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Functional Medicine Assessments: Complementing Your Primary Care
At Inspire Integrative Medicine, we believe in a holistic, patient-centered approach to healthcare. Our Functional Medicine Assessments are designed to complement your primary care services, providing you with an in-depth understanding of your unique health needs.
What is Functional Medicine?
Functional Medicine focuses on identifying and addressing the root causes of illness, rather than just managing symptoms. It emphasizes a personalized approach that considers the interconnectedness of your body, mind, and environment. By taking a deeper look at your lifestyle, genetics, environment, and biochemistry, functional medicine provides a comprehensive view of your overall health.
How Our Functional Medicine Assessments Work
Our Functional Medicine Assessments are available through one-on-one consultations with Brie Suppa, PA. Brie has completed a fellowship in Anti-Aging and Metabolic Medicine from the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (FAAMM) which has equipped her with advanced knowledge in the latest strategies for optimizing long-term health, preventing age-related conditions, and improving metabolic function. Her training allows her to provide personalized, evidence-based care that targets chronic health issues and promotes long-term wellness.
What Does this Include:
- Comprehensive Health Review: As your primary care providers, we have access to your complete medical history which Brie will review along with your lifestyle, diet, sleep, and stress management patterns.
- Advanced Lab Testing: We may use additional targeted laboratory tests, such as blood work or gut health analysis, to uncover imbalances and health conditions.
- Personalized Action Plan: Based on the assessment results, Brie will work with you and your primary care provider to create a tailored plan that may include nutritional guidance (in collaboration with our registered dietician, Agata Williams), lifestyle changes, supplement recommendations, and stress management techniques.
- Ongoing Monitoring & Support: As part of your primary care team, Brie will provide continuous support and reassessment to ensure long-term success.
Benefits of Functional Medicine Assessments
- Root Cause Resolution: We aim to uncover and treat the underlying causes of chronic conditions.
- Improved Wellness: You’ll gain the tools to support long-term health, energy, and vitality.
- Collaboration with Your Primary Care Provider: Our assessments are meant to enhance your current primary care treatment. We collaborate with your primary care provider to create a seamless, integrative approach that aligns with your overall health goals.
How is this different from a Nutrition Consult?
Functional medicine and nutrition assessments are related but distinct approaches to healthcare.
- Functional Medicine focuses on identifying and addressing the root causes of chronic conditions, looking at how genetics, environment, lifestyle, and biochemistry interact. It takes a holistic, systems-based approach, integrating various treatments—such as nutrition, lifestyle changes, supplements, and sometimes medications—to optimize overall health.
- Nutrition Support, on the other hand, is more focused on the role of diet and nutrients in health. It typically addresses specific nutritional deficiencies, imbalances, or dietary habits to improve health outcomes. While nutrition is an important part of functional medicine, nutrition support is more focused on diet alone, without the broader focus on the body's complex systems and the root causes of disease.
In short, functional medicine takes a comprehensive, personalized approach, while nutrition support specifically targets dietary needs. Together, our providers create a personalized health plan by combining their expertise in a collaborative, holistic approach.
How will this work with your Primary Care?
This holistic assessment works harmoniously with your primary care provider, as it doesn't replace conventional care, but rather complements it. The goal is to provide a deeper insight into your health, empowering you and your primary care provider to make informed, proactive decisions. Collaboration between both practitioners can result in a personalized treatment plan that integrates the best of both worlds for more effective, long-term wellness.
Take a proactive approach to your health. Schedule a Functional Medicine Assessment today! Call our office at (410) 989-8833 to schedule your initial appointment with Brie.