2200 Silas Creek Pkwy 8A WS, NC 27103
Tel: 336-999-7009
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
COMING SOON
WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE?
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Functional medicine is a systems-based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease.
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Through use of specialized lab testing, nutritional deficiencies, inflammation, stress, hormones, gut disturbances, toxins and cellular dysfunction can be further assessed.
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It is collaborative, individualized, science-based, and patient-centered.
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Views the body as an interconnected system of organs that function together.
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Requires detailed comprehensive data to address underlying disease and formulate a treatment plan that is aimed at repairing the cause to improve quality of life, prevent/reverse chronic disease, alleviate symptoms and improve patient outcomes.
Functional Medicine
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Addresses the root cause
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Treats the body as a whole
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Provides personalized comprehensive treatment plan
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Focuses on prevention and reversal (where possible)
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Recognizes that when given choices, the genome will adapt. A person does not have to live with most diseases forever
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Improved outcomes in chronic disease
Traditional Medicine
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Addresses symptoms
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Treats the organ of disease
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Provides a prescription for symptoms
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Every patient is treated the same regardless of individual biochemical processes​