Functional Medicine and Functional Neurology

In contrast to the symptom-centered traditional model, functional medicine is patient-centered medical healing. Instead of treating health problems as isolated diseases, it considers each individual medically, physically, neurologically, and psychologically.

Beginning with the relationship between physician and patient, functional medicine aims to achieve optimal health, best found when a patient is fully invested in their health transformation, including changes in diet, lifestyle, and physical activity. First, your doctor will obtain a comprehensive history detailing all facets of your lifestyle, medical background, and miscellaneous relevant information. Using scientific principles, diagnostic tests, and personal data, your doctor will then form a collaborative treatment plan with you that will seek to find and treat the underlying cause of any present conditions.

Similarly, Functional Neurology considers the neurological and psychological aspects of a given condition while using the same patient-centered principles. Many individuals are surprised to find the brain-body connection is a significant factor in the treatment of what society labels a physical ailment.

At Michigan Health & Wellness Center, we use both Functional Medicine and Functional Neurology to not only restore health and relieve pain, but to set each individual on the path to a lifetime of good health, empowering patients as active participants in their treatment and long-term vitality.

There’s a growing dissatisfaction with the traditional treatment of illness, and rightfully so. Patients deserve to understand why symptoms manifest in their body. They — and YOU — deserve to feel like an equal decision-maker in the care of both body and mind, without relying on invasive treatments and surgeries or intense prescription drugs as the first or only option.

The beauty of Functional Medicine and Functional Neurology is its ability to remove clinical loads and integrate diet, lifestyle, and alternative therapies to promote healing without those drugs and treatments. Once the root cause of a condition is identified, patient and doctor work as a team on a plan that may involve nutrition, supplementation, lifestyle changes, alternative therapies, and more.

It is a step beyond alternative medicine in its patient-centered approach, getting to the root cause and to a treatment that actually produces results, offering resolution in more than 60% of cases and a slowed progression of disease in others.

If you have felt frustrated with the limits of traditional treatment, defeated by a problem that affects your quality of life, or disheartened that no one can tell you why, we want you to know there IS hope and healing with Functional Medicine.