Functional medicine is a systems biology approach that strives to find the root cause of symptoms in a body or mind that is not functioning optimally. Conventional medicine is very good at diagnosing disease and treating it often with medications. Functional medicine can intervene when one has symptoms of suboptimal health, but doesn’t have disease yet. Conventional medicine is often siloed to only treat certain body systems, for example- kidney doctor, thyroid doctor, heart doctor. In functional medicine we look at how each body system is intertwined and how one system could affect the other. It is a more comprehensive, holistic approach, and best equipped to optimizing overall health.

Most insurance plans don’t think the advanced testing we do in functional medicine is “medically necessary” so they don’t cover it. The time we spend analyzing your results and coming up with a program to help you is not covered either. We spend more one-on-one time with you throughout the program helping you trouble shoot and tweak the program so you can reach optimal results.

This program is designed to help the following person: Someone who doesn’t feel good in general, has tried many things to feel better, has been told by a medical provider that their labs were “normal”. We specialize in those with fatigue, chronic GI complaints, and thyroid disorders. We believe food is medicine. So this program is right for someone who is willing to prioritize healthy eating or at least willing to make some diet changes. We often use supplements. The ideal patient would be willing to take supplements.