In our practice, our goal is to engage in a therapeutic relationship so our patients leave with tools they can use for self-care, to restore balance to a complex system. In essence, our focus is to create a healthy ecosystem in the body, so the by-product is health. We have developed our 3F system of Form, Function and Fuel to help break down a patient’s symptoms and complaints. Although we break down our view of functional medicine into form, function, and fuel, they are not mutually exclusive, they overlap. Functional Medicine is more like a spider web with interconnecting points rather than individually separated clusters of grapes.
Functional Medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isol
Read More
Functional Medicine practitioners promote wellness by focusing on the fundamental underlying factors that influence every patient’s experience of health and disease. Why Do We Need Functional Medicine? The Institute for Functional Medicine teaches practitioners how to assess the patient’s status
Read More
Functional Nutrition emphasizes the importance of high-quality foods and phytonutrient diversity to address clinical imbalances and move individuals toward the highest expression of health. Advanced nutrition assessment and a thorough Functional Medicine based history leads to a personalized therape
Read More