Functional Medicine is a systems and generalist approach to your health.
This is the exact opposite of the way that the traditional system works.
Traditional approach = You have a problem?
1. See a "specialist", who specializes in that one specific system in which the symptom is occurring.
2. Get a prescription for the symptoms.
3. Hope it "works"...and deal with whatever side effects show up.
The problem with this approach is that it might miss the actual problem entirely.
For example...
What do you think is actually causing your symptoms?
Most practitioners don't even ask this basic question. And it's difficult to come up with a root-cause solution when nobody asks a root-cause question.
Contrast that to Functional Medicine...
Functional medicine approach = you have a problem?
1. Let's talk about all the symptoms you are experiencing to get a full view of your health and what all is being affected.
2. Let's run some tests to determine specifically where the root cause of your problem is coming from.
2. Let's design and implement a specific protocol for your specific root-cause problem...and let's make sure it doesn't create a bunch of terrible side-effects in the process.
We have helped patients all over the country through our Telemedicine Functional Medicine program. It's simple, straight-forward, and incredibly effective.