Functional Medicine
Functional Medicine at our core: We focus on root causes and create personalized plans to address underlying factors affecting your health.
Getting to the Root Cause
Our Functional Medicine services are at the heart of what we do. By focusing on the root causes of your health issues, we create personalized treatment plans that address the underlying factors contributing to your symptoms. Our expert team conducts comprehensive assessments, including advanced diagnostics and a thorough review of your medical history, lifestyle, and environmental influences. This approach ensures a complete understanding of your health, allowing us to tailor treatments that promote lasting wellness.
Our medical doctors (MDs) apply a systems thinking approach to their evaluation of illness and imbalance, requiring them to uncover the root origin of disease or illness. They are evaluating what conditions may have occurred that have inhibited your health, seeking to understand how we can reverse dysfunction caused by the insults of modern lifestyles (nutritional deficits, toxins, immobility, etc) and how we can optimize function to restore health in the entire system.
What is Functional Medicine
The Patient Experience
What you will experience as a patient at the UltraWellness Center.
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Tailored Wellness,
Expertly Guided
For over 20 years, the UltraWellness Center has been practicing the art and science of Functional Medicine. Our skilled interdisciplinary team of MDs, physician assistants, licensed nutritionists, and nurses specialize in addressing the root causes of disease. They use a systems-oriented approach that focuses on engaging both patient and practitioner in the therapeutic relationship. It is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century.
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Thorough Medical History
We work closely with you to understand YOU, by gathering a detailed medical history, including historical lifestyle behaviors, environmental factors, symptom and family history, including and assessing your goals, ailments, prior lab testing, beliefs, nutritional, and current lifestyle habits. These help us act as a detective, allowing us to identify where to begin and how to create an effective and bespoke treatment plan, personalized to your unique needs.
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Diagnostic Testing
Appropriate testing will be recommended to uncover hidden issues such as nutrient deficiencies, genetic predispositions, toxic burden, hormonal imbalances, digestive interferences, mitochondrial dysfunction, food sensitivities, and more. Experience the convenience of in-house lab testing at our innovative Functional Medicine lab with an experienced lab team. For tests that are done at home, the team walks you through step-by-step instructions.
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Creating A Lifestyle Plan
After meeting with a Functional Medicine physician, you will meet with a licensed nutritionists either in person or virtually. These nutritionists combine the practice of “food as medicine” to create an individualized meal plan, and a multimodal treatment plan, encompassing a fitness and lifestyle plan that supports your unique needs.
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Continued Care
and Follow-Up
You will meet with a nurse to review the treatment plan and receive support where needed. Upon receiving test results, you will follow-up with your physician and nutritionist to review these results and discuss further individualization of your treatment plan. From there, continued follow-up is determined based on your situation.
New Patient Inquiry
To get started in the healing journey, we ask you to fill out the New Patient Inquiry Form and tell us about your health concerns. Once you fill out the form, a patient care coordinator will be in touch with you within a few days to make sure that the care we provide fits your health needs.