Dr. Gabe Ariciu

12/08/2025

Most sports injuries aren’t from “tight” muscles—they’re from a confused brain. Proprioception drives stability, power, and recovery. When the brain loses clarity, the body compensates and injuries repeat. This is why restoring neurologic control matters more than stretching.

Sports injuries often stem from poor proprioception, not tight muscles. Learn how the brain drives movement, stability, and recurring pain.

12/08/2025

Estrogen dominance isn’t always “too much estrogen.” It’s often a bottleneck in how the liver clears it.
When glucuronidation slows, sulfation is starved of sulfur donors, or bile flow becomes sluggish, estrogen builds up and symptoms follow.
The estrobolome (gut microbes that reactivate estrogen) can add another layer of recirculation.
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Optimizing health by supporting natural healing through functional medicine.

11/24/2025

Chronic fatigue in ME/CFS isn’t a lack of willpower — it’s a metabolic shutdown.
Mitochondria slow ATP output, the vagus nerve loses its brake pedal, and the neuroimmune system amplifies every stress input.
That’s why even small efforts trigger PEM and days-long recovery.
This isn’t “just fatigue.” It’s a whole-body traffic jam.

Optimizing health by supporting natural healing through functional medicine.

11/19/2025

Alpha-gal Syndrome isn’t your typical “meat allergy.”
Tick bites can trigger IgE reactions to a sugar found in red meat, but the symptoms show up hours later—often as gut issues, inflammation, fatigue, or skin flares.

Delayed reactions, mast cell activity, gut-immune signaling, and stress physiology all shape how unpredictable this condition feels.

If you suspect AGS, understanding the immune pattern behind it is the real key.

Alpha-gal Syndrome is more than a meat allergy. See how tick bites, gut-immune stress, and delayed IgE reactions create confusing symptoms.

11/18/2025

‘Normal’ thyroid labs don’t always mean a healthy thyroid.
TSH is only one signal — it doesn’t measure conversion, inflammation, stress physiology, gut-liver function, or early Hashimoto’s.
If your numbers look fine but you don’t feel fine… there’s a reason.
Your thyroid works inside an entire network of systems, not a single lab marker.

Optimizing health by supporting natural healing through functional medicine.

11/17/2025

“Muscle testing is so far ahead of its time. We are just scratching the surface of what’s possible with utilizing it”.
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11/15/2025

There is no single weekend course that you take one time to learn how to muscle test. It takes years and years of practice. Dr. Emily Youngblood with Monday’s wisdom🔥🔥👊

11/12/2025

Feeling wired but tired? 😴 Your adrenals might be out of rhythm. Learn how chronic stress, poor sleep, and blood sugar swings drain the HPA axis—and how functional medicine + Applied Kinesiology help restore balance naturally.

Feeling drained even after a full night’s sleep? Learn how HPA axis imbalance and chronic stress affect adrenal resilience.

11/04/2025

“Your gut is more than a digestive organ—it’s your wellness HQ. 🦠
Support your microbiome with real food, rest, and reconnection to nature.
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Your gut microbiome affects more than digestion—it influences metabolism, immunity, and mood. Discover how eating ancestrally can help!

11/03/2025

with the importance of asking why🔥🙌

10/29/2025

Introduction Many patients come in frustrated after being told, “Your labs look normal.” Yet they’re still exhausted, foggy, anxious, or unable to lose weight. They don’t want another medication—they want an explanation. That’s where functional labwork becomes invaluable. Conventional lab testing is designed to detect disease, not necessarily dysfunction. Functional medicine asks a different question: What’s going wrong before a diagnosis appears?...

Optimizing health by supporting natural healing through functional medicine.

10/27/2025

Your gut isn’t just about digestion — it plays a key role in hormone regulation. Discover how gut health influences your hormones.