Functional Medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional Medicine practitioners spend more time with their patients, listening to their histories and looking at the interactions between environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors that influence health. Haruko is a US-trained board-certified family nurse practitioner who discovered functional medicine through her path to achieving wellness.
A patient-centred care, where your detailed history is taken from family history, antenatal (pre-birth), childhood illness, life events, lifestyle (nutrition, physical activity, sleep), emotional/psychological status and current condition. All of these are taken into account to identify the root cause of the condition experienced while alleviating the symptoms. Functional medicine tests are used, which are not normally used by the standard medicine to further understand the cause.
Each person’s cause of the symptoms may be different depending on the various factors – it’s not a one-size-fits-all medicine. Ultimate goal is for you to have the best optimal health to which you deserve.
Functional Medicine, Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine