Next-Level
Functional Medicine
as Integrative Medicine
Integrative medicine builds on functional medicine's foundation of root cause investigation
Evolution of Care
Alternative Approaches
Whole Health
How does integrative medicine expand on functional medicine?
Investigation and analysis identify root causes
Through conversation and comprehensive testing, your doctor examines patterns in how your body functions, looking beyond whether lab values fall within normal ranges to understand the metabolic, hormonal, and inflammatory imbalances creating your health challenges.
This investigation reveals why these changes developed rather than simply accepting them as inevitable, giving your doctor insight to address what's actually driving your concerns.
Symptoms are treated through personalized protocols
These protocols support your body's natural capacity to restore balance, bringing symptom relief while working to resolve root causes. Your doctor tailors every aspect of care to what your body needs rather than following standardized treatments.
Integrative medicine expands this into comprehensive coordinated care
Overseeing how interventions work together, your doctor adjusts care as your body responds and enables treatment to evolve with you over time.
The Mind, Body, and Spirit of Whole Health
We are passionate about treating you, the whole you, to live your life with optimal energy and vitality.
Integrative physicians embrace functional medicine at Align Wellness
Advanced Integrative Medicine
Comprehensive Services
For specialized procedures or conditions, your physician refers you to trusted providers within the Align Network who understand our integrative approach and coordinate closely with your primary care team throughout treatment.
Concierge Care
Many of our patient’s parents and adult children are also members, whose excellent care involves an understanding of genetic predisposition and generational health patterns to optimize longevity and restore vitality.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between integrative medicine and functional medicine?
Functional medicine focuses on identifying root causes through extensive testing to explore what imbalances might be creating the symptoms you’re experiencing. Integrative medicine embraces this root-cause wisdom while also drawing from conventional treatments, evidence-based complementary therapies, and comprehensive coordination across every aspect of your health. Your integrative physician thinks deeply about underlying patterns affecting your vitality while also knowing when conventional medicine offers the most effective intervention, creating care that honors both approaches and selects thoughtfully between them based on what serves your individual needs best.
Why is functional medicine important?
Functional medicine investigates the underlying patterns creating changes in your energy, sleep, metabolism, or hormones rather than accepting these shifts as inevitable parts of aging that only warrant treatment once they become diagnosed conditions. This approach identifies imbalances early when they’re easier to address and helps you understand what’s actually driving the symptoms affecting your daily life, allowing your physician to create targeted interventions that address root causes. Prioritizing functional medicine principles in your care means receiving proactive support that maintains your vitality and prevents decline rather than reactive treatment that manages problems after they’ve already compromised your quality of life.
I read about a lot of alternative approaches to my health, can Align Wellness help me understand what's right for me?
Absolutely! Your doctor helps you navigate the overwhelming amount of health information available by evaluating which approaches have evidence supporting their effectiveness for your specific situation and goals. Rather than following trends or rejecting options based on whether they’re labeled conventional or alternative, your doctor considers the full spectrum of interventions that could serve your health, explaining what each approach does and helping you make informed decisions about what fits your body and life.
How is this different from seeing conventional insurance-bound doctors?
Integrative medicine at Align Wellness provides the extended appointment time needed for meaningful conversation about your health, allowing your doctor to explore connections between symptoms, understand your complete story, and develop comprehensive treatment plans that address underlying causes alongside immediate concerns. Your doctor has freedom to recommend treatments based solely on what serves your health best rather than navigating insurance-bound restrictions that limit which therapies, tests, or interventions can be covered. You work with one physician who coordinates every aspect of your care under a unified strategy, ensuring the hormone optimization, nutritional protocols, lifestyle interventions, and conventional treatments you receive all work together seamlessly rather than managing fragmented recommendations across specialists who operate independently and rarely communicate with each other about your complete health.