What is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine seeks to find the root cause of symptoms, instead of simply treating the complaint.
In Functional medicine, providers aim to treat the molten center of the problem. Like stars in the sky that form a constellation, our goal is identify a medical pattern from seemingly disparate symptoms by linking symptoms to a central systemic issue. Functional medicine providers identify these systemic issues by investigating the basic machinery of our body. This machinery includes gut health, reproductive hormones, nutrition, spiritual/emotional health, thyroid, metabolism, inflammation, and exposure to environmental toxins. Additionally, functional medicine can identify very early signs of chronic disease through the use of more sensitive reference ranges than traditional internal medicine and primary care.
Functional medicine serves as a superb additional layer of guidance and vision to your primary care routine.