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Functional Medicine
The approach behind everything we do
We partner with you to better understand your body, uncover the root causes of imbalances, and empower you to take an active role in your long-term health. Rather than simply treating symptoms, we focus on identifying and addressing the underlying factors that may be affecting your well-being.
What functional medicine is
Functional medicine is a personalized, patient-centered, scientific approach built on collaboration between you and your provider. Its founding principle is simple: find the imbalance that is creating the problem.
Often traditional medicine labels a condition and administers a medication without asking how or why the condition began. Instead of a prescription alone, you get a plan that uses lifestyle, diet, movement, and targeted treatment as well as knowledge to promote healthspan for the rest of your life.
How it works
Four things are true of every plan we build.
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It starts with your history
An in-depth look at your story, including the historical, biochemical, and lifestyle factors that shaped where you are now. Your first visit is 60 minutes for this reason.
2
It treats the source
A personalized treatment plan aimed at what is causing the problem, with functional medicine testing to find it.
3
It uses the best of both
Modern advances in medicine and technology alongside time-tested practices: real food, community, and connection.
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It puts you in charge
You leave understanding your condition, what created it, and what will bring your health back. You become the active director of your own care.
If you have been searching for answers, start here
Many of our patients have spent years looking for answers. Functional medicine gives them something different: instead of turning the temporary relief of a prescription into a permanent solution, we look at the whole picture and work to reestablish health.
Whether we are the first practice you have tried or the latest, we will do everything in our power to find a treatment that lasts, and to be the last practice you need.
“Dr. Watson is determined to get to the root of the problem, to figure out what is causing issues or discomfort in your body. For almost two years, I didn’t feel well and wasn’t able to figure it out and connect all the dots until meeting with Dr. Watson. I tell everyone I know to see a functional medicine doctor, it will change your life!”
Hormone Wellness MD patient
Ready to find out what is really going on?
If this approach sounds like what you have been looking for, we would like to help.