Functional Medicine
Functional Medicine is patient focused and not disease focused. I do not treat a person’s disease as much as I am assessing for the weaknesses and imbalances in your physiology to try to understand why you have the disease to begin with. By discovering and correcting the underlying cause of disease process or dysfunction of the body, the body can return to a state of health and wellness.
The beauty of functional medicine is its aim to really identify what the causes contribute to a weakened or compromised physiological function. The causes vary from person to person, but as we begin to treat the specific mechanisms that are causing the body to malfunction then your body will do the work of slowly restoring itself to optimal health. Examples of malfunction that can be improved with nutrition and supplementation:
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Intestinal pathogens
- Leaky gut
- Hormonal imbalances
- Medication interferences
- Environmental toxicities
- Compromised detoxification
- Food allergies / sensitivities
In our journey together we will test to find these issues, and target them one at a time.
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