Functional Medicine is a holistic approach to health care emphasizing the uniqueness of the individual. This approach recognizes the influences of the physical, mental/emotional and spiritual well being as components of the whole health of the patient. Rather than treating the symptoms of a disease, Functional Medicine examines the underlying processes leading to dis-ease. Together the doctor and you explore patterns in your life, your history, your diet, your various environmental influences, your relationships, how you work, relax, play and sleep.
Functional Medicine looks at the residual effects of any medications you take, how well your digestive system functions, and what chemicals and toxins to which you regularly or tangentially suffer exposure. This painting of your life story creates the full picture of your health status and provides an understanding that helps you to optimal well being.
Functional Medicine views disease, not as “the enemy”, but rather as an opportunity for change and growth. It asks you to pay attention to your body and to communicate that to your doctor, who is your advisor and your partner in this journey of life. Together we devise your therapy program, as a complement to your values, individual needs and lifestyle. |
Evaluating organ and systems functions rather than looking for a specific disease is a basic principle of Functional Medicine. Practitioners use specialized assessment tools to look at the functioning status of your cells, organs and biological systems. These tests compliment the standard testing protocols and can detect underlying imbalances, including disease tendencies before "customary" testing.
Functional tests may examine blood, hair, stool, urine, or saliva. Our testing procedures check your nutritional status, digestive function, allergies, cardiovascular function, detoxification ability and more. We believe this approach provides the best information for predicative and preventive health care as well as achieving a condition of optimum health |
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At the heart of holistic medicine is the understanding that all life is inter-related, within life there is an inborn wisdom. Only with this broader context can one truly understand an individual’s state of health. These foundational principles recognize the physical, mental/emotional, spiritual and environmental influences on the individual.
My practice of Integrative Functional Medicine combines contemporary and advanced diagnostics with personalized health care. I use a wide range of therapeutic modalities including structural alignment, nutrition and lifestyle modifications to achieve optimal health. |
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My health career was initiated in 1981 after attending the Boulder School of Massage Therapy. For 10 years following graduation I maintained a private massage practice in Denver, Colorado. I then chose to take my career to the next level and pursue a Doctorate of Chiropractic.
I have always felt my career was designed prior to my “knowing” and my path is just filling in the steps. This was definitely one of those moments. I attended Palmer Chiropractic College in Santa Clara, CA., graduated in 1989 and began the next phase of my life as a Chiropractic Physician.
I established my first clinic in Sandpoint, ID. a small town in northern Idaho. The practice was an open room adjusting concept with a payment box on the wall, modeled after the practices of the philosophically based chiropractors. At that time, I used no supplement support, we simply adjusted, opening the nerve channels in the spine to support the body in regulating itself. In 1995 I began to study European methods of natural healing, including homeopathy, nutrition, nutritional supplements, and a series of diagnostic tools designed for early detection of biochemical imbalances that lead to disease processes. Over the next 10 years I studied European Biological Medicine with Swiss based Naturopathic Doctor and researcher Martin Keymer, Dr. Thomas Rau M.D, the Chief Medical Director of the Paracelsus Biological Medicine Network, also from Switzerland, and here in the United States with the German Naturopathic Doctor Marlene Geiser. During this time I had the rare opportunity to practice with Alf Zeigler, a German medical doctor, homeopath and medical intuitive. It was the culmination of these experiences that have led me to the German Biological Medical system that I practice today. Currently, I am mentoring under the Physicians Association of Anthroposophical Medicine (PAAM) as the first Chiropractic Physician to be certified by the international organization that has traditionally been exclusive to medical doctors. Anthroposophic Medicine is a holistic and human-centered approach to medicine viewing health and illness, nature and the human being in a spiritual light. |
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