Functional Medicine (FM) utilizes conventional lab work and modern nutritional therapies to optimize your lab findings. FM is an amazing tool to utilize with chronic illnesses, diseases or conditions. Chronic issues don’t often “show up” on lab tests so many patients leave wondering why their lab tests are considered “normal”. In fact, these chronic conditions are in the process of developing 5, 10, 20 years before individuals become ill.
You see, when you have conventional labs run and you find out that your “labs are normal” but you still have symptoms, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re normal. They’re likely “normal” but not optimal. What “normal” labs are telling you is that your lab value lands within the High and Low range, that there is likely no serious disease process occurring, and there’s really not much that can be done from a medication standpoint for your current issue other than chase your tail and chase your symptoms.
We help our patients identify the root cause of their problems especially when lab values show normal. We do this by identifying chemical toxicity in the body, food sensitivities that promote inflammation in the body, and neurological weaknesses in the brain and nervous system. These factors are commonly overlooked by most doctors but when we identify these for our patients, this sets up a very positive outcome for a strong resolution to their health problems!
