Naturopathic medicine is a holistic, coordinated approach to health care. It includes disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Therapies used in naturopathic medicine are natural and techniques are gentle. The goal of naturopathic treatment is to invoke the body's healing capacity and stimulate health from the inside out.
Unlike conventional medicine, naturopathy treats the whole person with therapies that heal the root cause rather than simply managing symptoms. Naturopathic therapies support and promote the body's natural healing process to treat disease and build towards a state of optimal wellness.
Naturopathic medicine combines safe and effective traditional therapies with the most current advances in modern medicine. It is appropriate for the management of a broad range of health conditions affecting people of all ages, including pre-and post-natal care.
You can expect to be treated as a whole person and to take an active role in your health once you decide to work with a naturopathic physician.
The naturopathic doctor acts as a facilitator and guide, providing expert diagnosis and advice while encouraging you to take charge of your own health and develop new skills for healthy living. The goal is to promote wellness in your life, regardless of the physical challenges you may face.
Your naturopathic physician will assess your health, not only through physical examinations, laboratory tests and symptom evaluation but also by an understanding of your personal history.
Treatment may include any of a range of therapies that could include dietary and lifestyle regimens, homeopathic treatments, herbal medicines, nutritional supplements, acupuncture, counseling, hydrotherapy, body work, and physical medicine.
Doctors of naturopathic medicine are primary care physicians and specialists who use effective, individualized natural therapies that integrate the healing powers of body, mind, and spirit. They use gentle, non-invasive therapies to assist the whole person in maximizing the body's inherent self-healing capacity.
Naturopathic doctors are unique in that they provide diagnosis and treatment that span conventional and natural medicine.They integrate scientific research with the healing powers of nature and they are trained to use a variety of therapeutic methods that focus on:
Naturopathic physicians have been licenced in British Columbian since 1923. They must have a standard medical undergraduate degree and then complete four years of full-time graduate study at an accredited school studying naturopathic medicine.
Naturopathic Doctors must pass comprehensive North American board exams and a provincial board exam to become licensed in B.C.. They must also participate in ongoing professional development to retain the right to practice.
Naturopathic medicine is based on six time-tested medical principles:
1. First do no harm. Naturopathic physicians seek to do no harm with medical treatments by employing safe and effective natural therapies. They seek to produce "side-benefits" not side-effects.
2. Nature has healing powers. Naturopathic physicians believe that the body has considerable power to heal itself. It is the role of the physician to facilitate and enhance this process and with the aid of natural, nontoxic therapies.
3. Identify and treat the cause. Naturopathic physicians are trained to seek the underlying causes of a disease rather than to simply suppress symptoms. Symptoms are viewed as expressions of the body's attempt to heal, while the causes can spring from the physical, emotional and spiritual levels.
4. Treat the whole person. Naturopathic physicians are trained to view an individual as a whole, composed of a complex set of physical, mental / emotional, spiritual and social, and other factors.
5. The physician is a teacher. Naturopathic physicians are primarily teachers, educating, empowering and motivating patients to assume more personal responsibility for their health by adopting a healthy attitude, lifestyle, and diet.
6. Prevention is the best cure. Naturopathic physicians are preventive medicine specialists. Prevention of disease is accomplished through education and encouraging life habits that support health and prevent disease.
Referrals are not needed to see a naturopathic doctor.
Extended medical plans often provide coverage for naturopathic services and laboratory tests. Your extended medical plan company can give you the specific details of your policy. The patient is responsible for submitting their receipt for extended health reimbursement.
Patients on MSP Premium Assistance Plan may be eligible for reimbursement. MSP reimbursements are then mailed directly to your home.
Dr. Roscoe provides a full range of health services including:
Your first visit with Dr. Roscoe will be a 45 minute consultation. Before your visit, you will need to fill out a new patient form which will take approximately 30 mintues.
You can print the forms from this website and either bring them with you, fax them to us at 250.753.7771 or scan and email them to us.
Be sure to bring all supplements and medications you are presently taking to your first appointment.
- First visit: $95 plus tax
- Regular visits $55 plus tax
- Counseling $95/hour
We are pleased to offer seniors over 65 a 10% discount on both services and products.