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Cush Reid

Expertise: Natural Medicine

Location: Wellington, Wellington Region

Member since: January 2006 | Profile viewed 922 times

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Natural Medicine with Cush Reid

Naturopathy can be described as the general practice of natural medicines. As a naturopath I practice functional and supplemental medicine within my main modalities of Nutrition, Herbal Medicine and Body Talk.

My world changed when my health crashed as a result of the stresses of twenty years in the corporate environment. The birth of my youngest child at this time meant I had to change or go under. I turned to my long held interest in natural health and the mind body connection to search for answers to my own ill health and to discover just what was wrong with my baby.

Attaining health and well being is about client and naturopath developing an ongoing relationship on the journey where good health is the ultimate goal.

I consciously put the effort into walking my talk and modeling the path to wellness alongside my clients, guiding them to achieve and maintain their good health potential. The goal of my approach is to find the root cause of any dys-ease or dysfunction in the body.  I take a broad focus which includes the Mental, Emotional and Physical aspects of well being.

Training

I am qualified in Nutrition; Herbal Medicine; Neuromuscular Therapy; Life Coaching; Bio-Impedance Analysis (Metagenics VLA); Live Blood Screening (Metagenics Hemaview); and BodyTalk.  At Waikato Institute of Technology I was fortunate to be taught Human Science; Disease Processes; and Bio-chemistry by the Nursing Department.  This experience has given me an understanding of the orthodox approach to health as well as a good science based knowledge and qualification.  I love learning and enriching my knowledge.

I am able to apply my analytical thinking from my business career to my patient cases and this system has helped complex and difficult cases reveal to me the way forward to restore good health.

I hold a Diploma in Natural & Complimentary Medicine from Waikato Institute of Technology; Diploma in Business from Hutt Valley Polytechnic.  I am also a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner.

About Cush Reid

I use a functional medicine approach to my clinical practice using my knowledge and experience to support this many faceted way of working.  I take a broad focus on the mental, emotional, spiritual, physical and social aspects of well being and wholeness of health.  The goal of this approach is to find the root cause of any unease or dysfunction in the body and work with this to restore optimal health and a balanced lifestyle.  I use the following tests to assist me: bio-impedance analysis; live blood screening; urinary indicans; ABO blood typing; zinc taste tally; urinary pH; hair tissue analysis; blood tests; and various questionnaires.

My particular areas of experience are in the digestive system; fatigue; weight management and the effects of stress on the health and wellbeing of the mind/body complex.  I am particularly passionate about encouraging, supporting and educating my patients to develop and maintain a healthy body and lifestyle which brings the benefits of good energy levels; healthy ageing and enjoyment of life.

I am a certified BodyTalk practitioner and encourage my patients to add regular BodyTalk sessions into their treatment plans.  The following link www.bodytalksystem.com/practitioners/details.cfm?id=32216 gives you access to my BodyTalk bio page.