Treatments

Integrative medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person – body, mind, spirit, and their environment. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and lifestyle therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, promote optimal health.

Integrative medicine encompasses all safe and appropriate modalities of diagnosis and treatment. It includes an analysis of physical, emotional, nutritional, environmental, and lifestyle elements. Holistic medicine focuses on client education and participation in the healing process.

+ Consulting hours

Tuesday 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Wednesday 9.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 9.00am – 2.00pm
Fridays No GPs consulting
Saturday No GPs consulting

reclaim health + provides routine and lifestyle medicine-related services. Appointments are available during the times listed above. Home visits may be available for patients who are too ill to attend the clinic. Please speak to your doctor or ask at reception.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY – call 000 for an ambulance or call your local public hospital casualty department. The closest Emergency Department to reclaim health + is St Vincent’s Hospital, located at 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy.

+ New patients

In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of your health, it is important that you print and complete our New Patient Form, and return to us via email or at your first appointment.

ReSet Health Check Questionnaire
Dr Stevens Questionnaire
Dr Firas Questionnaire
Telehealth patient form

Please contact Reclaim Health on 03 9381 1991 regarding the various aesthetic treatments that we offer.

+ Chiropractic care for the treatment of acute and chronic pain and injury

Our spine is the central pathway for communication. These pathways are important as they encompass all aspects of our body, namely muscles, connective tissue, organs, and bones. Simple daily activities can cause misalignments in your spine, which can interfere with your central nervous system.

Chiropractic is the fastest-growing allied health profession in the world. Throughout this change, the cornerstone of care has not changed. Chiropractors aim to return normal function to the human body orthopedically, neurologically, and energetically. No two people are the same. For this reason, your chiropractor will take an individualised approach to every diagnosis and treatment. During your first appointment, your chiropractor will take a thorough health history. They will also look at presenting symptoms.

Acupuncture is part of an integrated system of primary health care, known as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Traditional Chinese Medicine is an effective, natural, and increasingly popular form of health care employed by people of all ages and backgrounds. Using a holistic approach to understanding health and disease, acupuncture focuses as much on the prevention of illness as on the treatment itself.

+ Qi

Traditional Chinese Medicine operates on the principle that disease results from a disruption in the flow of Qi and an imbalance in the forces of yin and yang. When we are healthy, an abundant supply of Qi flows through the body’s meridians – a network of invisible channels through the body. When our Qi is blocked or in short supply, the body fails to maintain harmony, balance, and order, and disease or illness follows.

Are you stressed, overworking, eating badly, or burning the proverbial candle at both ends? In addition to disease pathogens, weather and environmental conditions, common lifestyle factors and bad habits can also disturb your natural flow of Qi. TCM practitioners can diagnose disturbed Qi, resulting in illness and disease.

+Treating chronic neuropathic pain and disability, naturally.

Lyftogt Perineural Injection Treatment® (PIT) was first discovered and later significantly developed by Dr. John Lyftogt (pronounced “Liftoff”). PIT consists of a series of small injections immediately under the skin targeting painful areas where the nerves are sensitive, with simple and natural substances. The substance Dr. Lyftogt uses is a buffered D5W (dextrose 5% in sterile water) with a neutral pH of 7.4.

Dr. Lyftogt was the first person to use D5W to effectively treat chronic neuropathic pain and disability. Dr. Lyftogt found that treating painful nerves is an effective way to treat and extinguish chronic neuropathic pain.

In initial studies Dr. Lyftogt published, the treatment was named Subcutaneous Prolotherapy, and later, Neural Prolotherapy, abbreviated as NPT. The confusion with traditional Prolotherapy (a significantly different treatment) resulted in the change of these names to the more descriptive term, Lyftogt Perineural Injection Treatment®. Some Americans refer to this treatment as PSI (perineural subcutaneous injections), or PNI (perineural injections). Anyone using these terms is in fact referring to Lyftogt Perineural Injection Treatment® with D5W, as discovered and developed by New Zealander Dr. John Lyftogt.

Lyftogt Perineural Injection Treatment® is a safe and effective treatment for painful conditions due to sport and occupation or other chronic non-malignant pain-related issues.

Lyftogt P.I.T.® involves first making an accurate diagnosis of the cause of pain, which is usually due to an injured or non-healing sensory nerve causing pain and inflammation.

Every treatment aims to extinguish the pain. After the first treatment pain relief may last for a period of four hours to four days. Repeated treatments (6-8 sessions) are usually done weekly, resulting in the gradual reduction of the overall pain, with the aim of complete resolution – a zero pain score – and allowing the return of full function. Success rates vary between 80-100% depending on the condition. For most conditions recurrence is unlikely unless re-injury occurs.

Remedial massage focuses on treating injuries, muscular aches / pains, and postural imbalances. When muscles and tendons become damaged or impaired, knotted, tense, or immobile, the body responds with stiffness, aches, and pains. Remedial massage provides a gentle healing treatment using a variety of strokes and pressure to relieve and rebalance the body.

Our remedial massage therapists Natalie Turner, Tamrin Stuart and Dr. Lisa Ooi are career practitioners. In consultation with the client, they will customise your treatment according to your condition and preference for gentle, strong, deep, or shallow pressure.

• 45 min treatment $90
• 60 min treatment $130
• 90 min treatment $185

Cannabis has medicinal effects such as pain-relieving, anti-nausea and anti-inflammatory properties. Furthermore, when cannabis or cannabis products are used in a controlled way, these medicinal effects can be achieved without the feeling of getting ‘high’.

Studies report that medical cannabis has possible benefit for several conditions. State laws vary in which conditions qualify people for treatment with medical marijuana. If you’re considering marijuana for medical use, check your state’s regulations.

Depending on the state, you may qualify for treatment with medical marijuana if you meet certain requirements and have a qualifying condition, such as:

• Severe pain
• Chronic pain
• Crohn’s disease
• Multiple sclerosis and muscle spasms
• HIV / AIDS
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
• Epilepsy and seizures
• Glaucoma
• Severe nausea or vomiting caused by cancer treatment

The Nasal Specific Cranial Technique was originally developed by Dr. J. Richard Stober, D.C., N.D. who specialised in the technique from the 1940’s until his death in 1987. The technique first used to treat infants and children suffering from head trauma from birth, for example cerebral palsy, hearing loss, autism, ADHD, etc. Since that time Dr. Stober’s treatment has become the standard for dynamic cranial adjusting.

Dr. Craig Buhler learnt the technique directly off Dr Stober in the 1970’s and spent much time with him in his revolutionary practice. Unfortunately Dr. Stober died having never written anything down and many of his advanced techniques where lost.

Dr. Tyson Aldenhoven learnt Nasal-specific technique / craniofacial release (CFR) directly from Dr. Buhler. Dr. Buhler has mentioned that if he could only keep one technique of chiropractic it would be this technique which is testament to the potential power of it.

+ How craniofacial release (CFR) works

Balloon’s are inserted into the nasopharage and expanded three dimensionally and in so doing adjusting the cranial plates and providing the area with an immense amount of proprioception.

Naturopathy adopts a holistic approach to assessing and treating a patient’s health condition. A naturopath peels back the layers of presenting issues to identify the underlying cause of your health status. These predisposing factors are then addressed and realigned, moving you towards optimal health and wellbeing.

Your initial consultation will include a comprehensive health assessment. Our goal is to gain a thorough understanding of your medical history and health concerns. We will assess your diet and lifestyle factors including sleep, work, stress, emotional status, exercise, and methods of relaxation.

Where indicated, we may use non-invasive diagnostic techniques including tongue and nail analysis and iridology.

Naturopaths at reclaim health + are skilled in interpreting pathology and medical test results, so please bring these with you. We may request additional tests or refer you to our GP for medical follow-up. Data collected forms the basis of any assessment and treatment plan.

Osteopathy is a form of manual therapy that can diagnose, treat and manage musculoskeletal conditions. Osteopathy utilises a range of different treatment techniques, including dry needling, soft tissue massage, HVLA, muscle energy technique (MET), joint mobilisation, stretching, taping, and exercise prescription.

These techniques are combined with a comprehensive tailored rehabilitation program to deliver optimal outcomes for patients. ​

+ The conditions that osteopaths treat include:

• Low back pain
• Sciatica
• Headaches
• Neck pain
• Shoulder and arm pain
• Sporting injuries
• Hip knee foot and ankle pain
• Working from home pain
• Tendinopathies

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) consists of two elements: plasma, or the liquid portion of blood, and platelets, a type of blood cell that plays an important role in healing throughout the body. Platelets are well-known for their clotting abilities, but they also contain growth factors that can trigger cell reproduction and stimulate tissue regeneration or healing in the treated area. Platelet-rich plasma is simply blood that contains more platelets than normal.

To prepare a PRP injection, General Practitioner Dr. Firas Al Ali will take a blood sample. The sample is sealed and place it in a centrifuge. This device spins the blood at a high speed, separating out components of the blood from the platelets, leaving concentrated plasma .

Dr. Firas will then extract this plasma and prepare it for administration.

+ What is a PRP injection?

After creating platelet-rich plasma from a patient’s blood sample, that solution is injected into the target area, such as an injured knee or a tendon. PRP injections are administered and guided using ultrasound. The idea is to increase the concentration of specific bioproteins or hormones, called growth factors, in a specific area to accelerate the healing process.

The mechanism behind PRP injections is not completely understood. Studies show that the increased concentration of growth factors in platelet-rich plasma may stimulate or speed up the healing process, shortening healing time for injuries, decreasing pain and even encouraging hair growth.