Functional Medicine:

The IFM describes the functional medicine model as an individualized, patient-centered, science-based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together to address the underlying causes of disease and promote optimal wellness. It looks at the complex interaction of each patient’s genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle factors that can impact long-term health and chronic disease and leverages that data to direct personalized treatment plans that lead to improved patient outcomes.

underlying issue(s)

Functional Medicine’s goal is to determine “WHY” a patient has illness with hope to answer this question by looking over all the medical evidence of the patient’s symptoms, genetics, environment, and lifestyle.

You are Unique

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 isolated set of symptoms. In this way, Functional Medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual.

Root Cause

By addressing root cause, rather than symptoms, practitioners may find one condition has many different causes and, likewise, one cause may result in many different conditions. As a result, Functional Medicine treatment targets the specific manifestations of disease in each individual.