The Functional medicine apPROACH
I aDOPT A Functional and Holistic Approach to supporting your CHILD’S ADHD SYMPTOMS OF HYPERACTIVITY, IMPULSIVITY, MOOD DYSREGULATION, BEHAVIOR ISSUES AND INATTENTION.
WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE?
Functional Medicine is a patient-centered, systems-oriented approach that determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual rather than a collection of symptoms.
Functional medicine looks more deeply at the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence health and complex, chronic disease. No two people are alike, and while their “Diagnosis” may be the same, the reason they have gotten those symptoms may be completely different.
WHY DO WE NEED FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
There has been an exponential increase in the numbers of children diagnosed with chronic illness across the world, with many more suffering with symptoms undiagnosed. It has become almost the “norm” for kids to be on a number of pharmaceuticals and yet people feel that they don’t have any medical conditions!
The acute-care approach to medicine lacks the proper methodology and tools for preventing and treating complex, chronic disease. In most cases it does not take into account the unique genetic makeup of each individual or factors such as environmental exposures to toxins and the aspects of today’s lifestyle that have a direct influence on the rise in chronic disease.