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SERVICES
We are a complimentary health care centre located in the Florence St. Mall of Hornsby NSW. We have a full range of natural health care services to suit each individuals unique needs.
We aim to provide the best quality service from the best practitioners. We are so confidant in our quality of service that we are prepared to offer you a 100% money back guarantee.
Our practitoners
Our practitioners treat each person compassionately and according to high ethical standards. They are bound by an oath of confidentiality and have attained the highest level of education required for their chosen field of expertise. At Avena, you know you are in safe and capable hands.
Our Services
Since everyone has unique needs, we provide the following modalities for you to choose from:
Naturopathy
Good health and wellness is what naturopathic treatment is all about. The main emphasis of naturopathic practice is the belief that the body has an inbuilt ability to strive for health. Naturopathy is rooted in the belief that health is more than just the absence of disease and works on strengthening the body's natural defences.
Avena's naturopaths will look at you from a holistic perspective, looking to find and eliminate the underlying causes of your illness, rather than eliminating the symptoms.
What can I expect from a naturopathic consultation at Avena?
Your initial consultation will take between 1 and 1 1/2 hours. You will be asked questions relating to current problems and past medical history as well as diet, sleep, lifestyle, and emotional aspects of your health. A personalised treatment plan will then be tailored to your individual needs.
We are sensitive to the difficulties encountered by many people when working with a naturopath and so every effort is made to keep dietary restrictions and costly supplementation to a minimum.
On going support is offered through follow up consultations as well as phone calls and email in between consultations when required.
Please bring any medical tests relating to your current problems as well as details of any medications or nutritional supplements you are currently taking.
Why should I see a naturopath about taking herbs or supplements?
Avena's naturopaths have had extensive training in herbal medicine and nutritional therapies and they are required to keep up with the latest findings in herb/drug/nutrient interactions. They are knowledgeable about potentially harmful interactions and can help you assess the right herbs or supplements and the right dosage for your condition. The label of "natural" is no guarantee that a supplement or remedy is completely safe for you to take.
It is especially important to receive comprehensive assessment and on going support from a naturopath if you have a significant health condition or if you are taking any medications.
How can a naturopath help you?
Homoeopathy
Homoeopathy aims to treat the whole person, taking into account personality, lifestyle and hereditary factors as well as the history of the disease. Since all patients are unique, homoeopathic medicines are prescribed to treat patients as individuals. For example, headaches in different patients would each be treated with different medicines, according to the patient's individual symptoms.
Homoeopathy can be of benefit for all ages, at any stage including pregnant women, mothers, fathers, babies, young children, teenagers, and the elderly. Homoeopathy can treat the symptoms of wide range of conditions.
Why not give us call and find out if homoeopathy can help you?
Massage
Avena's massage therapists can relieve your aches and pains and have you feeling on top of the world.
The benefits of massage are varied. Some of these include:
Great stress management
Reduce muscle pain and fatigue
Lower blood pressure
Boost immunity
Relieve headaches
Improve flexibility
Promote overall muscle balance
Allow muscles to function at their best
Encourage a feeling of well being
Improve circulation
Improve posture
Massage therapists at Avena Natural Health Care are trained in a variety of massage techniques.
If you don't know what you need, you can call us for a no obligation chat with one of our practitioners.
We offer the following styles of massage:
Remedial Massage
This is a firm massage technique which allows your muscular aches and pains to melt away, leaving you feeling supple and invigorated. Using these techniques, you can relieve years of tightness and free yourself from headaches and other symptoms caused by tight muscles.
Sports massage
This is a stimulating massage which allows your body to warm up before exercise or to unwind afterwards. Your muscles will be stretched and pummelled allowing lactic acid to be removed from the muscles resulting in less pain and stiffness after exercise and allowing a more even muscle tone to form.
Keeping the muscles conditioned enables athletes to train and perform more consistently and at a higher level.
Lymphatic drainage massage
This is an extremely light and calming technique used to stimulate the lymphatic circulation.
Reduce pain and stiffness from arthritis, boost your immunity and improve sinus congestion. There is no muscular work involved in this technique.
Swedish Massage
Chill out to relaxing music as your massage therapist uses sweeping movements across your body to sooth aching muscles and allow your body to forget the stresses of day to day life.
Chinese massage
Chinese Massage is an ancient tradition, being part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This effective and comprehensive therapy is also closely related to Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture and Acupressure.
Central to all components exists the idea that massage affects the physical body with the Qi body (network of energy) and the mental body (emotions, thoughts and spiritual senses). Chinese Massage primarily focuses on acupoints (Acupuncture) where Qi gathers and can be easily manipulated. Massage techniques are understood to activate and regulate Qi and blood as well as to promote relaxation which eases spasms, increases flexibility and straightens the joints.
Since pain is considered a lack of free flow of Qi and blood, Chinese Massage treatment creates movement and is therefore seen as a powerful treatment for pain relief.
Pregnancy massage
Pregnancy affects your body in a multitude of ways. Massage can help both during pregnancy and in the time of massive adjustment following the birth. Avena has massage therapists that are specifically trained in pregnancy massage so you can be assured that both Mum and baby are in safe hands.
Below are just some of the ways bodywork during pregnancy and the post natal period can help you adjust to your new changes and feel great:
Reduce stress, promotes relaxation, facilitate transitions through emotional support and physical nurturing
Reduce oedema and blood pressure, relieve varicose veins, and increase blood and lymph circulation
Relieve stress on weight-bearing joints (ankles, low back, pelvis)
Facilitate hormonal, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary and other physiological processes during pregnancy
Reduce musculoskeletal strain and pain
Contribute to developing flexibility and the awareness necessary to actively participate in the birth process
Foster nurturing maternal touch
Contact us to arrange for a gift voucher to be sent to the special new Mum in your life.
Reflexology
Reflexology is based on the principle that certain parts of the body reflect the whole. Reflex points, which relate to all parts of the body, can be found in the feet, hands and ears. These points respond to pressure, stimulating the body's own natural healing process. The body starts progressively clearing blockages, re-establishing energy flows and balancing itself, resulting in better health. There are many different styles and approaches used in reflexology, however the basic principle remains the same.
Your reflexology treatment at Avena will begin with a relaxing foot soak and a bit of a chat about your past and current state of health. From there, your practitioner will determine the reflex points that need work and formulate a treatment plan that will work for you.
Natural fertility awareness
Natural fertility awareness is a natural method of fertility management based on observation of the signs and symptoms of the fertile and infertile phases of the menstrual cycle. Awareness of the fertile phase allows a couple to time intercourse either to avoid or achieve a pregnancy.
When learnt properly and couples follow the rules strictly, natural fertility awareness provides a very reliable method of both avoiding and achieving a pregnancy. It is not at all the game of chance many people think of when they think of natural family planning methods. This is based on sound science and thorough research. The best bit is, it is completely natural and is based entirely on your knowledge and awareness of your own body. You can free yourself from the pill!
Avena's Natural Fertility awareness teacher has undergone extensive training in the sympto-thermal method of natural family planning. The method is based on sound scientific study including clinical trails involving many thousands of couples. See www.naturaltransition.com to find out more about this approach to avoiding and achieving pregnancy.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
NHAA - National Herbalists Association of Australia
ATMS - Australasian Traditional Medicine Society
AHA- Australian Homoeopathic Association
MAP
Acupuncture, Beauty Therapy, Cupping, Deep Tissue Massage, Herbalists, Homoeopaths, Lymphatic Drainage, Naturopaths, Nutrition, Pregnancy Massage, Qigong, Reflexology, Remedial Massage, Remedial Therapies, Sports Massage, Swedish Relaxation Massage
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