Functional Medicine sees the body as a connected whole as opposed to focusing on individual body systems (ex: cardiology, gastroenterology, podiatry). It recognizes that to be able to fully understand the root cause of dysfunction, all parts of the body must be considered when looking at underlying phenomena that occurs across specialties (inflammation, toxicities, etc.) and it offers natural and drug-free approaches that focus on a long-term resolution.

"Advanced Functional Medicine" takes the amazing results of functional medicine to an even broader perspective. It is the innovation of combining the diagnostics of functional medicine, with a larger holistic spectrum of energetic analysis and therapies. It takes into account other components involved in restoring optimal health including mental and emotional stress that accompanies an illness or injury and offers practical options for the patient to regain balance of their health, mood, feelings of well-being and experience the most comprehensive results possible.   It is a stand-alone modality or it can be used integratively.

Integrative Healthcare refers to combining standard, conventional medical care and therapies with natural, complementary, preventative, lifestyle or other approaches to medicine in a collaborative effort.  Many allopathic practitioners welcome the inclusion of other safe approaches that may improve their patient's quality of life and reduce or eliminate unwanted side effects or toxic overload from pharmaceutical drug intervention. In certain cases, best outcome is achieved when working with an integrative team to maximize the benefits of collaboration.

Multiple studies now suggest that  integrating conventional treatments with holistic approaches synergistically will increase the chances of an improved reported outcome as opposed to conventional medical intervention alone, delivering a better experience for the patient.