The Role of Functional Medicine in Preventative Healthcare

Looking for a way to get healthy and prevent illness and disease? Dr. Rolando Alvarez M.D., M.S.-Age Management Medicine Specialist/Nuclear Medicine Physician and the team at PharmXhealthOne in Boynton Beach, FL, and Palm Beach, FL, offer functional medicine to help.

Functional Medicine and Preventative Care 

When given the choice, most people would prefer to prevent illness rather than become ill. Yet sadly, millions of Americans suffer from illnesses, chronic conditions, and pain every day – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Functional medicine is an incredible resource for getting better, but it can also play a major role in preventing problems in the first place. Learn more about how in this guide from the team at PharmXhealthOne in Boynton Beach, FL, and Palm Beach, FL.

What Is Functional Medicine? 

Functional medicine is a science-based area of health care that focuses on determining why a person gets sick. Though the symptoms factor in, they provide a piece to the puzzle – insight into the illness or disease. However, the goal is to gather all the pieces and determine where the root cause lies.

Your provider will take a look at various factors, including your:

• Medical history
• Genetics
• Biomechanical factors
• How you live, what you eat, and other lifestyle factors
• Physiology and more

Once this information is gathered, the provider has a thorough idea of what could be making a person sick or live in pain and various things that could be contributing to it or making it worse. A treatment plan is then developed to address each of these areas.

How Does This Factor Into Preventative Care? 

You can likely see from the information above how functional medicine can help a person get well, but not how it keeps one from getting sick in the first place. The same process shared above can be utilized to develop a health plan.

By gathering the same information, your provider can detect areas that might cause you to become ill if they’re not addressed. A health plan can then be developed that can include a variety of techniques, including but not limited to:

• Vitamins
• Nutrition
• Exercise
• Stress Management
• Detox programs
• Weight loss
• Regenerative medicine
• Improved sleep and more

Even if you are not ill or in pain at this time, a health plan can make you feel better overall. It can also ensure potential troubled areas are addressed before they become actual issues.

Learn more about what functional medicine can do for you by visiting Dr. Rolando Alvarez M.D., M.S.-Age Management Medicine Specialist/Nuclear Medicine Physician and the team at PharmXhealthOne in Boynton Beach, FL, and Palm Beach, FL. Call (561) 847-4654 in Boynton Beach, FL, or in Palm Beach, FL, by calling (561) 202-8427 to schedule an appointment today.