Functional Medicine
Functional medicine is an operating system for health promotion, disease prevention, and chronic disease management. It is looking at the body as a system and interpreting how those systems relate to one another, resulting in one’s health status. Functional medicine focuses primarily on food as medicine, but also integrates how one’s genetics interact with their environment, lifestyle, environmental toxins, and many other factors.
Functional medicine allows the clinician to expand their toolbox to treat patients. Patients walk away from an encounter with a lifestyle prescription that will address their sleep, stress, nutrition, and exercise. Treatment may also incorporate prescription medications as well as targeted nutraceutical supplementation. All recommendations are personalized, as no two people are alike.
What are ATMs?
Antecedents, Triggers, and Mediators (ATMs). Theses are all aspects of a patient’s story that are identified when looking into a patient’s medical history. These can have a significant impact on health. Addressing the ATM’s can be a key factor in optimizing and/or restoring health.
A: Antecedents
These are predisposing factors that impact your health, such as genetics and the environment.
T: Triggers
These are “activators.” This is something that happened during one’s life, such as a car accident, a death, birth, etc. One might notice that after a significant trigger in their life, their health declined.
M: Mediators
These are things that contribute toward the perpetuation of a health problem. For instance, if you are having breathing problems because you are exposed to a substance in your home or work environment, and nothing is done to change the environment, the breathing problem is likely to persist.
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