Functional and Integrative Medicine
Functional and integrative medicine is a whole body, systems-based approach to identifying and treating the root causes of disease and conditions. Each body system is not thought of in isolation, but as a bigger picture including the entire body. Likewise, symptoms of one system may also involve several body systems and may be stemming from a different source. By thinking of health, wellness, and treatment in this way, a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the patient is gathered and utilized in formulating individualized treatment plans. Traditional pharmaceuticals are not completely excluded, but may not be the first go to or choice in treatment. Lifestyle change, healthy living principles, exercise, food as nutrition, and supplements and nutraceuticals are emphasized in an integrative approach.

Using an integrative approach helps to balance hormones, manage stress and fatigue, reduce systemic inflammation, improve and optimize gut and digestive health, provide natural weight loss, and naturally detoxify the body. Prevention and education are also an integral part of this
approach.

Functional and integrative medicine also utilizes hundreds of tests to help get to the root cause of issues, symptoms, and diseases. Here at Peak Health and Wellness we utilize laboratory testing on an individualized basis to get to the root cause and also to help obtain optimal levels in the body, not just what is considered normal in a traditional medical setting.