The initial consultation provides the opportunity to thoroughly review your health history. Blood tests and pathology reports are a vital tool in being able to assess your current state of health and your individual biochemistry. Your biochemistry can indicate why you may be experiencing certain symptoms, and it can also highlight latent patterns of health that may not yet have elicited symptoms. This is also known as Functional Pathology and allows for early intervention before disease states express themselves.

Pathology reports need to be within the previous 3-6 months of your appointment to be immediately useful. If you have not had blood tests within the previous 3-6 months, a referral can be written for you to take to your GP.

Should the therapeutic relationship be required to continue for a period of time, it is also encouraged to bring your updated blood tests to subsequent appointments – this helps to track progress towards your health goals.

All tests are cross-referenced with www.labtestsonline.org.au, which is managed by the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (AACB) with support from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA).