Traditional medicine focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Once the diagnosis is established, the diagnosis is cross-checked with the list of medications used to treat that particular disorder. Often times, the medications chosen are merely treating symptoms, rather than the root cause of the problem.
The integrative or functional medicine approach focuses on prevention and, when problems present themselves, seeks to find the underlying cause. This approach is relatively simple and consists of identifying those things that might be making you sick and eliminating them, while at the same time replacing any identified deficiencies, be they hormonal or nutritional.
In the majority of cases it is not one recommendation that we make but, rather, a combination of suggestions that lead to wellness.
Integrative health care that works
- Supplements instead of pharmaceuticals when possible
- Nutritional counseling and healthy eating
- Cutting-edge diagnostic, functional medicine testing
- Customized health advice to achieve optimal wellness