What is Functional Medicine?
Is the root cause medicine! It's an approach that seeks to uncover the root causes of diseases. It considers genetics, environment, and lifestyle factors to guide prevention and treatment. This approach is highly personalized, involving both the patient and provider. The focus is on identifying and addressing the primary cause of the disease, not just its symptoms. Treatment targets the cause for optimal wellness.
The Institute for Functional Medicine explains that one condition can have multiple causes, and conversely, one cause can lead to various conditions. For example, depression may result from factors like omega 3 deficiency, an underactive thyroid, pre-diabetes, antibiotics, vitamin D deficiency, or an unhealthy gut. Conversely, inflammation can contribute to conditions such as depression, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
Our mobile concierge services bring this personalized approach to you, whether you're at home, the office, a hotel, or any other location!
“Functional medicine helps to understand the cause of the disease and apply the right tool, at the right time, for the right patient, at the right dose” Mark Hyman, MD
Functional Medicine is not…
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Like conventional medicine where symptoms and diagnosis are the main focus
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Does not strongly rely on pharmaceuticals, surgeries and medical procedures
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Where patients with similar symptoms are treated equal.
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Treatment from the outside in to alleviate symptoms
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Trying to identify a name to the disease and matching a drug to the disease
Our Functional Medicine Approach
We work with multiple innovative diagnostic lab services that offer variety of test need it for early detection and prevention of disease.
Additionally, we embrace genetic testing in order to understand each patient as individual and get to the root cause of the problem. These state-of-the-art testing allow us to get a complete picture of your health to improve clinical decision-making.
We offer the convenience of at-home service, bringing healthcare to your doorstep!
Testing for nutrient deficiencies or imbalances can help identify dietary factors. Factors that may be contributing to diseases and health problems.
The gut microbiome plays a significant role in digestion, metabolism, and overall health. Furthermore, analyzing the microbiome can provide valuable information for disease management and prevention.
Hormone imbalance is link to multiple conditions including fatigue, mood swings, brain fog, memory lost, sleep disorders, osteoporosis and sexual disfunction to name a few.
Thus, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) is the perfect example of preventive and proactive healthcare; which does not wait until something is broken to fix it!
Many of us blame our age for our weight gain and sleep problems. STOP blaming your age and get your hormone levels check because many of the symptoms’ people associate with getting older are caused by hormone imbalance!
The end result of hormone optimization, thyroid balance and gut health will be a healthy weight loss. You want to reach your ideal weight in a healthy way, steady pace and keep it for the rest of your life.
According to recent research, thyroid dysfunction is the silent epidemic and this is why thyroid optimization is the key. Therefore, to restore hormone thyroid balance, we need to start by finding the factors that are causing the imbalance first.
More and more studies link the connection between brain and gut.
According to the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), autoimmune issues in the thyroid originate in the gut, as well as, disorders in our gastrointestinal system that may present with neurological and psychiatric symptoms.
What are common symptoms of an unhealthy gut:
- Fatigue
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Acne
- Brain fog
- Slowed metabolism
- Nutrient deficiency
- Female hormone imbalances
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Joint Pain
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Our simple 4-Step process...
1. Schedule a consultation with one of our practitioners
2. If we are a fit, we will come to your home for a further health assessment and our mobile phlebotomist will get your precision diagnostics
3.We will meet again to explain results and together we will develop a treatment plan
4. Start to feel better and happier
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Cities We Serve
Parkland, FL - Coral Springs, FL
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