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We at Total Health Chemist will listen to your needs and recommend the products and services that suit you.  In our many years of being involved in community pharmacy, we have learnt that you want to deal with people that know what they are doing, you need to trust that the advice you are given is right, you want your family to feel safe, you want value for your money and you want access to health information.

We have particular interest in sports injuries, lower back pain and post operative rehabilitation. We enjoy working with sports teams and have worked with Te Teko RFC, Whakatane High School 1St XV, Mataatua Touch Team and New Zealand Woman’s National Sevens team. When organised well in advance we are able to travel with teams to tournaments.

You no longer have to travel to Tauranga or Rotorua to have your bone density checked. There is now a DEXA machine at Radius Medical, Whakatane. Midland Osteoporosis Group have set up a DEXA® machine and are trading under the name, Eastbay Bone Density Services.

The cost of a scan is $140, but in some cases there is no charge, (if you meet certain criteria) and most medical insurance companies will cover the cost of the scan. If you are concerned about osteoporosis then talk to your doctor about having a bone density scan.