Doctor Bastien Naturopathic Doctor: Catalyst Kinetics Group

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Naturopathic Medical Services in Burnaby and North Vancouver

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient medical art used for thousands of years for many conditions, but it is especially helpful for stress, pain, and fibromyalgia. Acupuncture can be used to aid the success of fertility treatments and to help pregnant patients deliver successfully on time.

Allergy Testing and Treatment

Allergies In house scratch tests take only 15 minutes and the results are immediately obvious. Once you know what you're allergic to, sublingual immunotherapy drops can be used to permanently reduce your allergic response.

Botanical Medicine

Herbal Medicine Modern Botanical Medicine is based on traditional use of plant extracts and modern biochemical analysis. Herbal extracts are the pharmaceuticals of the ancients and they tend to be gentler and have fewer side effects than modern pharmaceuticals. A majority of pharmaceuticals are based on herbal extracts, only they have been isolated and amplified.

Laboratory Diagnostics

Lab tests Any blood test you can get from your Medical Doctor, your Naturopathic Physician can also order. Naturopathic Doctors can also order tests that a Medical Doctor cannot under MSP restrictions, including food sensitivity and salivary hormone panels. In house allergy testing is also available.

Neural Therapy

Neural By using injection of analgesics into tight muscles or scar tissue neural therapy can help many people greatly reduce or eliminate chronic pain conditions that have been very difficult to treat. Physicians have been using similar techniques since the 1920s to alleviate pain where other treatments have failed. The analgesics break up scar tissue and relax muscles to allow for better blood flow and mobility.

Nutrition

Nutrition Hippocrates said "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." We have all been told what we should be eating. It doesn't have to be complicated but it is critical because food is often a significant contributor to our current health status. Individualizing the diet to particular health problems can create the most important changes in a person’s overall health.

Ultrasound Guided Prolotherapy and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)

Prolo Note that PRP is only available at the Burnaby location

Prolotherapy is short for proliferative therapy. It works by stimulating wound repair in specific weakened tissues by injecting solutions that stimulate connective tissue growth. Forms of this therapy have been used for more than 2,500 years and it is an essential part of many challenging chronic pain and instability cases.

Spinal Manipulation

Trained by Chiropractors and Naturopathic Physicians,we learn and use the same techniques as a Chiropractor (but for legal reasons it is called Spinal Manipulation). It is amazing how many people adapt to limited mobility from chronic pain. Though treatment is usually not curative in the first session, repeated corrections and physical therapy help many to move more freely and with less pain.

What An ND Does For You

Many people are unsure as to what their local Naturopathic Doctor can do for them. This is to be expected because of the great variety in the scope of practice as well as the personal interests of each Naturopathic Doctor. Below I will discuss the scope of my practice in Burnaby, British Columbia.

As a primary care physician, your Naturopathic Doctor is able to treat almost any non-emergency medical concern a person may have. To successfully eliminate a problem you have to know where it starts and attack it there. This means that we are equally concerned with eliminating the cause and easing the symptoms.

What is most unique about your Naturopathic Doctor is our training in alternative treatment methods, the unique tests we are able to use, and the time we are able to spend with our patients to get to the root of the problem.

Sports Injuries: By using orthopedic testing your Naturopathic Doctor will be able to tell you what specific structures (muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones or joints) are injured. They can then advise you on what therapies will be helpful and what measures can be taken to reduce recovery time. The most common therapies used in sports injuries are acupuncture, physical therapy, supplements and targeted injections. Your Naturopathic Doctor will be able to provide these services and advise when each is most beneficial.

Digestion: Pharmaceuticals can be successful at mitigating the symptoms of digestive problems but rarely address the cause. We need to look at what we put into our bodies and assess if it is helping us or harming us. Once you have done that you are on the first step to managing digestive illness. Allergy testing and elimination diets can be helpful in isolating the cause. With appropriate food choices we can all expect to live without gas, bloating, diarrhea, or cramping.

Hormonal disruption: Hormones can have incredibly strong affects on the body and when they are not balanced they can create severe problems from fatigue, to migraines, to cramps, to mood disorders. Your Naturopathic Physician can test your hormones and prescribe either the herbal or hormonal treatment that is necessary.

Fertility: Infertility can affect both sexes and can be linked with hormonal disruption, poor nutrition, toxic exposure, or a number of other issues. While the "biological clock" may reduce the chance of a successful pregnancy for some, your Naturopathic Doctor can help you to stack the odds in your favor. Even while working with a fertility clinic, your Naturopathic Doctor can still improve your chances of success.

Dr. Michael D Bastien, ND

Naturopathic Doctor at Catalyst Kinetics Group and North Shore Sports Medicine

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What An ND Does For You