Adele Leaney
Naturopath . Nutritionist . Herbalist . Vega testing
USING NATURE TO REBALANCE AND HEAL
How is natural medicine different?
The human body is remarkably designed. It has the ability to heal and rebalance itself if given the proper tools and environment. Naturopaths seek to help the body to heal itself, by identifying imbalances and barriers to healing, and correcting these using natural, low side-effect treatments like dietary modification, nutritional supplementation and herbal medicine. Unlike some other forms of medicine, the goal of naturopathy is to identify and treat the cause of the health problem, rather than just ameliorating the presenting symptoms, and to make changes that enable a true restoration of health that improves quality of life.
Private Health Provider Status
'Thanks' to the federal government's private health insurance reforms a few years ago, health funds have stopped providing cover for a range of natural therapies, including naturopathy. This decision is undergoing a review, but for the time being, naturopathy is not covered.
Thankfully, I also have separate qualifications in nutrition, and this is a service that some health funds will provide cover for. Check your policy with your fund, but you may be able to get cover through HBF, Medibank Private, AHM, NIB and a few other minor funds. Currently BUPA and OneMediFund are among the funds that don't cover nutrtion, so if you're with them, you won't be able to claim.
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