Functional Medicine & Lake Pointe
What it is, how it can benefit you, and where we come in
Maybe you’ve heard of it, maybe you haven’t. What is functional medicine, exactly?
Functional medicine focuses on identifying and addressing the root causes of diseases and health concerns, as opposed to just treating symptoms. As a result, functional medicine can often feel more holistic and patient-centric than standard medical care. Functional medicine takes a preventative approach rather than a reactionary one, focusing on the whole body’s wellbeing.
At Lake Pointe, we are dedicated practitioners of functional medicine, always committed to providing patients new and old with the best care possible. Read on to see how functional medicine treatment can help address root causes of inflammation and other health issues.
Comprehensive Assessment
Functional medicine practitioners conduct thorough assessments of a patient's health through a number of factors. Health history, genetics, lifestyle factors, environmental exposures, and biochemical imbalances can all have an affect on your overall health and wellbeing. Using a comprehensive approach can help you and your doctor identify underlying factors contributing to your condition, such as poor diet, increased stress and toxin exposure, infections, and gut and hormonal imbalances.
Personalized Treatment Plans
After assessment, practitioners then develop personalized treatment plans tailored to each individual’s unique needs and circumstances. These plans may include dietary modifications, nutritional supplementation, lifestyle changes, stress management techniques, detoxification protocols, and mind-body therapies. By addressing individualized factors contributing to your condition, functional medicine treatment aims to restore balance and optimize health outcomes.
Focus on Lifestyle Modifications
Lifestyle modifications can directly address root causes of ailments you may be experiencing or complaints you may have. Your practitioner may recommend dietary changes (like reducing consumption of processed foods) and increasing your intake of anti-inflammatory foods (fruits, vegetables, omega-3 fatty acids, and antioxidants). Other lifestyle modifications your doctor might recommend may include optimizing sleep, addressing and managing stress, incorporating or increasing regular physical activity, and reducing exposure to environmental toxins.
Promotion of Gut Health
Your gut plays a significant role in modulating inflammation and overall health. Gut dysbiosis, or imbalance in the digestive system’s microbiota, can contribute to or aggravate existing inflammation and various health conditions. Because of the gut’s importance in maintaining overall health, functional medicine treatment often involves strategies to support gut health, including probiotic supplementation, dietary changes to increase gut microbiome diversity, identifying food sensitivities or allergies, and repairing intestinal permeability (also known as “leaky gut“).
Functional Medicine at Lake Pointe
Overall, Lake Pointe’s functional medicine services focus on identifying and addressing underlying factors contributing to your health concerns. Rather than simply managing symptoms, our goal is to find and remedy the root cause of current ailments, to prevent future health concerns before they happen, and to manage your health in an understandable, approachable way.
By employing personalized, comprehensive, and integrative approaches to your care, we employ functional medicine to help you towards your optimal health goals.
To learn more about functional medicine and how it could benefit you or someone you know, call our office to schedule a complimentary consult with one of our doctors. If you’re ready to dive in and start your own functional medicine journey, schedule your appointment today!
