What is Functional Medicine?
Getting to the Root Cause
Functional Medicine is a personalized, systems-based biology approach that engages the patient and practitioner to achieve the highest expression of health by working in collaboration to address the underlying root cause and hidden stressors that lead to chronic dysfunction. It also views each patient as unique and is designed to support the whole individual, not just a constellation of isolated symptoms. Restoring health naturally is possible when supported by the right conditions. Instead of suppressing symptoms, functional medicine seeks to reverse the underlying causes by cultivating the optimal environment for restoration, ultimately bringing balance back into the body. The premise of Functional Medicine, is that every person is biochemically unique, and each approach of care should be based on bio-individuality.
Seeking the "Why"
Functional Medicine constantly seeks to understand the “WHY”. “Restoring function” is the intention in functional medicine. We dig deep to assess the “WHY”. Functional Medicine practitioners act as medical detectives, partnering with patients to understand historical, nutritional, genetic and environmental factors to help uncover the roots of dysfunction that may be overlooked. Functional medicine focuses on prevention through nutrition, movement and exercise, limiting exposure to toxins, use of functional laboratory testing, and recommended combinations of botanicals, supplements, whole-food nutrition, manual therapies, detoxification programs and stress management. This approach gives us the ability to develop a plan to get you to the level of health and vitality you deserve.
Functional Medicine is the clinical application of systems-based biology. Functional Medicine asks the "why" symptoms occur and restores health by addressing the root cause for each individual. Complex, chronic issues are determined by a combination of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors. Your health plan may involve nutrition, botanicals + supplements, homeopathy, detoxification, movement and mindfulness practice.
The Process
Once committed to your health transformation, here is what to expect:
Begin Here
NEW PATIENT CONSULTATIONS
3 initial appointments designed to launch a deep dive into your health history, dietary intake, lifestyle + environmental factors, and utilize functional lab testing to uncover the root cause of dysfunction. These appointments identify your health challenges.
COMPREHENSIVE INITIAL CONSULTATION:
We meet you where you are.
During your 1st appointment, Dr. White will review a series of questionnaires that detail your past medical and lifestyle history, discuss your current concerns and health goals, determine appropriate advanced functional lab testing to assess your individual biochemistry, and discuss the interactions of how dietary, environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors impact your health. This creates your wholehealth matrix, or the story of your wellness.
The Comprehensive Initial Consultation is 75-90 minutes.
FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION:
We personalize your health plan specific to you.
What to expect at your 2nd appointment:
- Nutritional evaluation of digestion, blood sugar metabolism, adrenal function, essential fats, minerals and hydration status
- Bio-individual recommendations of digestive-nutritional supplement(s)
- Evaluation of Food Journal
- Resources + guides to educate you on making healthy food choices
The Functional Nutritional Evaluation is up to 50 minutes.
REPORT OF FINDINGS + PERSONALIZED PLAN:
Next, we develop your individualized health plan.
What to expect at your 3rd appointment:
After reviewing your health matrix, Dr. White creates a wellness plan to address the underlying metabolic issues and nutrient deficiencies creating imbalances in your body.
You are unique in your challenges and needs. By customizing recommendations to you, Dr. White honors your individual health and creates a sustainable plan best-suited to your lifestyle and goals. The wellness plan will be mutually agreed upon.
Your health plan may include up to:
- Individualized dietary recommendations
- Advanced Functional Medicine Testing (plan does not include cost of labs)
- Detoxification protocols
- Nutritional education
- Lifestyle recommendations for physical activity, stress management, sleep quality, and toxin exposure
- Functional Nutritional Evaluation
- Mind-Body practices
- Individualized nutritional support in the form of professional-grade vitamins, minerals, botanicals, bio-identical hormones or homeopathy
- Implementation support
- Personal genetic guidance with Strategene® (plan does not include cost of lab)
The Report of Findings + Personalized Plan Appointment is up to 50 minutes.
Follow Up + Implement Plan
Periodic Follow ups
Dr. White can hone in on root imbalances and adjust your recommendations as needed through periodic visits and reassessments by tracking your response to your wellness plan, and make adjustments to continue to support the health and vitality of your body’s systems.
1st Follow Up Appointment:
Your 1st follow up appointment
(following the 3 initial consults)
Addressed:
- Protocol accountability + readjustments
- Comprehensive nutritional guidance
- Addressing + investigating symptoms
- Food Journal reassessments
- Lifestyle elements
- Tracking health goals
Going forward you now have your wellness plan to implement, and will continue to meet for regular check-ins to make adjustments to your plan as needed.
The 1st Follow Up Appointment is up to 50 minutes.
Periodic Follow Ups:
We collaborate to review and revise your plan as necessary.
- Protocol accountability + readjustments
- Comprehensive nutritional guidance
- Detoxification support
- Addressing + investigating symptoms
- Food Journal reassessments
- Periodic Functional Nutritional Evaluations
- Lifestyle elements
- Tracking health goals
- Advanced Functional Medicine Testing (plan does not include cost of labs)
This is the space created for you to begin to discover how to address your health concerns, and where you begin to transform your thoughts and actions regarding your personal wellness. Your personalized holistic-plan will promote whole-body wellness + vitality.
25, 45 + 60 min follow up appointments available
Repeat Lab + Continuous Collaboration
You learn sustainability.
Now you begin to integrate all your efforts and commitments and transform your awareness of what goes in your body, on your body and what surrounds your body. You now become your own health-detective and advocate. You can’t unlearn what you have learned at this stage. We will continue to follow up as needed and then progress into monitoring of labs and improvements:
This is where we:
- Monitor your health-protocol – continue to follow up + make adjustments as needed
- Repeat lab(s) approximately 3-4 months after initiating your wellness plan; this repeat lab visit will be a benchmark to assess your progress and improvements in health – Individual recommendations will be made after this visit for a future-appointment-follow-up-timeline with the average patient having 5-8 visits within the first year and many moving towards maintenance + longevity check-in’s 1-3 visits per year
- Plan periodical nutritional detoxes to strengthen your immune system + lower toxic burden
Wellness is achieved through small-incremental intentions. You are not required to change all at once. You are encouraged to make small changes one day at a time.
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