Your health is your own fingerprint, unique to only you.

Functional medicine looks for the root cause of illness by evaluating the physiological and biochemical functions within your body. Functional medicine uses the latest in diagnostic testing as well as a variety of treatment methods, including nutritional supplements, support for your immune system and other body systems, therapeutic diets, and detoxification programs to promote a balance within your body systems. In doing so, we create a comprehensive, individualized plan of care specific to only your body that will help you overcome your health issue and regain your state of well-being again. 

In my practice, we evaluate your body systems focusing heavily on the blood, gut, liver, and brain. Through my 25-plus years of experience, I have found the root of many illnesses starts with a leaky gut. This happens when the gut attacks certain food proteins, activating the immune system and creating a cascade of inflammatory effects within the body. This storm as I like to call it is what can then create imbalances, or dis-ease, within many of the systems within your body. Many of these system imbalances then create their own symptoms and health concerns. When we take the approach of looking at what foods our body is attacking (these are called food sensitivities), we can begin the process of stopping the storm in the gut and imbalances throughout the body. This approach has been incredibly successful, helping thousands of families (children included) regain health and happiness. 

Despite advances in medicine, the incidence of cancer, autism, depression, heart disease, chronic fatigue, and chronic diseases like diabetes and autoimmune disease has increased today. Although at times beneficial to stabilizing a condition, the acute care approach to healthcare often fails to incorporate important factors such as lifestyle, exposure to toxins, holistic view of body systems, diet, and genetic makeup into the overall treatment plan. It tends to leave out how to overcome these chronic health issues long term. 

Functional medicine instead, works with the physiology and biochemistry unique to your body to determine the root cause of your chronic health issue. We aim to look at how long this illness has been present and what factors in your life may be contributing to it. 

Some of the conditions I have helped people overcome are as follows: 

• Chronic fatigue 
• Irritable bowel (IBD and IBS)
• Diverticulitis
• Colitis
• Gastritis
• Gustatory Rhinitis
• Reflux and GERD
• Barrett’s esophagus
• Thyroid Dysfunction and Disease
• Hormone Imbalances
• High blood pressure, High Cholesterol
• Heart Disease
• Diabetes
• Headaches and Migraines
• Infertility 
• PCOS
• ADD/ADHD
• Autism and ASD
• Autoimmune Disorders
• Asthma, Allergies, and Sinus Issues
• SIBO, Parasites, Bacteria, and Yeast Overgrowth