New patients may book an initial consultation appointment only. Appointments for specific treatments are not available to new patients because by law we cannot recommend treatment or supplements without having performed an initial consultation.
There are many different treatment types and therapies at Green Apple Health Care. Your doctor, in consultation with you, will determine which best suits your needs.
- Consultations
- Injection Therapies
- Microvitamin Injections
- High-Dose Vitamin IV Treatments
- Advanced Injection Therapies
- Vitamins and Supplements Therapies
- Diet, Lifestyle, and Exercise Therapies
- Chelation Therapy
- Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
- Lab Analysis
Consultations
There are initial consultations and follow-up consultations. Consultations can be conducted in person, by phone,or by secure video link.
In the initial consultation, the doctor will review your health history and begin the process of determining the causes of your health problems. The doctor will ask many questions about your health, your life, when your problems started and what was occurring at the time, what makes it worse or better and other questions that will help to direct the doctor to the root source of the problem.
At the end of the consultation the doctor will discuss the causes of your health problems with you and any testing that may be needed. The doctor will go over your treatment options and work with you to implement a treatment protocol that works for you. Expectations, timelines, and long-term health goals and plans for improving your overall health and preventing diseases will also be discussed.
The initial consultation is all about finding the cause of your health problems, looking at your goals and coming up with a plan that works for you. We not only want to work on the cause of your current problems, but also implement a long-term plan that promotes your overall health, and which will prevent the development of any additional health problems.
Often a treatment plan will have different steps and stages to accomplish to address the cause of your health concerns. The doctor will go over diet, lifestyle, exercise, and supplements that could be helpful to you as well as their dosage.
Follow-up consultations take 30 minutes. In a follow-up consultation, the doctor will review your progress or any changes in your wellbeing, will answer any questions or concerns you may have, and will evaluate your progress on your program. If your progress is not as rapid as expected, the doctor will adjust your treatment plan. If progress is being made as expected, the next step of your program may be implemented.
Patients sometimes wonder how many follow-up consultations will be needed and how often they need to be done. Like so many things, it depends. Everyone’s health situation is different. Some conditions are complicated and require different types of treatments. Generally, a follow-up consultation is done after the initial consultation to evaluate progress and adjust dosages as needed. After that, follow-up consultations are usually conducted once every few months for a check-up re-evaluation of and adjustments to the program as indicated.
Any patient who has seen a doctor at Green Apple Health Care can have a follow-up consultation no matter how long it’s been. Even if you haven’t seen the doctor for years, it’s still a repeat consultation.
Injection Therapies
Injection therapies are often used to deliver nutrients at higher doses than can be tolerated orally to promote a healing response. Injection therapies are provided at the clinic by appointment.
Generally, injection therapies use vitamin C, B vitamins, various minerals and herbs along with other supplements. The ingredients are customized for each individual patient based on their diagnosis to provide the nutrients in the proportions that are needed.
There are many different types of injection therapies including microvitamin injections, high-dose IV vitamins, ozone, and regenerative injections.
Microvitamin Injections
Microvitamin therapy is the administration of vitamins and minerals via intramuscular injection, usually in the shoulder.
The term “microvitamin” might be a bit misleading as it implies tiny doses, however that is not the case. These injections contain higher doses than those of diet alone, although not as high as the doses used in intravenous nutrient therapy.
These are sometimes called vitamin B12 injections but that’s a very limited term. We can put many different vitamins into the injection in various combinations to effectively treat a number of conditions.
High-Dose Vitamin IV Treatments
High-dose vitamin IV treatments consist of high doses of vitamins, herbs and supplements that are used for their therapeutic effect. The injection bypasses the bowel and goes directly into the bloodstream where it gets carried to the cells to promote a healing response. This treatment focuses on full-body system building and treating a variety of health conditions where high dose nutrients are generally more effective than oral supplements and small volume injections.
Advanced Injection Therapies
These are injections that are administered directly in the painful area or area that is injured to promote local healing and reduce pain. They can be used if diet, supplements, and herbs may not sufficiently relieve the pain and if the condition is severe or chronic. These injections can also be used in combination with the IV vitamin injections for a more full-body and proactive response once the main areas of pain and injury are doing better.
Vitamins and Supplements Therapies
- Vitamins and herbs are used to improve a patient’s health status and address nutritionally-related causes of health problems. It is important to know that vitamins and other supplements are not an “instant fix”. It takes time for the nutrients to be absorbed into the cells.
There are a number of options for purchasing recommended vitamins and supplements. Many of them are carried by Waldin’s Pharmacy located in the Square on 23rd complex. Your local health store may also carry them. We also offer an online dispensary.
- Tinctures are concentrated herbs that are higher dose than supplements, prepared in liquid form so they are easily absorbed to work faster. Because tinctures are custom-formulated and individualized for each patient, they are available only at Green Apple Heath Care.
- Homeopathic formulations are diluted herbs taken sublingually (under the tongue) and can be used for patients who are very sensitive and react to other treatment methods.
Diet, Lifestyle, and Exercise Therapies
The doctor will evaluate your diet and whether it may be affecting your health. We won’t put you on a restrictive, impossible-to-follow diet. We take into account your lifestyle and your schedule to formulate therapeutic diet improvements that you’ll be able to follow.
The doctor may also recommend a moderate exercise program, one that is right for you to help support your general health.
Chelation Therapy
Chelation therapy is the removal of toxic heavy metals from the body. The most common heavy metals that cause health problems are mercury, lead, and cadmium. These metals have no known metabolic function in the body and can create a variety of health problems.
Heavy metals are called that for two reasons. First, they are physically very dense and they are “heavy” on the periodic table of elements. Secondly, the body has no natural method of removing them. Since the body has no method of removing heavy metals, they can build up in the fatty organs of the body including the liver, adrenals, thyroid, and brain.
Heavy metal toxicity can lead to multiple health issues.
We will test to see which heavy metals are present and in what volume. We will work with you to determine if there are any current sources of heavy metal ingestion and to identify and remove those sources of exposure. We will then create a custom program to gently and systematically remove the toxic metals using a chelator (a natural substance that will bind to the metal and remove it through urination). There are different types of chelating agents used for different metals. Each one of these metal chelators is administered differently. Some are capsules taken orally and some are injected. We choose the right chelating agent for the identified metals.
Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
What Happens as You Age?
As men and women age, hormonal change occurs. Levels of different hormones decrease, and symptoms can develop. Sometimes, these symptoms are severe and can continue for an extended period.
Severe or extended symptoms are an indication that there may be underlying aggravating factors. There are other health conditions that can worsen symptoms. A patient’s diet or lifestyle could be contributing to the symptoms. Perhaps there are nutritional deficiencies.
At Green Apple Health Care, we approach any hormone problem with an overall program to address the root causes of the symptoms. We don’t just give the patient an herbal replacement for their prescription hormones. We conduct a thorough analysis of the patient’s health and possible health problems. We test for suspected hormone imbalances or deficiencies and other possible health conditions and develop a customized program for the patient that focuses on the underlying factors that could be causing or magnifying the symptoms. We work with the patient to help restore the patient’s overall health and quality of life.
Types of Bioidentical Hormone Therapies
It’s important to know that there are two different types of bioidentical hormone therapy, natural and synthetic. They are both called bioidentical hormone therapy (BHT) or bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT).
There is a long list of synthetic bioidentical prescription hormones that could include progesterone and estrogen creams and gels, estrogen-estradiol preparations, DHEA, and many others. In most provinces, prescription hormones are available only with a prescription from a medical doctor and are generally dispensed at a pharmacy. In Alberta, naturopathic doctors such as Dr. Nowazek cannot prescribe this type of prescription BHT.
We do not use or provide any prescription bioidentical hormone products.
The hormone therapies used at Green Apple Health Care are all-natural, and do not require a prescription. We use only products from natural sources, the actual herbs. We use all-natural products and therapies designed to bring your health back into balance.
Lab Analysis
By the end of your consultation, the doctor will have made a diagnosis of the probably root cause of your health problem. Lab tests are used to confirm the diagnosis and to measure progress. They are also used to determine if a previously unsuspected health condition has the potential to develop.
Among the many types of lab testing available at Green Apple Health Care are blood tests, hormone testing, allergy and food sensitivity testing, urine testing, stool analysis, and nutritional and genetic testing.
There are some treatment types that are not offered at Green Apple Health Care, but we can refer you to a competent practitioner of:
- Acupuncture
- Chiropractic
- Reflexology
- Past Life Regression, Channelling
- Pendulums
- Laser Therapies
- HBO (Hyperbaric oxygen)
- Cranio Sacral Therapy
- Visceral Manipulation
- Physiotherapy
- Physical Therapy
- Colon Hydrotherapy
- Massage Therapy
- Chakra Therapy
- Shock Wave Therapy
- EWOT – Exercise with Oxygen Therapy