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Improve your overall health & wellbeing here in Auckland and Albany when you organise your next appointment with Pure Healthcare
About Us
Integrated Care
Integrated Healthcare is healing-oriented treatment that considers the whole person (Spirit, Mind & Body), and incorporates all aspects of lifestyle into the patients care. It makes use of all appropriate therapies, both conventional (medicine) and alternative therapies. Sometimes, this means that we refer to a medical practitioner for medication, surgery or further diagnostic testing when the patient’s signs and symptoms warrant this. We start with addressing your pain, injury or illness to help manage the symptoms, and simultaneously seek to identify the underlying cause of your health issues and address that as well. This might include seeing our acupuncturist for pain management first, or our Chiropractic doctor, for improving the nervous system, or our Naturopath for natural remedies. It may also mean a referral for exercise prescription as rehabilitation, or performance enhancement, or our massage therapist for deep tissue therapy for underlying muscle spasm, or for simple relaxation. We might even teach you a meditation process to calm your mind and Spirit during the day to help with stress.
Integrated Care vs Alternative care: Yes – they are different.
- The use of drugs and surgery to treat illness is commonly referred to as "medicine." Currently, this system is increasingly being termed "conventional medicine." Most New Zealanders will encounter this in hospitals and GP clinics. Often it is both expensive and invasive, however - it is also very good at some things; such as, handling emergency conditions like traumatic injuries or a life-threatening diseases. We at Pure Healthcare fully appreciate conventional medicine's strengths. "If I were hit by a bus, I'd want to be taken immediately to a high-tech emergency room," says Dr. Cherye Roche – Doctor of Chiropractic and director of Pure Healthcare NZ.
- Therapies that are typically excluded by conventional medicine, and that patients use instead of conventional medicine, are known as "alternative." It's a catch-all term that includes many therapies ranging from Chiropractic to Massage, to Acupuncture, to Naturopathy. Usually alternative therapies are closer to nature, less invasive, and less expensive than conventional medicine procedures. An alternative therapy practice that is used in conjunction with a conventional medicine is known as a "complementary" healthcare. For example: following a whiplash injury you see an orthopaedic specialist for MRI to diagnose any serious injury; and subsequently see an Acupuncturist for pain management, a Naturopath for natural anti –inflammatories or muscle relaxants, a massage therapist for muscle spasm, a Chiropractor for spinal adjustments, and a Physiotherapist for rehabilitation.
- Integrative Healthcare, as defined by the National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health (USA), "combines mainstream medical therapies and alternative therapies for which there is high-quality scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness."
- In other words, an integrative approach to healthcare selects the very best, scientifically validated therapies from both conventional and alternative systems.
The principles of integrative healthcare:
- A partnership between patients and practitioners in the healing process
- Appropriate use of conventional and alternative methods to facilitate the body's innate healing response
- Consideration of all factors that influence health, wellness and disease, including mind, spirit and community as well as body
- A philosophy that neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts alternative therapies uncritically
- Recognition that good healthcare should be based in good science, be inquiry driven, and be open to new paradigms
- Use of natural, effective, less-invasive, and less expensive interventions
- Promotion of health and the prevention of illness/injury as well as the treatment of disease/injury
Our Therapies
WHOLISTIC CHIROPRACTIC in Albany and Auckland
The Chiropractic Doctors at Pure Healthcare all practice what we call "Wholistic Chiropractic". This means treating the "whole" person by treating the CAUSE as well as the symptom. We do this by integrating Chiropractic care, exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle advice to help you get well and stay well.
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CHIROPRACTIC in Albany
- Activator Method®
- Thompson Technique
- Diversified Technique
- Soft Tissue Techniques
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OSTEOPATHY in Albany
Osteopathy is a hands on approach to healthcare recognising the important link between the structures of your body and the way they work. Osteopaths focus on your joints, muscles, nerves and circulation to relieve pain and enhance health.
Pure Healthcare's Osteopaths can help to treat a wide variety of different injuries and sources of pain:
- Neck Pain / Headaches / Migraines
- Low Back Pain / Sciatica
- Sports injuries in runners and other athletes
- Extremity injuries (shoulder / knee / foot / ankle)
- Pregnancy pain, during & post
- Asthma and/or Sinus Pain
OSTEOPATHY HAS A LARGE RANGE OF TREATMENT TECHNIQUES, MEANING THERE IS ALWAYS A TECHNIQUE TO SUIT YOUR REQUIREMENTS
- Soft Tissue Massage / Visceral Techniques
- Manipulation and Mobilisation
- Gentle Joint Movement
- Neuromuscular Release
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ACUPUNCTURE AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE in Albany
At Pure Healthcare in Albany, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are delivered by a professional Chinese medical doctor, and can have a positive and powerful healing effect on injury and illness by enhancing the bodies natural healing ability. Acupuncture and TCM are globally accepted as a useful treatment with hundreds of scientific medical studies proving its effectiveness in treating a wide range of conditions. The wisdom and practice of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine have been successfully helping people to heal for thousands of years.
Acupuncture and TCM are a “Wholistic” approach to helping the body to restore balance on many levels. Practitioners use a variety of techniques to create change in the physical body as well as the emotional and Spiritual bodies. Acupuncture and TCM can be used separately, or in combination to achieve the desired outcome for the patient.
Our Acupuncturist at Pure Healthcare in Albany, uses a thorough and detailed approach to assessing your health from a Chinese medicine perspective to decide on the most appropriate course of treatment. In addition to Acupuncture and Chinese herbs, she may use dietary / lifestyle advice, exercise (Tai Chi) or breathing techniques (qi gong) to help the patient recover and enhance health.
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MASSAGE in Albany and Auckland
Enjoy all of these health benefits of Massage Therapy and more at Pure Healthcare:
- Stress relief
- General well being
- Recover from injuries faster
- Reduce the risk of re-injury
- Improved mobility and flexibility
- Calming the nervous system
- Improving blood circulation
- Better muscle balance and posture
- Enhance your Chiropractic/Osteopathic care
Our Massage Therapists, have developed their skills to a level of excellence with:
- Sports massage therapy
- Deep tissue massage therapy
- Myofascial release
- Scar tissue release
- General relaxation
- Tailoring your care plan to your individual needs
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NATUROPATHY in Albany
The information gathered from your health history along with the findings from the clinical examination, and our years of experience, guide us to decide which technique(s) are best suited to provide you with the best care possible. The techniques vary from a very light touch to influence the nervous system and gently encourage the body to balance and heal, to a more assertive adjustment ( or manipulation) that gently moves the bones and muscle to restore normal mobility and function.
Everybody wants to make the most out of life, however, many people are not sure how to go about it. You have come to the right person if you are wanting the best for your health, whether it is to correct an imbalance in your body which has brought about disease, to lose body fat, manage pain or learn how to live a long healthy life.
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Just give us a call or click on the 'Make an Enquiry' link at the top of the page today to organise your next appointment with Pure Healthcare 09 414 22 25 [email protected]
Qualifications
Dr. Cherye Roche
SPORTS CHIROPRACTIC DOCTOR - CLINICAL DIRECTOR
My qualifications:
- Doctor of Chiropractic (USA - 1989)
- FCC (Fellow - College of Chiropractors – UK – 2002)
- FEAC Fellow – European Academy of Chiropractic – Orthopaedics - 2004
- A.T.,C. (Certified Athletic Trainer - USA) 1989
- LMT (Licensed Massage Therapist - USA) 1984
- B.A. Exercise Physiology (USA)1989
Dr Jason Berry
DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC
My qualifications:
- Trained in South Africa at Durban University of Technology M.Tech (chiro)
- 10 years clinical experience
- Registered with the New Zealand Chiropractic Board)
Kate Ramage
OSTEOPATH
My qualifications:
- Registered with the New Zealand Osteopathic Council
- Trained in Australia and at Otago (NZ) - B.SC (Neuro science), B.App.Sc (Osteopathy), M.Osteopathy
- Lab demonstrator of Anatomy at RMIT University Australia
- Dedicated to providing an individualised approach to injury management and treatment with an aim to achieving optimal health
Dr Jenny Li
DOCTOR OF CHINESE MEDICINE – ACUPUNCTURIST
My qualifications:
- Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) (China 1982)
- New Zealand Register of Acupuncturists (NZRA) (2001)
Kohei Iguchi
NATUROPATH
My qualifications:
- Qualified Naturopath, Medical Herbalist and a Dark-field Microscopist (Hemaview specialist)
- Registered with the New Zealand Association of Medical Herbalists (MNZAMH)
- Registered with the New Zealand Society of Naturopaths (MNZSN),
- BNatMed, BSc,
- Passionate about improving people’s health and wellbeing through a holistic approach and natural therapies
Sian McCartney
MASSAGE THERAPIST
My qualifications:
- Dipl. HSc and Therapeutic Massage
- Dipl. HSc and Sports Massage
- Cert. Relaxation Massage
Service Categories
Acupuncture, Children’s Health, Chinese Massage, Chiropractic, Herbalists, Kinesiology, Naturopaths, Nutrition, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Podiatrists, Pregnancy Massage, Sports Injury Therapy, Sports Massage, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Weight Loss, Womens Health
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