|
|
|
|
-
Functional Health
-
Functional health is integrative, science based healthcare which treats illness and promotes wellness by focusing on the unique aspects of each patient and then employs individual tailored interventions to restore physiological, psychological and structural balance.
Key Components of Functional Health
- Biochemical Individuality - what works on one patient may be ineffective for certain individuals.
- Interconnectedness of organ function - chronic illnesses often comprise multiple organ systems and are only resolved as a complex system. Working on digestion for example without working on detoxification or immunity may be ineffective.
- Patient centered approach - by treating the individual with their specific history, genetic makeup, hormones and life style, we attempt to tailor more accurate and effective interventions.
- Views health and disease as a continuum - health is a relative state with illness, disease and death at one end and health and vitality at the other. By understanding that most systems operate somewhere between dysfunctional and optimal levels, we judge health as interconnected physiological processes.
|
Functional or integrative health has become one of the primary frameworks by which we deliver health services. Our job is to develop the most accurate, insightful diagnosis possible and work with the patient to implement a solution.
We continually train and receive instruction from pioneers in the science and art of integrative medicine like Dr. Jeff Bland, PhD, and the staff at the Functional Medicine Institute, as well as technical training from Genova Laboratories and other leaders in the field.
|
|
|
|
