11/20/2025
What is functional medicine?
Functional medicine is a holistic approach to health that uses a systems approach to understand how an individual’s underlying physiologic processes, lifestyle influences, and environmental factors combine to manifest in imbalances, dysfunctions, and diseases. A functional medicine doctor applies this understanding to develop personalized treatment plans that address health and disease at a fundamental level. A standardized, replicable methodology of delivering this type of clinical care is promulgated by the Institute for Functional Medicine, a national organization that provides training and certification for licensed health care practitioners in functional medicine.
For patients who have chronic symptoms or diseases, or for those who wish to stay healthy and enjoy longevity with a good quality of life, removing the body’s barriers to healing and supporting the body’s ability to constantly heal itself is fundamental to the practice of functional medicine. This makes it possible to reverse or prevent the development of disease in the first place. When this is achieved, patients marvel at how their lives are forever changed, in ways that would not have been possible without having taken the path to health and healing through the mindful practice of functional medicine.
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