Integrative medicine, also sometimes known as Functional medicine, attempts to combine not only the body/mind/spirit into one but also the idea that multiple symptoms are probably the result of one or two issues. The goal is to find the underlying cause of your symptoms vs. managing or suppressing symptoms based on protocol for a diagnosis. This means diving deep to find the triggers and mediators causing you to feel poorly rather than just forming a differential diagnosis to explain those symptoms. This will lead you to true wellness with an individually tailored therapeutic program that’s specific to your health needs. This includes the use of all elements available to optimize healing—whether it be herbs, medications, diet, nutrients, exercise, manual manipulative medicine (also known as Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment or OMT), detox programs, meditation, or lifestyle changes.

The way you breathe offers the most panoramic view of your body. It reveals how every system critical to the way your body functions, including your cells, lungs, heart and blood circulation, is working and which systems may be limiting your ideal level of function. Breath analysis (aka VO2max testing or metabolic testing) is the most accurate way of pinpointing where you need to focus your nutrition and workout plan that will improve the way your body systems work in concert with one another to bring you closer to your ideal level of function.