Nurtura Health

Colon Hydrotherapy (Colonic Irrigation) is a safe, gentle and highly effective therapy for cleansing the colon of accumulated waste material.

At Nurtura Health we believe the state of the digestive system has a significant relationship with physical and emotional wellbeing and vitality. Medical research is now linking the origin of many chronic dis-eases to a poor functioning digestive system. In particular, the link between gut health, gut microbial diversity, immune response, energy and mood levels.

Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to have regular bowel movements and still be constipated. Accumulated wastes, mucus and gas in the colon may compromise healthy peristaltic action, resulting in incomplete though frequent bowel movements. If health is compromised by your body’s failure to eliminate waste, healing may be enhanced by supporting and regaining healthy elimination.

Nurtura Health has offered Colon Hydrotherapy since 1993. Colin and Olive Harris have undertaken advanced training in Australia and the USA; are both certified in Colon Hydrotherapy and have trained other Practitioners. Jess, Remedial Massage Therapist and certified Colon Hydrotherapist, has been doing colonic irrigation at Nurtura Health since 2014.

Nurtura Health features a defined and private treatment area with two custom-built treatment rooms with modern ‘closed system’ colonic equipment to meet the latest standards from the International Association for Colon Hydrotherapy. For hygiene, all tubing and speculums are in enclosed single-use packs and disposable. A Practitioner is in attendance for the treatment, which is safe, discreet, hygienic and effective. You may benefit from Colon Hydrotherapy if you have:

Nurtura Health clients have been getting relief from pain and discomfort, and improved health outcomes with the integration of Bowen Therapy into their treatment plans since 1993. Bowen is a dynamic system of muscle and connective tissue (fascia) therapy. It uses subtle inputs (known as moves) to the body, stimulating the body to heal itself, often profoundly. Bowen Therapy can provide relief for many types of injuries and other health problems, both acute and chronic. It works holistically, via the body’s innate healing mechanisms.

Bowen Therapy delivers signals to the nervous system at specific locations on muscles, tendons, ligaments, or nerves. The body responds in its own time, within its vital capacity.

Bowen Therapy addresses the entire body, by restoring balance via the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS controls over 80% of bodily functions and is very susceptible to stressors. Most people today live in a constant state of high stress and over-stimulation (fight, flight, freeze mode). Healing can occur after the ANS shifts from stressed to rest, relax, repair mode.

The Bowen technique is safe to use on anyone, from newborns to the elderly and for any musculoskeletal or related neuromuscular complaint. The therapist uses light, cross-fibre moves over muscle, tendon or ligament with no forceful manipulation. A treatment will typically last between 30 minutes and one hour. The Naturopath may leave the room for periods of two to five minutes at a time during treatment. This allows your body to respond. As the nervous system begins to adjust the tension levels in the muscles or connective tissue, treatment will continue.

Bowen is not an ongoing therapy. The person may experience relief after just the first session and significant resolution or recovery within three sessions. However, chronic or long-standing conditions or repeat injury may require additional treatments.