Functional Medicine (FM) is an integrative, individualized healthcare system that gets to the root (or “kore”) of your symptoms.

FM ain’t no “band-aid” medicine! This isn’t a pill for every ill approach and we don’t just swap out supplements in place of medications. Instead we peel back the layers to see the main driver of your symptoms, sometimes that’s a combination of things!

Not only do we look for the interconnected puzzle pieces to deliver long-lasting sustainable health, we also go “upstream” and “downstream”? What does that even mean?? 

Here’s an example… 

Say you have constipation and occasionally undigested food in your stool (when it does come out) 

- First we have to make sure you’re eating the right foods for you and you have good peristalsis so waste can be eliminated appropriately 

- Then we go upstream to make sure you have enough stomach acid and enzymes to properly break down what you’re eating 

- Then we go a step further, we go to the root/“kore” by correcting WHY your body isn’t making enough stomach acid/enzymes (if that’s the cause) 

It’s not just as simple as “let’s make you poop!” Getting you to poop is the “rapid relief” which is important but then we have to move on to the WHY! Why is this happening and we go on correct that too! It’s the difference between give a man a fish/teach a man to fish. I’m all about the teaching! Now that’s empowered medicine!