The Future of Healthcare
Functional Medicine is a different approach to care—an alternative solution to conventional medicine that addresses the root cause of an illness instead of relying on medications and surgeries to suppress symptoms. It’s a holistic, patient-centered, collaborative approach to healthcare that shifts the focus away from treating illnesses as they occur to preventing them from developing in the first place. The Functional Medicine approach deals directly with the underlying cause of a health issue and treats each patient as a whole, unique individual.
I approach health and chronic disease treatment through a Functional Medicine lens, using advanced diagnostic testing and a thorough medical history intake combined with years of clinical experience and training to uncover underlying imbalances, often overlooked in a fast-paced conventional doctor’s office.
Overcoming Chronic Disease
When inflammation, insulin resistance, blood sugar imbalance, hormonal problems, adrenal stress, and systemic distress occur, the whole body spirals out of control. This in combination with a bad diet, emotional and physical stress, lack of essential nutrients, environmental toxins, lack of exercise, and other lifestyle issues set the stage for chronic disease to develop.​
The Functional Medicine Difference
While conventional medicine is best equipped to handle urgent and emergent medical situations, it is extremely underprepared to manage chronic illness and promote long-term, optimal health outcomes.