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Our Commitment
Functional medicine is becoming more
mainstream as more and more people realize the limitations of conventional
medicine. At some point in our life, most of us have taken our complaints to a
doctor, we’ve been prescribed lab tests with results that show nothing wrong,
had other more or less intrusive exploratory procedures performed just to be
told that we are well. We leave the doctor’s office shaking our head because
we know that our overall feeling of not being right isn’t just in our
mind—it feels too real. A prescription might mask our symptoms, attenuating
the pain without ever addressing the root of the problem, and possibly causing
problems down the line that we wouldn’t ever trace back to the little pills
that we took one day back when...
For
those who want real answers, functional medicine offers an integrative approach
to medicine, one that aims at achieving wellness, one that brings us back to
when we actually felt well. This implies that all the systems of our body
operate properly, as they are originally designed to work, with all the
intricate interaction that this entails. With proper testing we can understand
our individual body chemistry and identify the causes of the malfunctions. This
is the field of functional medicine.
Functional
medicine focuses on prevention, individuality and the body as a whole. It takes
into account individual chemistry, the patient’s goals, motivation, emotional
response, and most importantly, engages the patient in the process of achieving
optimal health. The metabolism of nutrients is a key factor in determining the
functioning of an individual’s body, and in re-establishing a harmonious
balance of hormones that lead to health and overall well-being.
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