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Functional medicine addresses the underlying causes of disease, using a systems-oriented approach...

Functional medicine addresses the underlying causes of disease, using a systems-oriented approach and engaging both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership. ~ Mark Hyman, MD

The Functional Medicine practitioner assesses the patient’s overall status relating to modifiability lifestyle factors and fundamental clinical imbalances through careful history taking, physical examination, and laboratory testing. Multiple factors are taken into consideration, including:

Environmental inputs – The air you breathe and the water you drink, the particular diet you eat, the quality of the food available to you, your level of physical activity, and toxic exposures or traumas you have experienced all affect your health.

Mind-body connections – Psychological, spiritual, and social factors all can have a profound influence on your health. Considering these areas helps the Functional Medicine practitioner see your health in the context of you as a whole person, not just your physical symptoms.

Genetic makeup – Although individual genes may make you more susceptible to some diseases, your DNA is not an unchanging blueprint for your life. Emerging research shows that your genes may be influenced by everything in your environment ,as well as your experiences, attitudes, and beliefs. That means it is possible to change the way genes are activated and expressed.

Through assessment of these underlying causes and triggers of dysfunction, the Functional Medicine practitioner is able to understand how key processes are affected. These are the body’s processes that keep you alive. Some occur at the cellular level and involve how cells function, repair, and maintain themselves. These processes are related to larger functions, such as:

All of these processes are influenced by environmental factors and your genetic make-up; when they are disturbed or imbalanced, they lead to symptoms, which can lead to disease if effective interventions are not applied.

Most imbalances in functionality can be addressed; some can be completely restored to optimum function, and others can be substantially improved.

Prevention is paramount. Virtually every complex, chronic disease is preceded by long-term disturbances in functionality that can be identified and effectively managed.

Changing how the systems function can have a major impact on the patient’s health. The Functional Medicine practitioner examines a wide array of available interventions and customizes a treatment plan including those with the most impact on underlying functionality.

Functional Medicine expands the clinician’s tool kit. Treatments may include combinations of drugs, botanical medicines, nutritional supplements, therapeutic diets, or detoxification programs. They may also include counseling on lifestyle, exercise, or stress-management techniques.

The patient becomes a partner. As a patient, you become an active partner with your Functional Medicine practitioner. Such a partnership allows you to be in charge of improving your own health and changing the outcome of disease.

One in five people suffer from depression at some point in their lives. It is more than just feeling upset...

One in five people suffer from depression at some point in their lives. It is more than just feeling upset – it can be an intense darkness that becomes so overwhelming that it interferes with everyday life. Although some depressive episodes may be milder than others with recovery being common, sometimes it may return, known as a relapse. Often it is possible to identify an obvious reason for becoming depressed, but at other times it may not be so clear-cut. You may not realise how depressed you are because the onset has been gradual, and you may try to hang on and cope by keeping busy. This can have the effect of making you even more stressed and exhausted. Physical pains such as constant headaches or sleeplessness may appear, and these physical symptoms can be the first sign of depression. Treatment often involves talking therapy such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and/or antidepressants.

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