Welcome! Meet the Naturopathic Doctor that treats Pain with Low Intensity Laser Therapy
Many of my patients take medication for pain and I suggest LILT. The success rate to reduce pain and inflamation is about 95% reducing the need for medication.
Low Intensity Laser Therapy has evolved from predecessor lasers to modern laser therapy systems.
Clinically verified Laser Therapies eliminate pain and inflammation in acute and chronic conditions. Laser therapy is drug free, pain free, non-invasive, with no known side effects.
Probably the greatest beneficiaries of this technology are individuals that suffer from back pain and arthritis. This includes athletes suffering from myofascitis, facet joint syndrome, sacroiliac joint dysfunction and disc herniations with nerve root compression. More significantly, dramatic effects are obtained by sufferers of chronic degenerative osteoarthritis accompanied by spinal/foraminal stenosis with attendant neurological complications. It promotes healing for many physiological conditions, is used by most professional sports teams to repair injuries, and is one of the most effective methods of healing available today.
With "back problems" laser therapy should be the universal treatment approach and clearly establish its role as the treatment of choice.
Dr. Patricia Gabryl, B.Sc., Hon., ND Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
Dr. Patricia Gabryl, ND is a specialist, medical director and licensed Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine in private practice at the Academy Natural
Health Clinic in Toronto. She is a graduate from the University of Toronto
with a Honours Bachelor of Science Degree holding a double specialist degree in Human Biology and Molecular Biology
and completed her doctorate at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Naturopath, Naturopath Doctor: Naturopathic Medicine is a distinct primary health care system that blends modern scientific knowledge with traditional
and natural forms of medicine. Naturopathic medicine is the art and science of disease diagnosis, treatment and
prevention using natural therapies including botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, hydrotherapy, homeopathy,
naturopathic manipulation, traditional Chinese medicine / acupuncture, low intensity laser therapy and lifestyle counselling.
A Naturopathic Doctor is a primary care practitioner that seeks to restore and maintain optimum health
in their patients by emphasizing nature’s inherent self-healing process. A Naturopathic Doctor views the individual
as an integral whole including the physiological, structural, psychological, social, spiritual, environment
and lifestyle factors affecting health. Symptoms of disease are seen as warning signals of improper functioning
of the body and unfavourable lifestyle habits. Naturopathic Medicine emphasizes disease as a process rather than disease
as an entity. The primary goal is to treat the underlying cause of the disease. This approach has proven successful
in treating both chronic and acute conditions. Treatments are chosen based on the individual patient, not based on the
generality of symptoms.
Naturopathic doctors can also complement and enhance health care services provided by other health care professionals.
They cooperate with other branches of medical science referring patients to other practitioners for diagnosis or treatment
when appropriate. Naturopathic Doctors provide patients with a truly integrative form of health care.
In Canada, the naturopathic medical profession’s infrastructure includes accredited educational institutions,
professional licensing, national standards of practice, participation in many federal health committee initiatives,
and a commitment to state-of-the-art scientific research.
Naturopath, Naturopathic Doctor deals with the subject of Healthy Bones and Pain.
Naturopathic Medicine is a distinct primary health care system that blends modern scientific knowledge with traditional and natural forms of medicine. Naturopathic medicine is the art and science of disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention using natural therapies including botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, hydrotherapy, homeopathy, naturopathic manipulation, acupuncture, light therapy and lifestyle counselling.
A Naturopathic Doctor is a primary care practitioner that seeks to restore and maintain optimum health in their patients by emphasizing nature’s inherent self-healing process. A Naturopathic Doctor views the individual as an integral whole including the physiological, structural, psychological, social, spiritual, environment and lifestyle factors affecting health. Symptoms of disease are seen as warning signals of improper functioning of the body and unfavourable lifestyle habits. Naturopathic Medicine emphasizes disease as a process rather than disease as an entity. The primary goal is to treat the underlying cause of the disease. This approach has proven successful in treating both chronic and acute conditions. Treatments are chosen based on the individual patient, not based on the generality of symptoms.
Naturopathic doctors can also complement and enhance health care services provided by other health care professionals. They cooperate with other branches of medical science referring patients to other practitioners for diagnosis or treatment when appropriate. Naturopathic Doctors provide patients with a truly integrative form of health care.
In Canada, the naturopathic medical profession’s infrastructure includes accredited educational institutions, professional licensing, national standards of practice, participation in many federal health committee initiatives, and a commitment to state-of-the-art scientific research.
Naturopathic Doctors provide a range of services supporting bone health and pain helping you achieve and maintain
a healthy lifestyle. We offer diet and nutrition counselling,
weight loss support and much more. Our services cover the following:
Bones are rigid organs that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. Healthy bones function to move, support, and protect the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bones come in a variety of shapes and have a complex internal and external structure, allowing them to be lightweight yet strong and hard, while fulfilling their many other functions. One of the types of tissues that makes up bones is the mineralized osseous tissue, also called bone tissue, that gives bones their rigidity and honeycomb-like three-dimensional internal structure. Other tissue types found in bones include marrow, the periosteum, nerves, blood vessels and cartilage.
The primary tissue of bone, osseous tissue, is a relatively hard and lightweight composite material, formed mostly of calcium phosphate in the chemical arrangement termed calcium hydroxylapatite (this is the osseous tissue that gives bones their rigidity). It has relatively high compressive strength but poor tensile strength, meaning it resists pushing forces well, but not pulling forces. While bone is essentially brittle, it does have a significant degree of elasticity contributed chiefly by collagen. All bones consist of living cells embedded in the mineralised organic matrix that makes up the osseous tissue.
Bone is not a uniformly solid material, but rather has some spaces between its hard elements. The hard outer layer of bones is composed of compact bone tissue, so-called due to its minimal gaps and spaces. This tissue gives bones their smooth, white, and solid appearance, and accounts for 80% of the total bone mass of an adult skeleton. Compact bone may also be referred to as dense bone or cortical bone. Filling the interior of the organ is the trabecular bone tissue (an open cell porous network also called cancellous or spongy bone) which is comprised of a network of rod- and plate-like elements that make the overall organ lighter and allowing room for blood vessels and marrow. Trabecular bone accounts for the remaining 20% of total bone mass, but has nearly ten times the surface area of compact bone. The exterior of bones (except where they interact with other bones through joints) is covered by the periosteum, which has an external fibrous layer, and an internal osteogenic layer. The periosteum is richly supplied with blood, lymph and nerve vessels, attaching to the bone itself through Sharpey's fibres.
Bone can also be either woven or lamellar (layered). Woven bone is weak, with a small number of randomly oriented collagen fibers, but forms quickly and without a pre-existing structure during periods of repair or growth. Lamellar bone is stronger, formed of numerous stacked layers and filled with many collagen fibers parallel to other fibers in the same layer. The fibers run in opposite directions in alternating layers, assisting in the bone's ability to resist torsion forces. After a break, woven bone quickly forms and is gradually replaced by slow-growing lamellar bone on pre-existing calcified hyaline cartilage through a process known as "bony substitution.
2. INJURY and DISEASE OF THE BONES!
Types of Arthritis
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Fibromyalgia
Gout
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)
Osteoarthritis
Paget's Disease
Raynaud's Phenomenon
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Related Conditions
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Chronic Back Injury
Repetitive Stress Injury
Fractures with associated soft tissue injuries
Facet joint syndrome
3. TREATMENTS available at Academy Natural Health Clinic!
Academy Natural Health Clinic
4920 Dundas Street West, Suite 303
Toronto, Ontario
M9A 1B7
PHONE:416 234-1451
Patricia Gabryl, B.Sc., Hon., ND Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
Patricia Gabryl, ND is a specialist, clinic director and licensed Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine in private practice at the Academy Natural
Health Clinic in Toronto. She is a graduate from the University of Toronto
with a Honours Bachelor of Science Degree holding a double specialist degree in Human Biology and Molecular Biology
and completed her doctorate at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.
The above clinic is a regulated Naturopathic Health Clinic that prescribes natural therapies including Low Intensity Laser Therapy in the treatment of pain and inflammation.
Naturopath, Naturopath Doctor: Naturopathic Medicine is a distinct primary health care system that blends modern scientific knowledge with traditional
and natural forms of medicine. Naturopathic medicine is the art and science of disease diagnosis, treatment and
prevention using natural therapies including botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, hydrotherapy, homeopathy,
naturopathic manipulation, traditional Chinese medicine / acupuncture, low intensity laser therapy and lifestyle counselling.
