Functional Medicine
The answers in your body
Functional Medicine is a wonderful medical discipline that focuses on finding the root cause of any illness or imbalance in the body. Instead of treating just the symptoms of any issues, Functional Medicine seeks to go to the very core your concerns.
Seeing the great value this approach could have for my patients, led me to completing my training with The Institute for Functional Medicine to become a Doctor of Functional Medicine in 2022.
How it works
To start, I will spend the necessary time to explore your personal and family history, as well as seeking to trace back the beginning and circumstances of your early symptoms. We will also explore your mental health, lifestyle and your broader circumstances.
The intention is to create a holistic understanding of your being beyond just your physical symptoms. Depending on what we discover, I may suggest medical testing, such as blood tests or specialist investigations.
Once we have the necessary information, we will devise a personalised treatment plan that is likely to include positive changes to your diet, lifestyle, physical activity, stress management, work and home-life, your exposure to toxic substances and so on.
What I treat
Functional Medicine can be incredibly effective in dealing with concerns which traditional Western Medicine has been unable to help with. It does so primarily by digging deep into your personal circumstances, to understand the root causes of your concerns.
In so doing, it can help with problems big and small, including long-standing chronic issues such as auto-immune concerns, hormonal imbalance, chronic fatigue, and Adrenal and Thyroid problems.