106: What Functional Medicine is and Why It's For Everyone

In the medical community, it's common for practitioners to only treat symptoms. But what really needs to happen is treating the patient as a whole and addressing root causes of medical concerns. Enter functional medicine. In this episode, we dive into what functional medicine is, why only treating symptoms isn't enough, and why the patient/practitioner relationship is so vital for overall health. In functional medicine, If you have a headache, for example, you can treat it with aspirin to relieve that headache. But it's actually more important to find out why you had the headache to begin with. This is the core of functional medicine, getting to the root causes of the symptoms you experience. There are tools that medical professionals can use to find those root causes and get you back to a path of health and wellness. If you're tired of masking symptoms and you want to know more about functional medicine, this is the episode for you. What's in this episode: What functional medicine is and the tools practitioners use to find the root causes of medical issues Why only treating symptoms isn't enough, we have to treat our patients as a whole How treatment plans in functional medicine are specifically tailored to each individual Why the patient/practitioner relationship is central to functional medicine Why functional medicine really is for everyone For full show notes, resources and links head to: https://vitalhealthcda.com/podcasts/ The Vital Health for You Podcast is for everyone. Get to know us more by connecting with us at our website or on our Facebook page. *Disclaimer: The statements made in this episode about specific products have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other healthcare professional.