As we move out of winter, we start to think about getting our minds and bodies ready for the spring and summer seasons ahead. Channel Mag's Liz Cannon chats with Yvonne Gitt about how Health Heroes can help improve people's health and well-being.

Channel Magazine: Can you tell us about Health Heroes?
Yvonne Gitt: Many of our patients know us from our Mobile Massage Service, but Health Heroes NZ has become so much more! Health Heroes is a collective of amazing health professionals such as massage therapists, Reiki practitioners, and nutrition and health coaches, who work closely together with osteopaths and acupuncturists. We are dedicated and passionate about the health and well-being of our patients and we follow a holistic health approach. We not only treat the physical body, but also take care of the mind, as body and mind work and heal together.

CM: What does Health Heroes do?
YG: Primarily we are here to help. Our aim is to enable our patients to live a healthy, relaxed, and happier life. We offer therapeutic massage, nutrition and health coaching, stress management, Reiki, and many more treatment types. We provide home visits, office treatments, nutrition and health coaching in person and online, and of course we also offer treatments in our collaborative practices.

CM: Why should people use the services Health Heroes provide?
YG: At Health Heroes NZ we know that a 'one size fits all' approach is not possible, especially when it comes to health. Even though our bodies are basically built the same, we are all highly individual. Every person has different needs, different goals, and different strengths. We advise each of our patients individually and we work out the best ways and possibilities together, to achieve the desired goals. Our treatments do not end after 60 minutes. We explain to our patients what they can do additionally at home to support healing processes and reach their goals faster and in the long term.

CM: What are your core values?
YG: Health Heroes NZ stands for imparting knowledge and personalised treatments. We pass on qualified health-related information to our patients so they can understand their bodies and regain responsibility and control their health. We believe that everyone should be able to make the right decisions for themselves and their health.

CM: Can you tell us a little more about your areas of expertise?
YG: We are all highly qualified massage therapists, naturopaths, and nutrition and health coaches. We work holistically and causally, not symptomatically, considering both body and mind. For this reason, we have developed a holistic concept in which, depending on the patient's needs, the respective specialties are applied in combination; we call this our “Fusion Health Treatment”. Neck pain, for example, can have multiple causes. Sitting in front of a computer for too long is one of the reasons but many other reasons can add to the pain. If we only treat the neck pain and don't fix the cause, the pain will just come back after a while. We help our patients in a sustainable way.

CM: You're from Germany - what brought you to New Zealand?
YG: I was running my own practice for osteopathy and naturopathy in Hamburg for many years and I loved it. In 2016 my partner said, “Let me show you a place called Godzone,” which as I learnt, is an abbreviation of the phrase 'God's Own Country' that's been used for more than 100 years by New Zealanders to describe their homeland. When we arrived, I immediately fell in love with New Zealand and its people, so we decided to stay, even though there have been tough immigration hurdles for highly qualified professionals from overseas. For me it's really exciting to observe the differences in education between the continents and it’s a great advantage for our patients to be able to receive additional healing methods from outside the New Zealand box too.

Health Heroes NZ
Phone: 021 0835 8867
Email: info@healthheroesnz.com
Web: https://healthheroesnz.com

Partner Clinics:
Happipuncture
512a East Coast Road, Windsor Park, Auckland 0630
Peace and Performance Osteopathy
Unit M/86 Bush Road, Albany, Auckland 0632