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Functional medicine is an approach to health care that is holistic and patient-centered, incorporating the latest scientific understanding about how environmental and lifestyle factors interact with individual biology to influence sickness and health. Like naturopathy, functional medicine aims to prevent disease and help you live with more vitality.
You may be surprised to learn that functional medicine actually emerged from the principles of naturopathic medicine.
Because Aura is a naturopathic doctor practice, we have been taught how to assess patients on the deepest levels since the very beginning of our professional training (without having to "unlearn" conventional thinking).
Functional medicine is simply the coined term for an approach to health care that is holistic and patient-centered. It incorporates the latest scientific understanding about how environmental and lifestyle factors interact with individual biology to influence sickness and health. Like naturopathy, functional medicine aims to prevent disease and help the patient live with more vitality.
We operate a bit differently than a mainstream medical doctor and even other naturopathic practices. Getting to know you and the factors contributing to your illness takes time. We take the time and use advanced diagnostic testing to uncover and treat the root cause of your health issues which leads to symptom resolution and vibrant health.
As natural medicine has gained popularity in recent years, the concept of functional medicine emerged as a way to allow many different types of healthcare practitioners to offer holistic services to their patients without having to attend naturopathic medical school. Today, chiropractors, medical doctors, nurse practitioners, nutritionists, and other types of professionals can complete classes, workshops and seminars outside of their standard schooling to learn functional medicine and serve more people.
Where Functional Medicine Really Shines: The use of cutting-edge laboratory testing and diagnostic techniques to uncover the most overlooked root causes of illness. The advances in modern testing that functional medicine brings to the table allow us to turn conventional medicine on its head and take traditional naturopathic medicine to the next level.
Along with your history, we use advanced functional medicine laboratory testing to take out the guesswork and allow your body to tell us what is going on. This testing looks for root causes that you might not intuitively connect to your health condition.
This deeper level of investigation is what sets us apart and is often the missing piece for patients who have been told their results are "normal", but still don't feel well
Multiple factors can be driving your gut imbalances and symptoms, including:
This is why cleanses, elimination diets, and other gut-healing protocols often don't work, and leave you wondering what you're missing. True healing requires identifying and addressing YOUR specific combination of factors.
Our practice at Aura Functional Medicine is very specialized. We assess our patients on a much deeper level because we understand how to address the foundations of environmental medicine—in other words, how toxic exposures and specific types of infections can be the biggest drivers of your symptoms.
Gaining expertise in these areas requires a lot of additional training, and if you happen to go to a place that doesn't understand these concepts or know how to address them, your results will probably be limited or short-lived.
Because we know what to look for and how to treat the problem head-on, coming to Aura will save you a lot of time and resources in the long run since you won't end up chasing false causes or running in circles. We combine the timeless truths of traditional naturopathic medicine with the fresh perspectives of functional medicine to help our patients achieve results they never thought possible.
At Aura Functional Medicine, we combine:
Comprehensive laboratory testing that goes far beyond standard bloodwork to uncover hidden root causes
Natural therapies, nutritional support, and lifestyle strategies tailored to your unique biology and circumstances
Specialized knowledge in how toxins, mold, infections, and environmental factors impact your health
Regular check-ins and adjustments to ensure you stay on track and achieve lasting results
Functional medicine at Aura is especially beneficial if you:
Ready to uncover the root cause of your health challenges? Dr. Alison Egeland combines cutting-edge functional medicine testing with naturopathic wisdom to help you achieve lasting transformation.
