Product Description
The Health Lodge offers custom health retreats that give you a personal, private space to become immersed in your care and healing process. The Lodge is an Integrated Medical Centre combining the best of mainstream and complementary medicine in Byron Bay and their health retreats are tailored to your unique needs and health concerns. Utilising an integrative approach, you will receive both medical and complementary therapies – enabling you to benefit from a supportive structure to assist your healing process. During a Health Retreat at The Health Lodge, you are listened to and nurtured.
The Health Lodge’s programs are designed to bring you long-lasting well-being by giving you answers to your health issues and the tools you need to address them. Their GPs practice functional medicine, a discipline focused on treating the underlying causes of disease, rather than symptoms alone.
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With a strong knowledge of how to combine complementary and allied healthcare, their healthcare professional team are at the forefront of functional healthcare. This collaborative and integrative approach ensures you receive multiple treatment modalities and the collective knowledge of a dedicated team.
Located in Byron Bay, a world-famous wellness hub, renowned for its healing oceans, volcanically charged land and clean air, the location attracts some of Australia’s best healthcare practitioners, making it the perfect place to uncover your health mysteries.
Good For
Those that have been diagnosed with one or more chronic health conditions, found yourself with a mystery illness or are seeking a team-based approach to health
Programmes & Offerings
A stay at The Health Lodge can be from one to four weeks. The Lodge’s team will advise on the length of time based on your assessment, testing and treatment plan.
The Integrative Medical Health Retreat program includes:
- Regular sessions with your team of healthcare professionals
- A personalised menu, written by their nutritionist and prepared by their chef
- Beautiful in-house accommodation with your own private, spacious facilities and bathtub
- Coordinated team meetings to discuss your health concerns and look deeper into the causes of your symptoms
- An after-care program to support you at home with ongoing Skype sessions
- Free time to experience the beaches and beauty of Byron Bay
Initial assessment: The team gather your health history and discuss your objectives to design your custom wellness program. The Program Co-ordinator will talk to you via telehealth so that a comprehensive health history and outline of dietary requirements is ascertained before you arrive.
Functional pathology testing: The Health Lodge review your test results to help paint a complete picture of your overall health and wellbeing. They will conduct necessary functional pathology tests, including gastrointestinal, hormonal, nutritional, food sensitivity and general pathology screening.
Inpatient Program: Consultations, therapeutic sessions, yoga, education and nutrition plans are designed just for you. Your health team will work with you to deliver a personalised health care plan made up of therapeutic treatments that aim to address your health condition.
After-care: Upon check out, you will receive a comprehensive and easy-to-follow after-care program as well as complete records of your consultations and diagnostic reports. Follow up sessions are arranged via telehealth to support your continued health improvements to optimise your long-term health.
Food & Drink
The Health Lodge serves fresh, organic meals tailored to your health needs and preferences, including a delicious array of fruits and vegetables, local fish and grass-fed meat. As part of the initial assessment, you will plan your meals with the retreat’s Wellness Chef who will be able to cater to and dietary preferences or requirements. With these healthy choices, the Wellness Kitchen is able to create a food experience that is pleasurable, nutritious and healing. No bland meals. Just food packed with taste, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and love.
Alongside this, you’ll lunch with the retreat naturopath to discuss how to use food to enhance your wellbeing and participate in private, hands-on cooking lessons so you can return home with the confidence to prepare nourishing and delicious food in your own kitchen.
Accommodation
The Health Lodge offers you a serviced, comfortable and peaceful room with an ensuite, including a beautiful deep bathtub. Other accommodation features: comfortable queen size bed with a double pull out sofa, clean low allergenic environment, a mold free low EMR environment, air conditioned, air purifier, drinking water from the artisan plain delivered weekly, private access to the yoga temple, direct access to the clinic.
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