Skip to Store Area:

Essential Health Clinic

Treatments

Consultation with Dr Tom Gilhooly GP


Face to Face - The first consultation will last approximately 60 minutes at a cost of £120. with follow up consultations lasting approximately 30 minutes and costing £80

Telephone Consultations - Consultations are in 15minute blocks at £40 per block. Most people find 15minutes is sufficient.

Biography: Graduated from Glasgow University Medical School in 1993 and entered General Practice in Parkhead in Glasgow's East End in 1989.

A career long interest in nutrition resulted in the founding of The Centre For Nutritional Studies Ltd in 2002 and Glasgow Health Solutions Ltd in 2005. He advocates integrative medical approaches to health where natural treatments and nutritional assessment is central to management of medical conditions.

He is a principal in General Practice and Medical Officer to Glasgow Drug Crisis Centre. In addition he has held posts as Medical Director in the Lanarkshire Drug Problem Service and was lead Consultant in Drug Misuse training for medical and affiliated practitioners in the Glasgow Drug Problem Service.

Dr Tom applies this in his daily General Practice and also in a private nutritional clinic which concentrates on multiple sclerosis. He is involved in several ongoing research projects including The Chinese Illness Perception Study and a study into bladder dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis. He is also involved in fund raising for MS research.

He became actively involved in management of addiction in practice and is now known nationally and internationally as an addiction expert. Has published original research on methadone, ecstasy and the abuse of tranquillisers. He has also presented papers at national and international conferences on the subject. In 1999 he became clinical director of the Lanarkshire Drug Service and was successful in greatly increasing the number of General Practices in Lanarkshire who offered substitution treatment to their patients.

Consultation with Vic Fernando MSc, ARDMS


Vic is our Senior Ultrasound Practitioner. A CCSVI Screening Scan will last approximately 60 minutes at a cost of £525. This includes a number of blood tests and a consultation with one of our Doctors which will last up to 60 minutes. Further information is available here.
 

Consultation with Dr Fiona Hassall


Dr Hassall is one of our CCSVI Doctors who will consult with patients after they have been scanned; as part of the package with our Scanning Practitioner. The consultation will last approximately 60 minutes.  Further information is available here.

 

Biography: Dr Hassall graduated from Glasgow University and initilly worked in anaesthesia, before training in General Practice. Following work in Liverpool, Edinburgh and Stornaway, she returned to Glasgow and spent four year in Public Health Medicine. After 15 years in Glasgow University Health Service, she has re-entered NHS General Practice as well as re-training in sexual and reproductive medicine. When she and her husband are not sampling the culinary delights of Scotland, Fiona occasionally indulges in horse-riding and cycling.

Consultation with Tom Craig MCSP


The treatment time vary depending on the work being done. Please consult Tom direct by email for more information and to arrange an appointment.

Email energymedicine@btinternet.com
Biography: Tom's expertise lies in Sports Medicine, exercise physiology, biomechanics, bioprofiling, sports coaching and the martial arts. As a former council member of The British Association of Sports Medicine (B.A.S.M.) he has have lectured and presented these topics at national and international level in a quest to promote these evolving paradigms. He is also a member of the Science and Medical Network( S.M.N), Tom is also a founder member, retired chair of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Energy Medicine (A.C.P.E.M.) having studied/ lectured on many of the complementary “bio-energy “ therapies. Since qualifying in Craniosacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation and Nutritional Metabolic Typing; his current interests are the role of the A.N.S. in health and disease, Autonomic Response Testing (Klinghart.) P.N.I. and Holistic dentistry/orthodontics.

One of our medical team will complete an initial assessment followed by our Anodyne Therapist Iona Gilhooly. Treatment lasts for approximately 30 minutes and the cost is £40. Iona is a trained RGN nurse who uses her nursing skills in the clinic as well as using her organisational skills in her other post as Assistant Manager.

For more information on Anodyne Therapy, please click here
Treatment with the Anodyne system is simple and painless. Four flexible pads, each containing 60 small infrared lights, are placed directly on the skin over the area of pain or injury. Energy from the lights penetrates beneath the skin and is absorbed by deep tissues. After just 30 minutes of treatment, blood flow is enhanced by 400 percent, and this boost in local circulation persists for several hours after the pads are removed.

Physiotherapy with Willie Devlin

The treatment which will last for approximately 30 minutes and cost £30.

Biography: William Devlin is a Partner in the Physiotherapy practice with Graham Parsons. He graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2002 with a BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy Degree. He then worked within the NHS for 3 years and in 2005 starting working full-time within professional football. He has also been working for the past 4 years within private physiotherapy clinics.
Willie specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of all sporting injuries, and in addition treats a wide variety of spinal and orthopaedic conditions. He is also trained in the use of acupuncture for the benefits of pain relief.

Physiotherapy with Graham Parsons


The treatment which will last for approximately 30 minutes and cost £30.

Biography: Graham Parsons is a Partner in the Physiotherapy practice with Willie Devlin.

Chronic Anxiety and Panic Relief with Gill Batty

The treatment which will last for approximately 60 minutes.

Neuro Psychological Reprogramming is a fast acting intervention and usually requires no more than 4 sessions.  NPR is being assessed in clinical practise and will be the subject of a research evaluation in the near future. Gill is passionate about this new approach to the treatment of anxiety and as well as working one to one with patients she also teaches the process to therapists and charitable groups.
Biography: Gill Batty has been a practising therapist for 7 years, during which time she has been involved in the research and development of a process that is designed specifically to treat chronic anxiety and panic. Gills university degree is in Psychology and Biology.  She is also trained in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) to Master Practitioner level and is involved in Neuro Psychological research.
Paul Farquhar

Sports & Clinical Hypnotherapy with Paul Farquhar

The treatment which will last for approximately 60 minutes and cost £60. Paul is in the clinic on the first Thursday of each month. The session will use techniques using both NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and Clinical Hypnotherapy. Clients are also taught self-hypnosis, to enable the session benefits to ongoing under the clients own control. Paul works at our Clinic in Rutherglen once a month. Areas covered are phobias, addictions, smoking cessation, weight loss, relaxation techniques, anxiety, panic attacks, sports performance, etc.

Biography: Paul trained with Paul McKenna and Richard Bandler in 2004. He has completed advanced training with Dr Susi Strang and Craig Wood in 2009 & 2010. He is qualified at Master Practitioner level in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), and Practitioner level in Clinical Hypnotherapy, TFT (Thought Field Therapy), and Reiki. He also works with sportsmen/women using hypnosis to help enhance their existing skills and performance. He has recently started working with several world class swimmers helping them with mind preparation for Olympic Qualifying events.