Functional Medicine

What is Functional Medicine?

Functional Medicine is a science based personalized healthcare approach that assesses and treats underlying causes of illness through individually tailored therapy to restore health and improve function. This approach is often referred to as Root Cause Analysis Medicine.

Conventional Approach

-Organ System Diagnosis

-Acute Care Focus (compartmentalized)

-Pharma Solutions emphasized

-Focus is on the condition the patient has

-Symptom suppression

Functional Medicine Approach

-Systems Biology Approach

-Chronic Condition Focus (multifactorial)

-Lifestyle Solutions emphasized

-Focus is on the patient that has the condition

-Treat upstream cause