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IBS & Gut Health
GUT HEALTH · GEELONG + ONLINE NATUROPATH
Bloated, uncomfortable, and exhausted from managing your gut? There's a reason — and we can find it.
IBS affects up to 1 in 5 Australians, yet most are told to simply manage their symptoms with diet restrictions and stress reduction. At The Sana Co. we take a different approach. Using comprehensive functional testing and personalised naturopathic treatment, we identify what's actually driving your gut symptoms — whether that's SIBO, dysbiosis, leaky gut, or something else entirely — and we address it at the root.
Signs your gut is asking for more than just dietary management
Persistent bloating
Unpredictable bowel habits
Cramping and abdominal pain
Your stomach distends after most meals regardless of what you eat. Clothing feels tight by evening even when it didn't in the morning. The bloating is uncomfortable, predictable, and exhausting.
Dull aches, sharp cramps, or a persistent heaviness in your abdomen that disrupts daily life. Pain that gets worse after eating or that wakes you during the night.
Dull aches, sharp cramps, or a persistent heaviness in your abdomen that disrupts daily life. Pain that gets worse after eating or that wakes you during the night.
Food anxiety and restriction
You've started avoiding more and more foods but your symptoms don't improve. Mealtimes have become stressful. You're eating a shorter and shorter list of 'safe' foods with diminishing returns.
Fatigue and brain fog
Gut symptoms rarely stay in the gut. Systemic inflammation from an unhealthy gut affects your energy, mental clarity, mood, and immune function — often more than people realise.
IBS is a description of symptoms — not a diagnosis
Being told you have IBS means your symptoms have been named, not explained. The real question is what's causing those symptoms. Common root causes we investigate include:
SIBO — bacteria in the wrong place fermenting food and producing gas | Gut dysbiosis — an imbalanced microbiome disrupting digestion and immunity | Intestinal permeability ('leaky gut') — a compromised gut lining triggering immune responses | Food intolerances including gluten, dairy, FODMAPs, and histamine | The gut-brain axis — stress and nervous system dysregulation affecting gut motility | Post-infectious changes after gastroenteritis or food poisoning | Hormonal influences — symptoms that shift throughout the menstrual cycle
How we approach IBS at The Sana Co.
We begin where most treatments end — with a thorough investigation into what's actually driving your symptoms. Our approach is built around functional testing and personalised treatment, not generic protocols.
Comprehensive case-taking
A full 2-hour initial consultation mapping your health history, symptom patterns, diet, stress, and lifestyle. We build a complete picture before we test or treat anything.
Stool analysis (GI-MAP), SIBO breath testing, or food intolerance panels depending on your clinical picture. We test what's relevant to you — not a standard panel applied to everyone.
A full 2-hour initial consultation mapping your health history, symptom patterns, diet, stress, and lifestyle. We build a complete picture before we test or treat anything.
Personalised dietary guidance
A full 2-hour initial consultation mapping your health history, symptom patterns, diet, stress, and lifestyle. We build a complete picture before we test or treat anything.
Herbal and nutritional medicine
Targeted treatment to address what testing reveals — antimicrobials for SIBO, gut-lining repair nutrients, microbiome restoration, or motility support depending on your results.
We address the bidirectional relationship between the gut and the brain — because stress management is gut treatment, not an optional add-on.
Nervous system and gut-brain support
Regular reviews across your 5-month program to track your progress, adjust treatment as results come in, and support you through every step of improvement.
Ongoing monitoring and adjustment
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