Instead of simply treating symptoms or prescribing medications, Functional Medicine digs deeper, addressing the underlying imbalances that are unique to each individual’s body and mind. Customized programs are created to support the body’s natural healing processes, working alongside your medical doctor or healthcare provider to offer more defined, effective treatment options.
Functional Medicine is designed to promote optimal health, slow and reverse cellular aging, and improve overall well-being. All programs are natural and safe, coordinated through virtual meetings, webcam consultations, and ongoing observation and management. With this approach, people around the world are experiencing incredible results—increased vitality, weight loss, pain reduction, hormonal balance, reduced inflammation, greater mental clarity, and a renewed sense of fitness and joy.
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FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE VS CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
Examines the Underlying Cause:
Moving toward profound, long-lasting results by altering the underlying cause of the problem rather than treating a symptom.
Holistic Approach:
From the perspective of the body / mind connection interwoven with the way we think, our lifestyle, behaviors, fitness, eating habits and mindful practices, Functional Medicine finds the uniqueness of each individual and their specific health issues.
SAFE:
Mild to No Side Effects, more likely Expressions of Feeling Better, Healthier, Stronger.
UNIQUE INDIVIDUALIZED CARE:
Programs customized to meet the unique and holistic nature of the individuals body, mind, thoughts, habits and lifestyle.
TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH:
You are educated, inspired and empowered to participate in their healthcare.
SCIENCE OF WESTERN & EASTERN MEDINCE WITH MINDFUL PRACTICES:
Contemporary healthcare practices addressing diet, lifestyle, habits and behaviors, movement and mindful practices.
REVITALIZING:
Reverse ill-health, trigger the body’s natural ability to heal, promote optimal function and improve quality of life.
PREVENTATIVE:
Promoting optimal Health, Longevity and Fitness while preventing disease.
UNBIASED, SCIENCE BASED:
Individualized, science based, contemporary and logically designed programs from the latest research and unencumbered by profits or politics.
CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
Checks for the Cause of Symptoms: Relieves or masks Symptoms potentially requiring a lifetime of medication or treatment.
Divides the Body into Separate Parts:
Requiring specialists to treat different areas often detached from each other.
MOST TREATMENTS HAVE VARYING DEGREES OF SIDE EFFECTS and/or COMPLICATIONS
“BY THE BOOK TREATMENT”
Set procedures and protocols, exactly as written in school texts with the same treatment for everyone with the same book diagnosis.
QUESTIONS DISCOURAGED:
Little to no education on condition and blunt unquestioning instruction.
NARROWLY FOCUSED THERAPY:
Medication and surgery, most with significant side-effect with compensatory altering of other body systems.
PREVENTING DISCOMFORT AND DEATH:
Palliative management of chronic disease at the expense of addressing the underlying cause.
REACTIVE:
Addressing disease only after its happened often leading to chronic, irreversible conditions.
PROFIT DRIVEN:
Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment heavily influenced by pharmaceutical, medical equipment and insurance companies profiting.