifically asked about pain. Reports that she had given up talking about it. Her cheerful demeanour was a technique for taking her mind off it a trait that was to be common in other similar cases.

Investigation:

Her HAQ score was over the maximum nine 9 segments: Small intestine, colon, liver/gall bladder, hypothyroid, adrenal, hypoglycaemia, joints, muscle, PMS.

Her questions answered positive to almost all of the above points.

Assessment:

Her starting score for pain was 9 and for fatigue 10. Her pain was interesting as it was segmented into each joint in her body - from the individual cervical and spinal vertebrae, the gleno humeral (shoulder), elbow, wrist/metacarpal, carpal (fingers), sacro-illiac, hip, knee, ankle/metatarsal and tarsal joints. 

Observation:

Interestingly, the microcurrent revealed that there appeared to be a dominant bacterial colony in each segment of each joint (a variation of the Ferro Factor I called the Ravenscroft Response). This indicated from the outset that

a)it would be interesting watching the progress of treatment and

b)it would take a fair while before the joints were trouble free. 

Treatment:

Her treatment ran along similar lines, excepting that there was no urgent deadline, so this went over 12 months.

(Details available to interested parties but, due to TGA restrictions, unable to be published).

Consisted of LCWCRR. ie:

a. Nutritional

b. Dietary

c. Supplemental and

d. Lifestyle changes

i) Herbal

ii) Homeopathic and

iii) Precision - Frequency Specific Microcurrent treatments - at various times and when indicated.

Responses:

Pain and fatigue scores diminished encouragingly from the outset. Following the discovery of the "Ferro Factor", we treated for all bacteria from the outset. The glove applications revealed that her apparently infectious pockets were truly segmented - usually 2, 3 or even 4 colonies entrenched in each quarter of a joint. As mentioned, I dubbed this the - Ravenscroft Response -.

Outcome:

While the client was able to perform at her maximum almost from the beginning of treatment, after about 12 months of gradual improvement she could pursue normal activities of elite sport without any discomfort. Her (responsible, executive) occupation did not suffer either, although her discomfort in pursuing this diminished significantly from the first microcurrent treatment.

Pain:

Reduced to 6/10 after the first treatment and most significantly after 3 months. The remainder took the remaining 9 months, when pain was zero.

Fatigue:

Followed a similar path and reduced by about 80% after 3 months, the remainder following a similar path.

Other symptoms:

Diminished in roughly the same pattern.

Outcome:

The client reported that we achieved a Wellness Outcome - for her. 

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Case 3

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease with Chronic Fatigue

Presentation:

Lady aged 25 YO, singer by profession. Pain - grade 10.

Investigation:

Investigation revealed that abdominal infection was most probably caused from a cyst on her right kidney, which she had from birth and from which infected pus probably simply exuded into the abdomen over time. It had been diagnosed as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.

Examination:

Revealed that the uterus-fallopian tube-ovary system appeared to have adhered to one side of the abdominal wall. She had a definite swelling in the Lower Right Quadrant of the abdomen - extremely painful to the touch - and a hollow in the Lower Left Quadrant. An unusual and mainly unrelated feature of the case was pronounced reflux from a hiatus hernia (common to many singers).

Another feature is the reluctance to discuss the pain. I found this repeatedly in other similar cases. The client had actually developed a "smile' technique and a chirpy laugh as a method of taking her mind off the suffering and always took special pride with her appearance and dress sense as if to dissuade enquiry about her health.

Tests:

Urinary indicans (a test provided by Metagenics for leaky gut) was unremarkable, as was urinary biochemistry.

VLA - or BIA - study showed good muscle to fat ratio.

Treatment

Treatment consisted LCWCRR - a dietary and lifestyle approach combining supplements and herbs with a unique, extremely pleasant and restful vibrational remedial body work, called Precision - Frequency Specific microcurrent.

After first microcurrent treatment, the uterus appeared to be released and pain instantly mitigated. It took many microcurrent treatments with nutritional support to discover, detect and treat the probable multiple bacterial species infecting her abdomen and abdominal organs as well as other underlying causes. I did this by selecting relevant frequencies for pathology and also pertinent frequencies for the specific tissue which was affected.

Outcome

The Patient is now relatively pain free, has full vitality and singing like a bird. The hiatus hernia has improved substantially, at last report. 

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Case 4

Lady, 27 YO, pain in many segments of body up to grade 9 and suffering fatigue, grade 7-9. Professional Singer.

Investigation

Multi system questions revealed pathology in many systems.

Assessment

Her urinary system was strikingly compromised with septic foci. Her condition had been deteriorating for many years, causing increasing levels of concern to her and her family. Approached our LCWCRR with lack of conviction and as practitioner of last resort. 

Tests

Urinary Indicans grade 3. BIA readings normal.

Treatment

Used microcurrent treatment and the LCWCRR as above.

Outcome

After about 9 months, patient fully recovered. This patient was so struck with how profoundly we changed her life that she has now enrolled in nUniversity as a mature student in a full time B.HSc course in Naturopathy. Presentation:

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Cases from the eighties.

Case 5

Chronic Fatigue:

Cab driver 45YO, Mediterranean extraction; adult acne rosacea;

Treatment

Commenced LCWCRR

After 3 months, patient HAD IMPROVED IN ALL SYMPTOMS BY ABOUT 80%. After 12 months, patient had reported a FULL RECOVERY. 

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Case 6

Chronic Fatigue with pain.

Youth aged 23 YO; CFS; Referred by GP - an amazing referral in those days;

When asked why referral to Acne Care Centre regime, doctor replied that one of his acne patients also suffering CFS completed our regime and both acne and CFS cleared up.

Commenced youth on personalized, modified R and E diet and supplements (The then equivalent of the LCWCRR). After 4 months, patient reported symptoms cleared up, following initial improvement. 

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Herring's Direction of Cure

The body heals from the Top down and from the inside out; the last illness you have will be the first to heal and it takes about a month for every 12 months you have had something to heal it.