As an Anaesthetist Nurse and Naturopath in Traditional European Medicine, I've been able to develop skills and tools for pain management over the last 15 years, whether during surgery in the operating theatre, the recovery room, the intensive care unit or the Centre Algos pain centre. 

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Becoming a Naturopath in Traditional European Medicine as part of the Federal Diploma seemed to me an obvious way to deal with pain. Experience shows that proposing solutions to alleviate or even silence symptoms brings comfort to the patient, but does not solve the underlying cause or health problem in the long term. The body in imbalance will continue to express symptoms, however varied, until the real work is done.   

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Our role as healthcare professionals is to relieve the patient's pain, whether physical, psychological and/or emotional, but also to identify the imbalances in the body that have led to the illness. Getting the patient's condition under control is essential if long-term health is to be restored. My philosophy of care is to put out the fire and prevent it from reigniting, rather than to keep putting out the flames.