Functional Medicine is a unique personalized biological systems-based model that enables practitioners to work with clients to address the underlying causes of symptoms and health issues in order to promote optimal wellbeing. It is the medicine of ‘why’, focusing on the roots of disease rather than purely symptom management. For example, we dig into causes and triggers of IBS (a stomach upset on holiday, heavy antibiotic exposure etc) or what is really underlying fatigue in an individual.
The Functional Medicine model starts with a thorough exploration of each client’s genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle factors and utilises this information intelligently to direct personalised treatment plans. Functional Medicine combines science, evidence and clinical insight and brings the art of medicine and the whole-person approach back into the therapeutic relationship between practitioner and client.
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