Even seemingly superficial medical ailments run deeper than skin and require comprehensive, ongoing attention. Traditional medicine, although admirable, tends to address immediate problems and surface symptoms. Functional medicine integrates outstanding approaches from all medicines to help you recover from illness and enjoy long term health and longevity.
Integrated Aspects of Functional Medicine
Functional Medicine entails an engrossing, holistic approach that examines a connection between your environment and various systems of your body, such as immune, gastrointestinal and endocrine. In addition, the doctor looks at your unique, personal medical history and environmental circumstances to gain a case-specific understanding of your atypical health challenges.
Functional Medicine is fairly new on the alternative medicine historical timeline. Even so, the benefits of Functional Medicine are already well documented. Benefits worth mentioning: Functional Medicine tends to be a more affordable option than traditional medicine.
Practitioners and their team members get to know patients personally. Functional Medicine encourages and supports preventative medicine, such as nutrition and exercise. ER visits, blood tests and other personal care typically fall under the purview of the doctor and team.
Conditions That Functional Medicine Treats
Functional Medicine treats most common medical problems related to the systems of the body. Dr. Alan Shair provides Functional Medicine aligned to Ayurvedic medicine in NJ to treat Lyme Disease, aging and sleep disorders. The doctor and his seasoned, dedicated team also provide Bioresonance Therapy, Low Dose Cytokine Therapy, Genetic Oxidative Testing and Neutrotransmitter Testing.
Ayurvedic medicine NJ as part of Functional Medicine doesn’t necessarily identify illness; it determines an effective, appropriate therapeutic response. This therapeutic response may include other therapies tailored to meet the specific challenges and therapeutic requirements of a given patient.
This combination of therapies helps you obtain the preferred health outcome. The preferred health outcome is one in which your body repairs and stabilizes itself, overcoming an acute health challenge while manifesting optimal, overall health.
