What is Functional Medicine?
Functional Medicine is a science based whole body system approach to health addressing the underlying causes of disease. Disease affects the structure and function of the body producing clinical symptoms in which Functional Medicine determines the fundamental cause. The patient’s condition can be analyzed through blood work, urine, salivary, stool, and hair analysis along with an extensive history report. Upon evaluation, nutrition, supplements, and overall lifestyle modifications are thoroughly discussed.
How is Functional Medicine different?
The tree analysis is a visual representation of the differences in Conventional Medicine and Functional Medicine. The health of a tree is determined by the nutrients of the soil and its roots, which are the foundation. Therefore, if the tree is diseased, Functional Medicine would look at the soil first, where as Conventional Medicine would look at the leaves and limbs. Functional Medicine is shifting the traditional disease centered model focus to a whole person model.
Functional Medicine is a science based whole body system approach to health addressing the underlying causes of disease. Disease affects the structure and function of the body producing clinical symptoms in which Functional Medicine determines the fundamental cause. The patient’s condition can be analyzed through blood work, urine, salivary, stool, and hair analysis along with an extensive history report. Upon evaluation, nutrition, supplements, and overall lifestyle modifications are thoroughly discussed.
How is Functional Medicine different?
The tree analysis is a visual representation of the differences in Conventional Medicine and Functional Medicine. The health of a tree is determined by the nutrients of the soil and its roots, which are the foundation. Therefore, if the tree is diseased, Functional Medicine would look at the soil first, where as Conventional Medicine would look at the leaves and limbs. Functional Medicine is shifting the traditional disease centered model focus to a whole person model.
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Examples of conditions that we support in treatment:
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Here are some examples of diagnostic testing that we use:
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