Tim Altman naturopath, performance enhancement, chronic illness therapy

Nervous system regulation.
Burnout, fatigue, lack of motivation and energy, anxiety.
Chronic fatigue, CFS, post-viral fatigue/syndrome (including long-Covid), adrenal fatigue.
Fibromyalgia, neuralgia, pain-related ailments.
Conditions associated with dysfunctional breathing - asthma/breathing difficulties; snoring & sleep apnoea; sinusitis; anxiety; IBS, reflux & other GIT conditions.

Explore all my services and courses, learn more about my journey to overcome Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or get in touch to see how I can help you on your health journey.

My professional work as a health practitioner has resulted from a personal journey and passion of over 25 years, targeted initially at recovering from chronic, debilitating illness, and then exploring health and performance at optimal levels.

The investigation began in earnest after I developed chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in the late 1980s, when very little was known about this condition, and it was only recognised by very few, more enlightened, medical professionals.

Following a long process of investigation, and courtesy of the help of some wonderful natural medicine practitioners, I returned to full health in the mid 1990s.

Inspired by one practitioner who showed me what was possible, I discovered that the human body has an extraordinary capacity to heal - far beyond what most people or professionals realise. After fully recovering from chronic fatigue syndrome, I returned to university to study natural medicine (building on my Bachelor of Science in Psychology) to help others break free from chronic illness.

For the past 20 years in clinical practice, I’ve continually refined my approach to help clients achieve more lasting results. Whether you are recovering from illness, boosting your energy, losing weight, or optimising peak performance, my focus is simple: create the right internal environment for your body to heal and thrive.

My clinical approach is thorough and grounded in evolutionary biology, genetics, and anthropology. I look closely at your lifestyle and health habits, comparing how your body is currently operating with how it’s designed to function at its best.

Outside the clinic, my passion for optimal movement and vitality is lifelong. I’ve been surfing since childhood, competing and coaching in surfski and kayak paddling at national and international levels for over 35 years, and practising yoga and meditation since my late teens.

What drives my work today is the same truth I experienced firsthand and witness in my clients every week: given the right support, your body's ability to heal and perform will amaze you.

As a registered naturopath, my approach to health and performance is heavily influenced by a pioneering scientific and medical approach that explores the mismatch between the culture, or lifestyle, we have created and the bodies we have inherited from our hunter-gatherer ancestors. That is, the world our bodies adapted to from an evolutionary perspective.

Put simply, our bodies still think we are hunter-gatherers wandering the bush, so they function as if this were the case. Yet it is now far from the case. As a result, we get sick or underperform because our bodies do what they’re ‘built for’, or what they evolved to do, in an environment they have not adapted to.