Diagnostic and Informational Testing

 

Dr. van Loon offers a wide range of diagnostic and informational testing, including standard medical tests. Salivary hormone panels are useful for assessing and monitoring hormone treatments. Male hormones, female hormones (fertility, menopause, PMS etc), and adrenal stress tests are the most common salivary panels. Specialized tests such as comprehensive digestive stool analysis and parasite testing, detoxification profiles and heavy metals tests are also available.

 

In office tests include zinc status, urinalysis, and blood sugar.

 

Modalities/Treatments

 

Therapeutic Nutrition is the use of food and nutritional supplements including vitamins and minerals, enzymes, and other nutraceuticals. The first priority of treatment is to ensure good nutrition, to enable you to get the most value from your food. Supplements are used additionally to give higher, therapeutic levels as indicated by your specific circumstance.

 

Botanical Medicine is the use of plants and plant substances to promote health. Dr. van Loon utilizes several forms of botanical - dried herbs and teas, tinctures (alcohol extracts), oils, glycerites and solid extracts - depending upon which plant ingredients are indicated, and tailored to each person's specific situation.

 

Prescription medications; while naturopathic medicine primarily utilizes natural substances, there are times when pharmaceuticals are indicated. Bioidentical hormones are one of the areas in which prescription medications are utilized in a naturopathic context. Dr. van Loon has received Prescriptive Authority from the CNPBC.

 

Homeopathy is the use of very small, dilute amounts of substances to stimulate the body's self-healing abilities. This is a very safe treatment, and can be very effective.

 

Physical Medicine includes exercise programs and various techniques ranging from muscle energy stretching, hydrotherapy, ultrasound, to osseous manipulation. Additionally, Dr. van Loon is trained in advanced therapies such as biopuncture, which is the injection of specific preparations into acupuncture points, as well as trigger point and other injection therapies to improve physical healing and function.

 

Acupuncture: acupuncture is an ancient technique using very fine, sterile needles in specific points in the body to influence the energy pathways, which are known as meridians. It is useful in treating many conditions, including physical pain, emotional issues, sleep disturbances and hormone imbalances.

 

Injection and intravenous therapies assist energy and healing. The clinic offers several variations on Meyer's cocktails, as well as high dose IV vitamin C. Injections include basic vitamins for specific conditions, as well as protocols for physical medicine, hormone balance, and cancer.

 

Cranio-Sacral, a subtle but powerful treatment decreases stress and anxiety and realigns the body.

 

Counselling and applied visualisation can assist you to take control over your own life and wellness. Dr. van Loon holds an honours certificate in wellness counselling from Bastyr University.