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Long COVID Isn’t One Disease. It’s Several Overlapping Problems.

Two people catch the same virus and end up with completely different illnesses. That’s the clue most of medicine misses about long COVID: it was never one disease. It’s more like a recipe.

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woman suffering from Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

So, what exactly are Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (FM/CFS)? The short answer is we still don’t know. The long answer is the following…

functional medicine sleep and insomnia suggestions

Achieving better sleep can lead to many health improvements. This list of suggestions for better sleep is not meant to be
implemented in its entirety. Instead, pick three to four changes to implement to improve sleep quality.

In this post, we will explain functional medicine treatment options for inflammation, including different foods to eat, natural supplements, and lifestyle changes.

In part II of our series, we look at five common causes of inflammation: trauma, infections, deficiencies, toxins, and stress.

While we are increasingly hearing more about inflammation, few of us understand the good purposes inflammation plays in our body or when those good purposes move to dysfunction.

Richmond Times Dispatch readers nominated 128 practices and voted 2,442 times for eight finalists. Dr. Aaron Hartman was the first runner up.

Functional Medicine practitioners promote wellness by focusing on the fundamental underlying factors that influence every patient’s experience of health and disease.

Adopting an organic lifestyle helps to enhance the health of ecosystems, organisms—and you.

functional medicine matrix

In the Functional Medicine Matrix, the body’s function is viewed in light of seven fundamental systems. It takes into account how the environment interacts with your genes and can result in health or disease.

Most individuals don’t recognize that fatigue, digestive issues, aches, pains, allergies, mood swings … are not just annoying symptoms but are early clues to underlying biological dysfunction that may develop into a full blow disease over time…

Functional Medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century.