In teaching clients how to live a healthy, holistic lifestyle, naturopaths follow these principles:
Do no harm
Naturopaths do not use harmful, artificial substances such as drugs and pharmaceuticals; nor do they use invasive and dangerous procedures such as surgery.
Work with the healing power of nature
Naturopaths understand the body's innate capacity for self-healing. They educate clients in creating external and internal environments conducive to healing.
Find and eliminate the cause of poor health
Naturopaths help clients evaluate their lifestyle choices in order to identify both the cause of a problem and how it is best corrected.
Teach health
Naturopaths teach clients how to achieve and maintain good health. They empower their clients, enabling them to participate fully in the process of staying well.
Honour the Total Person
Naturopaths understand that people are interconnected physical, mental, and spiritual beings, and that one disease affects all areas of life.
Disease Prevention
By teaching clients how to create and maintain a healthy balance, naturopaths help others achieve future health. Methods of Treatment
Clinical Nutrition
You are what you eat! Have your diet reviewed and optimized to lose weight decrease inflammation, decrease pain, detoxify your liver and bowels and more. Dietary changes, nutritional supplementation and detoxification can dramatically improve your health.
Detoxification
Doing regular internal cleanse of the body helps us stay healthy in a polluted world. Individualized cleansing programs ranging in intensity can be customized for you.
Botanical Medicine
Herbal medicine is the foundation if modern pharmacology. Plants from around the world are used for their healing effects on specific organs and systems of the body.
Homeopathic Medicine
Small doses of plant, mineral and animal substances effectively stimulate the body's ability to heal itself.
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Oriental diagnostic techniques are used to develop a protocol of acupuncture and Chinese herbs to balance the flow of Chi (energy) through meridian pathways. Acupuncture can be used acutely for pain or for the treatment of chronic conditions as arthritis and infertility.
Intravenous Vitamin Therapy
High doses of vitamins and minerals are introduced directly into the blood stream, thereby by passing the digestive tract and having maximum effect. This is excellent for building up the body from a weak state.
Food Sensitivity Testing
A simple finger prick blood test can determine foods that may not be good for you. This test is food for individuals with digestive complaints, arthritis, eczema, psoriasis, asthma, or other immune related sensitivities
Facelift Acupuncture
Take years off the look of your skin with Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture program.. Tighten and lift your skin, improve the colour and texture, and restore a healthy glow without surgery.
What To Expect On Your First Visit.
You will be asked to fill out a comprehensive case history form. Please arrive early in
order to fill these out.
Shortly thereafter, as your wait will not be long, Dr. Kiani will come to greet you and your visit will begin.
Most first visits are between 1- 1½ hours long. This is necessary in order to get a thorough medical history from you, as well as a detailed understanding of who you really are and what your lifestyle is like. Your eating, sleeping and work habits, as well as your leisure activities, all affect your health. It takes time to gather this information and discuss how these factors can be improved. Following this portion of the visit, there is often a short physical examination which then leads us to a treatment plan.
A short-term and long-term treatment plan will be discussed in the first visit. Dr. Kiani will present the best options available, and together with your input, a personalized treatment plan will be created that will achieve maximal results
What are the qualifications of a Naturopathic Doctor?
Naturopathic doctors go through extensive medical training and examination before they are legally allowed to practice. They require a Bachelor of Science degree or a minimum of three years of university education in pre-medical sciences to enter one of the five naturopathic medical schools in North America. The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine is Canada's leading accredited school for the naturopathic program. The program is four years long and includes a one year intensive clinical rotation. Midway through the program, and upon graduation from any of the colleges, two sets of NPLEx licensing exams (coordinated by the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners (NABNE)) must be successfully completed before naturopathic doctors are allowed to practice.
The Fees for Naturopathic visits are:
Initial Consultation $140.00
Follow up visits ½ hour $65.00
Follow up visit 1 hour $125.00
Acupuncture initial visit $70.00 Acupuncture visit $65.00
Most insurance companies cover Naturopathic services.
Payam Kiani's Hours are:
Monday 9:00am-7:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am-7:00pm
Friday 9:00am-7:00pm Saturday By Appointment |