Integrative & Functional Medicine

The main goal of integrative and functional medicine is to optimize the long-term health of patients. These practices differ in focus from traditional western medicine, which tends to concentrate on treating discrete symptoms and medical issues (the flu or a broken bone, for example) on a one-off or ad hoc basis. In recent years, as many doctors strive to develop more personalized approaches to each patient’s unique needs, alternative and complementary practices have become more attractive because they enable physicians to work more closely and effectively with patients. This expands the goal of medicine from the alleviation of urgent problems to also include the promotion of well-being.

Integrative and Functional Medicine

Integrative and functional medicine are related in their use in a personalized care setting, but they do have important differences. One might say that integrative medicine takes a broad view of a person’s health today, while functional medicine allows a practitioner to take a deep dive into a patient’s medical condition and history.

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• Integrative Medicine looks at how the state of one’s mind, body and emotions contribute to health. Therapies used in this medicine are intended to have long-term, gradual effects on health. Nutrition also plays an important role.
• Functional Medicine focuses on finding the root causes of a person’s state of health, which is the goal of personalized medicine. In addition to studying a wide array of indicators of health and well-being, functional medicine also looks at the possible impact of a patient’s environmental surrounding and leverages modern advances in lab testing, genetics, and current research to better understand patients’ needs.

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