Not only does functional medicine work at giving you relief from your medical conditions it also helps to prevent many diseases as well. You should know that functional medicine doesn’t replace conventional doctors, we work with them. The major difference between traditional medicine and functional medicine is how the disease is treated. Traditional medicine wants to give you relief from the symptoms and functional medicine wants to heal the cause of your symptoms. Taking medications frequently not only disguises the problem but it’s subjecting you to additional problems. Your health is based on many factors - nutrition, sleep, exercise, stress levels, genetics, and relationships. They are all contributors to chronic illnesses and disease. So when we take them all into consideration we can achieve understanding as well as improve your overall health. We know there’s no quick fix when it comes to improving your overall health, but it is possible to obtain optimal health.