Functional Medicine

Vibrancy Wellness provides holistic care by considering all the different systems of the body functioning together in a complex network requiring balance. This model offers a new way to treat and prevent illness by combining the the latest science with whole body philosophies. 

Some of the highlights of functional medicine:

• Identify and treat the root causes of illness
• Patient centered approach rather than disease centered
• Treat the whole person, not isolated symptoms
• Emphasizes disease prevention
• Partner with patients for optimal health
• Encourage self care and lifestyle modification
• Consideration of mind, body, and environmental factors
• Personalized treatment plans

Why choose Functional Medicine? 

Those who suffer with chronic health conditions often feel abandoned or frustrated with the conventional medicine model. Conventional medicine proposes a one size fits all approach to illness. This leaves many with unsolved medical issues. By contrast, Functional medicine creates a specific treatment plan to address each individual’s needs in order for the body to heal itself. Each individual is unique and this approach understands that a uniform model is inadequate for serving the complex systems of the human body. 

Do you consistently feel unwell but have not found any resolution?

 A functional medicine approach is able to make connections between all the symptoms and all the different systems functioning in the body. It is a science based medical model that searches fro the root cause of your symptoms rather than simply making them. A functional medicine practitioner is a medical detective eager to solve your health mystery. 

Would you prefer to prevent disease before it even happens?

Functional Medicine is Preventative medicine. It focuses on strengthening the body to reject the threats of illness and maintain overall health rather than acting only after onset of disease. A careful analysis is completed of your entire body as a whole to find any weakness so it may be strengthened. Functional medicine seeks to build up the body to help it function optimally. Functioning at your best means if you do experience illness, the length of decreased health is shortened and chances for full recovery are increased. Optimal wellness provides better mental health, increases physical health, reduces healthcare cost, and improves the overall quality of life.

Functional medicine and Chinese medicine are perfect compliments to one another as both medical models value disease prevention and seek the underlying causes of illness. Functional medicine promotes health and vitality and focuses on restoring lost or impaired body function to achieve your highest health and best life.

What to expect when booking

Functional medicine requires a minimum of 3 appointments to help patients achieve optimal health. The initial appointment is a 1 hour 15 minute consultation to ensure patients have time to share their story. Dr. Solis will thoroughly discuss medical history, current concerns, and perform a physical assessment. Any necessary functional tests will also be prescribed during this consult, which you can pay for most via insurance directly to the lab. Some specialty lab tests are not covered by insurance.

Once the results are received, you will be contacted to book a 1 hour case review to discuss your individualized treatment plan. You will receive a detailed report on results, lifestyle recommendations, nutrition guidelines, treatment options, herbal prescription, and supplement recommendations if needed.

Upon completion of your protocol, you will be sent back for blood work and will need a 30 minute follow up appointment.

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