I remember having to educate people on why they would not wait for a ‘disease’ to show up but rather be proactive with their lab testing and take a couple foundational supplements to support their body.
Thankfully, wellness culture is much stronger now alongside our awareness of what we eat, what we think, how we react to stress, and even who we choose to hang out with all affect our state of health and wellbeing.
Because of this, functional medicine is receiving an intense surge in the amount of patients seeking this health perspective in their own life. Here are the main reasons why:
- It is LAB DRIVEN. Functional Medicine is not the same as taking supplements. You benefit from gaining a deeper understanding of how your body functions and what you can do to heal and repair as well as support it into a higher state of health and wellbeing. See some of the most commonly utilized tests in our practice->
- Lifestyle and supplementation is RESEARCH SUPPORTED to affect the cellular issues that are revealed in your diagnostic labs. Working with a specialist in functional medicine means that we are well aware of what products, tools and lifestyle modifications are clinically proven to show results.
- Implementations are RE-EVALUATED for success. This rarely is the case in our current mainstream disease model of care. After a short time of implementation, lab remeasurements show cellular level improvements to have confidence in your personalized plan.
While there has been a boom in what is now called ‘functional medicine’, with so much experience in the field I have a couple of things anyone looking to integrate functional medicine will want to look out for.
Many health programs rely on a one-size-fits-all model, requiring everyone to undergo a protocol of extensive testing.
This results in overwhelming data from various bodily systems, such as gut, hormone, blood, and food reactions. While this approach is comprehensive, it’s also incredibly time-consuming, costly, and often leads to information overload.
I believe in getting to the true root cause by harnessing the synergy of somatic work alongside a targeted personalized functional medicine plan. This holistic approach goes beyond supplements to facilitate genuine healing and transformation. Somatic work helps to identify and release emotions stored in your body, promoting emotional well-being as well as calming neurologically reactive states. The synergistic combination of using somatic work with functional medicine allows for true transformation and healing with lasting results.
Many programs promise to address the root cause of health issues.
However, patients often find themselves dependent on a long list of supplements to support multiple systems, without fully resolving underlying patterns. The body functions as an interconnected system. Implementing changes in one area will naturally lead to improvements across others, rendering much of the extensive testing redundant or unnecessary.
With a career dedicated to improving patient outcomes using integrative techniques, I have honed the ability to identify the one or two key systems that, when supported, will have a cascading healing impact throughout the body. This targeted approach saves time, resources, and maximizes health outcomes by focusing on what truly matters.
Many programs attempt to treat too many things.
It is detox after detox and one repair protocol after another. This is time consuming and often takes years to complete, it is costly and throws off the critical balance of mind and body as these protocols take over your life and lifestyle.
When you are only using one healing modality of lifestyle changes and supplementation it can absolutely require this amount of time, work and resources. My dual focus on somatic work with your targeted personalized functional medicine plan allows for this entire process to take a huge shortcut. We take months and even years off of the traditional process, saving you time, work and resources.
Why Choose My Approach?
Efficiency and Clarity
By pinpointing the critical areas that need support, my method cuts through the noise and provides clear, actionable insights that drive the results you are looking for.
cost-effective
With decades of experience, we will avoid unnecessary expenses by focusing on the essential interventions that will have the most significant impact on driving your health goals.
Ease and transformation
Experience a profound sense of ease in your body as we facilitate transformation without the common struggles of trying to overpower or outwill the body using my calming somatic work.
Empowered healing
As part of your somatic work, you will learn to facilitate healing work with your own body, forever changing the depth of understanding about how to stay well long after our work together is complete.
Join me in revolutionizing your health journey with a personalized plan that respects your time, resources, and well-being. Ready to get started?
What to expect as a new patient
To establish care, you’ll first start with a conversation with our Patient Care Manager who will ensure that you are in the best care option for your goals and desired results. You will have a private healthcare portal established where your digital forms will be completed and you can also upload any recent labs and testing that you have already done. We appreciate seeing anything from the past year as our goal is to build on what you have already done with your other health partners and not to spend your energy and effort in already explored areas. Answers to other common new patient questions are below.
What is Whole Body Healing?
Whole body healing recognizes the interconnection of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health and seeks to treat all aspects of a whole person. In our office whole body healing treatments utilize neuro energetic reorganization techniques, breathwork, acupuncture, manual body work for in person visits, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and more.
What about supplements?
Patients receive a Personalized functional Medicine plan which includes specific supplementation recommendations as well as possible lifestyle and dietary recommendations. While in a care plan, patients have exclusive access to our online supplement store for pharmaceutical grade supplements to ensure the highest standards while we drive critical cellular level changes
What kind of testing is available?
Based on your unique needs and symptoms we will target specific diagnostic testing to pinpoint the critical areas that need support. We utilize lab vendors that have the highest standards in reliability as well as those that specifically build-in markers that help steer your clinical care in an effective and efficient manner. See some of the most utilized Functional Medicine Labs in our practice.
Do you accept insurance?
Our office is a non-participating provider with all insurance companies. Insurance companies do not typically ‘cover’ or allow our preventive services. However some of our patients do submit their bills and receive some reimbursement. Health Savings Accounts can be used for services as well as supplementation in most cases. Since we are not contracted with any insurance companies we cannot speak to or correspond with them on your behalf. Our patients pay upfront for the services they receive.