If you’re looking for more information on functional medicine you are in the right place. We’ll explore its unique nuances and why it might be a good fit for your health challenges.
A Holistic Approach to Health
Taking a holistic approach to health helps ensure that you are treated as a whole person and that underlying factors are considered. Many patients prefer this approach because they often learn much more about healthy lifestyle habits including proper nutrition and environmental factors that could be making their illnesses worse.
How Functional Medicine Aligns With Our Philosophy
Our approach involves getting down to the foundation of what is causing your illness rather than focusing on reducing symptoms. We spend the necessary time to learn about each patient and all of the potential lifestyle factors that can exacerbate illness. Functional medicine aligns with this mission perfectly.
What is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine addresses the root causes of illness rather than treating symptoms. For example, the rise in certain autoimmune conditions may be linked to gut flora imbalances and intestinal permeability. It involves searching for and treating underlying health conditions that can make an illness worse.
Functional medicine differs from integrative medicine in that integrative medicine is an approach that combines both traditional and holistic approaches to medicine and treating the whole person, while functional medicine focuses on the root causes of illness.
Some of the key principles of functional medicine include recognizing the body’s self-healing capability, doing no harm, treating the whole person, and a focus on prevention. It involves addressing lifestyle factors and adjusting them to benefit the patient including stress management, nutrition, sleep and exercise.
Get a Customized Approach at Holistic Wholeness Institute
Our customized health assessment involves spending up to an hour with you to learn about your unique medical history and any current lifestyle factors that we may need to address in your treatment program. We then create an individualized treatment plan based on our 5 key pillars which include: detoxification, nutrition, fitness, addressing stress and hormones, and mentorship.
Contact Us to Schedule an Appointment
You probably have questions about functional medicine. We would love to speak with you and answer any questions to see if this approach is the right fit for you. Contact us to schedule a free 15-minute consultation.
FAQs about Functional Medicine
What conditions can be treated with Functional Medicine?
A wide range of conditions can be treated with functional medicine including certain autoimmune conditions, chronic fatigue, excess abdominal fat, leaky gut, and more. However, your provider will give you specifics on whether or not functional medicine is the right option for your illness.
What is the role of nutrition in Functional Medicine?
Addressing nutrition is at the heart of the functional medicine approach as it is one of many environmental factors that can contribute to illness along with a lack of exercise, sleep, stress and other factors.
