More Than Symptom Management
We believe true health goes beyond simply treating symptoms—it’s about uncovering the underlying causes of illness and creating a personalized path forward. Our functional health approach focuses on the whole person, addressing lifestyle, nutrition, metabolism, hormones, and more to restore balance and improve long-term well-being. By looking deeper, we provide care that’s individualized, effective, and sustainable.
Functional Health
Getting to the Root Cause
Conventional Health: It is the healthcare we all know and have experienced. It is otherwise known as traditional healthcare or allopathic healthcare. It typically includes your primary care doctor annual physicals, urgent care evaluation, specialists such as cardiology, etc. The focus is on diagnosing and treating diseases through acute care and symptoms management. Relies on evidence based approaches such as medications, surgeries/interventions. Great for emergencies and life saving treatments as well as screenings for certain cancers and diagnosing diseases. Often subjected to insurance plan requirements and approvals as well as limited time.
Functional Health: Evaluates and treats the root cause of disease with a holistic patient centered view. Considers factors such as genetics, environment and lifestyle. Treatment plans include diet, lifestyle changes such as stress management and sleep hygiene, movement, supplements, and prescriptions as needed. Is often cash based which allows the provider and patient adequate time to address issues.
Autoimmune Conditions: Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, Hashimoto’s, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and others. A functional approach helps reduce inflammation and support your body holistically.
Positive ANA: A positive ANA can appear years before an autoimmune diagnosis. Proactive care may help delay or even prevent disease progression.
Gut Health Issues: IBS, GERD, bloating, and other digestive concerns. Instead of masking symptoms, we look for root causes like food sensitivities, microbiome imbalances, or stress.
Weight & Metabolic Health: Difficulty losing weight, insulin resistance, prediabetes/diabetes, fatty liver, high cholesterol—even when you’re “doing everything right.”
Prevention & Optimization: Functional health isn’t only for those with symptoms. Many choose this approach to maintain energy, improve longevity, and prevent future illness.
Common Concerns Include:
Who can Benefit from Functional Health?
Functional health isn’t just for people with a diagnosis - it’s for anyone who wants answers, relief, and a more complete picture of their health. If you’ve been struggling with symptoms, searching for answers, or simply want to optimize your well-being, functional health may be right for you.
You may benefit if you:
- Experience ongoing, nonspecific symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, or body aches but haven’t found answers from traditional care
- Have been to multiple doctors without clear solutions
- Want to address the root cause of your symptoms instead of only managing them with medications
