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Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 5

Estrogen: The Younger Sister

There are over 400 critical functions in the body involving estrogen! We need estrogen and tend to feel that powerfully when it’s lacking…

Compilation of images that shows inflammation to different parts of the body

Inflammation

The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease

Inflammation is a normal response of our body’s immune system … but it can sometimes run amok, leading to all kinds of problems.

Welcome to RIFM | Part 2

Functional Medicine

What Is It?
How Does It Work?
Is It Right For Me?

Welcome to RIFM | Part 2: Functional Medicine What Is It?How Does It Work?Is It Right For Me? Posted in I routinely receive questions about functional medicine: What is Functional…

Lifestyle Medicine for Stress | Part 2

Exercise

As we know, unmitigated stress has been linked to various diseases. I see its effects in my clinic every day, so I think that it’s incredibly important to talk about this elephant in the room. Physical exercise is another powerful intervention to help mitigate the effects of stress.

Lifestyle Medicine for Stress

Lifestyle Medicine for Stress | Part 1

The Power of Yoga

Stress is the elephant in the room that people aren’t talking much about in the medical world today. We now know about so many ways that stress can affect our…

Foundations of Functional Medicine: Episode 1

In this episode, Dr. Hartman of Richmond Integrative and Functional Medicine shares part of his, and his family’s, story that led him to pursue functional and integrative medicine training and to open his functional medical practice.

GI Tract Function & Health – Where It All Begins

In part one of this series on gastroenterology, Dr. Hartman outlines the basic systems at work in your GI tract during digestion of foods.

CIRS: A New Paradigm for Chronic Disease | Part 4

CIRS Treatment Protocol

In Part Four, Dr. Aaron Hartman takes us step-by-step through CIRS treatment protocol, the process for biotoxin-related illnesses.

CIRS: A New Paradigm for Chronic Disease | Part 3

Understanding the Biotoxin Pathway & Lab Tests for Diagnosis

In part 3 of a series on Mold-Related Biotoxin Illness (or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome), Dr. Hartman unpacks the biotoxin pathway and reviews laboratory tests necessary to diagnose CIRS.

liver detoxification process

Liver Detoxification Process

In Part III, Dr Aaron Hartman, a functional medicine practitioner, explains the liver detoxification process as part of body’s natural detoxification.

woman suffering from Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

A Functional Medicine Perspective on an Old Friend

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…

The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease

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

The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease

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.