Start of Healing Journey through Functional Medicine

As a family physician, I am used to seeing a wide range of patient types. In my previous traditional practice, there were always those patients who were easy to care for and those patients that were very complex. There were also those patients who, despite doing all the right things and my caring for them along their health journey, were never able to get significantly better. Little did I know that one day I would become one of those patients myself.  

Around 2007 I began experiencing profound fatigue and a host of other symptoms. After undergoing extensive workup, my conventional medicine colleagues were unable to determine what was wrong with me. My symptoms worsened to the extent that I eventually had to leave my practice and subsequently I became bedbound for 3 months due to my poor health. Without a diagnosis and my health declining, I sought the help of functional medicine practitioners, and within a relatively short period of time, they diagnosed me with adrenal dysfunction. Under their expert medical care, the help of nutritional supplements, the development of healthier lifestyle habits, and a time of recovery, I was able to regain my energy, regain my health, get back to work, and back into life.  

Functional medicine was also able to help my wife and daughters regain their health when conventional medicine could find no specific reason for their issues. Because of my family’s journey back into health, I became fascinated by how functional medicine was able to look deeply into the root causes of a patient’s illness and give hope to those who may have thought that a life of better health was beyond their reach. In addition to my diagnosis of adrenal dysfunction, I later discovered, with the help of functional medicine, that I have several underlying genetic abnormalities. These abnormalities can lead to deficiencies in my body’s hormones and issues with my metabolism which can result in an exaggerated response to stress and subsequently my symptoms of adrenal dysfunction. Now that I know how and why my body uniquely responds to my environment, I can choose health by avoiding those things (certain activities, stressors, foods, etc.) that I know my body will not respond favorably toward, and thus I know how to support my “unique” body processes with supplements, appropriate nutrition, mindset, and healthy life choices.  

So fast forward to today. I am healthier than I have been in many years. I have taken the time to study the principles of functional medicine and am now equipped to help those who want to journey back to health, are committed to doing what it takes to live a healthy life, and are ready to dive deeply into a better understanding of the root causes of their health issues.   

Contact me to see if one of my treatment plans is a fit for your health and wellness goals. I would love to connect with you. I encourage you to reach out to me via the “schedule a free discovery call” link. If you and I decide that a functional medicine approach is a fit for your health issue, then we will work together as a team to help you become the healthiest version of yourself that you can be.