02/02/2026
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE-NATURAL MEDICINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, CROHN’S DISEASE, ULCERATIVE COLITIS, DIARRHEA, CONSTIPATION AND OTHER DIGESTIVE ISSUES
Digestive issues affect millions of people each year. Symptoms present as diarrhea alternating with constipation, bloating, gas, pain, cramping and fatigue just to name a few. These physical symptoms also impact a person’s emotional, economic and social well-being.
Patients are often treated just for symptoms with anti-diarrheal medication, laxatives, and nerve pain medications without looking into the root causes or long-term solutions for this chronic and debilitating disorder.
What do Functional Medicine practitioners do to improve the quality of life and clinical outcomes for these patients? The Functional Medicine model for health care is to understand the underlying factors that contribute to dysfunction and apply treatments that address those causes. Functional Medicine is more about identifying the dynamic processes that resulted in the person’s disorder. While IBS can seem like an unsolvable problem to patients, many modifiable factors can influence it, including eating habits, diet, exercise, and other lifestyle factors such as stress.
Although these conditions can be a devastating diagnosis, there is help. Even medications could be reduced or eliminated with this protocol. At Hyperbaric Wellness Center, our physician and clinical director Dr. Tony Aboudib, DC has over 35 years of pain management experience. Dr. Aboudib is a graduate of the American Functional Neurology Institute, Functional Medicine University and the Institute of Functional Medicine.
For more information or to set up a free consultation on how we can help you find relief from IBS, call 616-608-7547 or visit www.hyperbaricwellnesscenter.com
