“Restoring your health to where it belongs.”
“Bringing vitality back into your life.”
“Helping you thrive.”
What is Integrative and Functional Medicine?
Integrative Medicine is the approach to healing using a combination of conventional and natural healing methods. This can often take the form of dietary and supplement recommendations in addition to lifestyle changes. Integrative Medicine considers all aspects of someone’s life, from the amount of stress they are under in their personal life, to what kind of food they eat, how well they sleep, their connection to the natural world and past emotional traumas. This approach recognizes that healing comes from healing the whole of the person, that we are complex human beings, and all parts of the body/mind are connected.
Functional Medicine is the use of advanced and specialized testing to diagnose underlying hidden conditions that could be affecting your health. This includes gut microbiome stool testing, in depth nutritional assessments, advanced hormonal evaluations, and testing a patient’s toxic burden (such as mycotoxins and heavy metals). Often Functional Medicine is most helpful with chronic conditions such as Auto-immune diseases which traditional allopathic medicine can help with but not fully resolve. Other conditions such as Diabetes and Obesity can be supported through lifestyle medicine and a FunctionalMedicine approach. With the results of specialized testing, dietary and lifestyle changes, nutritional supplements and herbal therapy are used to support balanced health and restore vitality.