FAQ’s

In addition to comprehensive blood work panels, we can pursue Food Sensitivity Tests, Stool Tests, Organic Acid Tests, Hormone Testing, HTMA and Heavy Metal Testing.  It depends on the client and the complexity of their case.  Our experience allows us to be good fiduciary agents for our clients and not just run the same battery of expensive tests for every client.  We don’t need to run a stool test to determine if a client has maldigestion.

No, functional medicine looks at the whole individual, physical, mental & emotional components of that person and identifies what factors are at play that led to an imbalance that may have led to their downstream disease dynamics.

A highly personalized and client focused approach to address your health goals. We listen first and foremost, review your comprehensive health history and use a multi-disciplinary approach that includes, analysis and education around test results and what trends they signify.  Lifestyle interventions and support around food and eating hygiene, sleep hygiene, movement, hydration, and mental & emotional stress.  Plus, some supplement support when a possible imbalance is present.

This will vary depending on several factors, how long the imbalance has been present, how willing the client is to make lifestyle changes and the individual person’s ability to heal. Experience has shown that this takes time and usually a minimum of 3 months, but realistically could take 18 months or longer.  That’s why we offer different length programs to support clients on this path.

Yes, we encourage you to have a good relationship with your provider, especially if you are on prescription medications. In a conventional medical model, doctors don't have the time to spend educating their patients on what is happening to their bodies, and this is where FM shines in educating the client on their unique health situation, what is happening bio-chemically in their body, what do the lab markers mean, what steps are uniquely beneficial for them to move their health forward.