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The new approach to Holistic Medicine focuses on assessing and treating chronic disease. Its name… Functional Medicine. Today, this Functional Medicine clinical approach to healthcare is an individualized, patient-centered, science-based method that enables practitioners and patients to work together to address the underlying causes of illness and promote optimal health. It requires a comprehensive understanding of each individual’s genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle factors and leverages that information to guide personalized treatment programs that enhance patient outcomes. By working towards the root cause rather than the symptoms, practitioners become better at identifying the sophistication of illness. They discovered that one condition has many distinct causes, and one cause may lead to many distinct ailments. Because of this, Functional Medicine treatment targets the particular manifestations of illness in each person. It is the new modern way of treating chronic diseases, taking hold in many doctors’ offices in our very own El Paso.

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Why do we need Functional Medicine?

Our society is currently experiencing a sharp increase in the percentage of individuals who suffer from complicated, chronic diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, mental disease, and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. El Paso, with its multicultural population, is no exception. Today, the system of medicine practiced by the majority of doctors is oriented toward acute care —the identification and treatment of trauma or illness of short duration that requires urgent care, including appendicitis or a broken leg. Physicians apply specific, prescribed remedies, such as drugs or surgery, to treat the immediate symptom or problem. Regrettably, the acute-care method of medicine lacks the correct methodology and tools for preventing and treating complex, chronic disease. Typically, it does not take into account the distinctive genetic makeup of each individual, environmental exposures to toxins, or aspects of contemporary lifestyle that have an immediate impact on the rise in chronic disease in Western culture. There is a significant gap between research and how physicians practice. The gap between emerging basic science research and its integration into clinical practice is tremendous—as long as 50 years—particularly in the area of complex, chronic illness. Most physicians aren’t adequately trained to assess the underlying causes of complex, chronic disease and to employ strategies such as nutrition, diet, and exercise to treat and prevent these disorders in their patients.

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Why Take A Functional Medicine Assessment?

As part of our wellness programs, we are currently having our patients complete detailed assessments using the Institute for Functional Medicine Model. Our doctors will review your findings and provide insight into the treatment methodologies derived from the data.

Our purpose in conducting these high-level assessments is to understand the root causes of chronic disorders and treat people holistically.  Integrative Personalized Medicine is the future of healthcare, and we are very proud to bring it to all our patients.  Our online Functional Medicine Health Assessment Questionnaire has given insights into our patients’ present Functional Health.

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The Why of Functional Medicine

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How is Functional Medicine Distinct?

Functional medicine entails understanding the origins, prevention, and treatment of complex, chronic diseases. A functional medicine approach includes patient-centered care. The focus of operational medicine is on maintaining patient-centered care and promoting health as a positive state beyond the mere absence of disease. By listening to the patient and studying their story, the practitioner brings the individual into the discovery process and tailors remedies to address their unique needs. Functional medicine professionals look “upstream” to examine the complex web of interactions in an individual’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to disease. The distinctive genetic makeup of every patient is considered, along with both internal (brain, body, and soul) and external (physical and social environment) factors that affect overall operation. Integrating the best health clinics. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices together with what is sometimes regarded as “alternative” or “integrative” medicine, developing a focus on prevention through nutrition, diet, and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribed combinations of medication and/or botanical medications, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, or stress-management practices.

Dr. Alex Jimenez presents Dr. Mark Hyman, who explains that food is the most effective drug and how to use it properly to biohack your health and restore balance in your body. Dr. Mark Hyman is included in Consciousness Engineering: In our contemporary world, the majority of men and women suffer from FLC syndrome—Feel Like Crap syndrome. For our biology, this FLC syndrome is incredibly abnormal. So, why do most people suffer from it? We suffer because we concentrate on the symptoms, not the system. We concentrate on the organ, not the organism… Catch our drift? Rather than studying only the symptoms, Functional Medicine looks at the cause—it looks at the system as a whole from a holistic, practical perspective. It addresses the root causes of illness and optimizes our bodies to achieve peak health. After implementing Functional Medicine for only 10 days, FLC symptoms in patients decreased by 62 percent. No pills, simply meals. In this movie, Dr. Mark Hyman dives into the Profession of Medicine, gene expression, how not only food but also our societal spheres affect our overall health, science, and more.

 

Functional Medicine Today

 

The Future of Functional Medicine

Dr. Mark Hyman and Dr. Alex Jimenez believe that functional medicine is the way of the future and that we can only improve medicine if we understand the body’s system, not just symptoms. We are very proud to collaborate with Living Matrix to help El Paso patients embrace the new order of Functional Medicine.

Food As Medicine

 

 

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Medical & Chiropractic Disclaimer & Scope of Practice *

All wellness and functional medicine treatment protocols are subject to strict oversight by medical and chiropractic boards. All procedures and protocols performed remain within each profession’s scope of practice. Medical doctors and chiropractic specialists are regulated by governing bodies that oversee licensure and the scope of their practice. The chiropractic scope of practice limits treatment to areas regulated by each state. Please review the following mandates and the Medical & Chiropractic Disclaimer/Chiropractic Scope of Practice.

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