What is Functional Medicine?

Which Would You Prefer...

A sickness-based approach, fighting illness only AFTER you start feeling sick, or a wellness-based approach, seeking health and thriving NOW so you don’t have to get sick later?

Functional Medicine IS That Wellness-Based Approach

The conventional system has grown so dependent on pharma, on prescribing away every symptom, that we have forgotten how to restore health:

by addressing and resolving the cause of illness, not just the symptoms.

Led by our partner, The Institute for Functional Medicine—the global leaders in Functional Medicine—this revolution is about reorienting the healthcare system toward identifying the complexity of disease.

This is the future of healthcare. If you're not thinking functionally about wellness, you're missing a huge part of the story.

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So…what is Functional Medicine?

Functional Medicine is an individualized, patient-centered, science-based approach to healthcare that looks beyond symptom resolution to identify why illness occurs and address those root causes to restore health. While conventional medicine focuses on using medication to reduce symptoms, Functional Medicine empowers patients and practitioners to work together to resolve the complex underlying causes of disease and promote optimal wellness through diet and lifestyle change.

The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) sets the gold standard for education, training, and clinical practice in the field of Functional Medicine globally. The Functional Medicine Coaching Academy is proud to offer the only Health Coach Certification Program in collaboration with IFM, sharing many of the same faculty members and much of the same course content. And once you graduate, whether you’re employed on a Functional Medicine care team or running an independent coaching practice, you’ll enjoy a lifelong place in this fast-growing Functional Medicine community.

Functional Medicine is holistic

Transforming patient health by understanding and addressing all the things that influence it, including genes, environment, diet, and lifestyle

Functional Medicine is individualized and patient-centered

So the patient’s voice is heard at every appointment, and the treatment they receive is tailored to their unique needs

Functional Medicine is science-based

Using the conventional approach to healthcare as a starting point and building onto it with more thorough, integrative health information

Functional Medicine is collaborative

Empowering patients, practitioners, and health coaches to work together to identify root causes of illness, overcome roadblocks, and make the dietary and lifestyle changes necessary for healing

Functional Medicine is efficient

Because addressing root causes instead of alleviating symptoms, reversing chronic illness, and preventing future illness all mean reduced health costs in the long run