What is Functional Medicine?

 

Functional Medicine is the practice of client-centered wellness, not disease-centered care. It is an ​approach that empowers clients and practitioners to work together in a therapeutic partnership, to address the underlying causes of illness and promote optimal wellness. Functional Medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. It is an integrative approach, and rests on a detailed understanding of the interaction between genetic, biochemical, nutritional, lifestyle & environmental factors that can influence each client’s long-term health. Treatment in the Functional Medicine Model is personalized, and uses many avenues of intervention, utilizing best practices from both conventional Western medicine, as well as Integrative/ “Alternative” medicine.

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