Functional Medicine In Burien WA

Would you benefit from functional medicine in Burien WA? Functional medicine targets the root causes of illness and poor health that you might not consider with conventional treatment. At Seahurst Integrative Medical and Wellness Center, Dr. Yael C. Kantor, DC, and the team take a functional medicine approach to restore your mental, physical, and emotional health and wellness. Call or schedule your initial visit online today.

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What is Functional Medicine in Burien WA?

Functional medicine takes a one-of-a-kind approach to managing your health. Instead of treating a specific disease or masking symptoms like pain, functional medicine explores and identifies the underlying causes of your illness. There may be multiple factors affecting your health that you haven’t considered, like chronic inflammation.

Functional medicine also considers your health and wellness from multiple standpoints. Instead of focusing on just your physical or mental health, functional medicine takes a holistic approach and considers the intersections between your physical, mental, emotional, and sometimes spiritual health.

The team at Seahurst Integrative Medical and Wellness Center creates your individualized care plan after extensive evaluation using integrative medicine. They target the root causes of disease to help you live a more meaningful and comfortable life.

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What makes functional medicine unique?

With chronic diseases currently spiraling out of control, it has become increasingly obvious that a different health care approach is both needed and warranted. Instead of treating the disease once it is already present, doesn't it make more sense to concentrate on preventing the condition in the first place? Functional medicine is unique in that it often focuses on variations in metabolism to both identify a predisposition to developing a condition and to discover the underlying cause if already present. As mentioned previously, functional medicine practitioners concentrate on being your health care teacher. Can you remember a time your doctor truly educated you about your health care condition? Through this avenue, functional medicine practitioners will allow you to take back control of your health. After all, you are the one suffering from the condition, shouldn't your treatment be focused on you and not the other people who have had similar problems?

Functional medicine is also one of the few health care choices that view the body as a whole. This is important considering that every single system in your body is dependent on the next to function properly. To take this holistic approach, these practitioners consider all variables including; your personal history, genetic makeup, occupational, nutritional, and social factors. All of these factors play a role in the expression of health and disease.

Finally, once the cause of your condition has been discovered, functional medicine practitioners use the best from multiple health care disciplines to properly treat the cause. For example, after a careful diagnosis following the use of various imaging and laboratory testing, many practitioners utilize a combination of dietary changes, supplements, and exercise programs.

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What does a functional medicine care plan look like?
Functional medicine can address many of the same concerns as conventional medicine by examining the underlying causes of health conditions. At Seahurst Integrative Medical and Wellness Center, the team helps you make beneficial changes to improve your overall wellness.

Your care plan might involve:

• Nutritional counseling
• Regular exercise
• High-quality supplementation
• Stress relief techniques
• Chiropractic care
• Acupuncture
• Massage therapy
• Detoxification
• IV therapy

You can come in for follow-up visits to monitor your health and get personalized adjustments to your care plan.

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What should I expect during my first functional medicine visit?

The team at Seahurst Integrative Medical and Wellness Center strives to give you measurable results from a personalized functional medicine care plan.

This begins with an initial visit and consultation, during which the team evaluates you and then recommends a variety of tests.

During a follow-up visit, the team reviews the results of your initial assessments. They give you a detailed analysis and plan your personalized treatment using diverse treatments and lifestyle changes.

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For more information on functional medicine and how it can benefit you, call Seahurst Integrative Medical and Wellness Center or schedule an appointment online today.