Functional medicine addresses the care gap that exists between modern medicine and the individual. Patients often suffer due to brief appointments, inadequate testing, poor diagnostics, and limited treatment options.  

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While conventional testing is done in hospitals to detect severe problems or to get a diagnosis - functional medicine testing and interventions are intended to get you into the 'optimal' range of function.

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A diagnosis and initial testing signal the beginning, not the end, of a medical investigation. Even if you don't have a diagnosis, functional medicine is well suited to identify the underlying factors perpetuating symptoms. Knowing both the direct and indirect factors that cause your symptoms is often more important than a diagnosis because it tells us what we actually need to do to help your body heal. 

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Prevention is also a key feature of functional medicine. In the last few years, science has discovered what the millennia-old health traditions of the world have already known - that our genetics are merely the blueprint of our medical landscape; we build on that landscape through our thoughts, behaviors, environment, food, and actions. 

We are not on an inevitable march toward disability or degenerative disease; there are hundreds of ways you can change your life in small ways that can lead to huge overall changes to your health trajectory. 

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