Functional Tests

Functional Medicine is the field of health care that employs laboratory assessment and early intervention to improve physiological, emotional/cognitive, and physical function. This approach attends to a person's biochemical individuality, metabolic balance, ecological context and unique personal experience in the dynamics of health.

What is a functional assessment?

Evaluating organ 'function' versus organ 'pathology' is one of the principles of functional medicine.

Tests using samples of urine, saliva, blood, and hair reveal how well the body is doing its job in several important areas:

Digestion (gastrointestinal)
Nutrition
Detoxification/oxidative stress
Immunology/allergy
Production and regulation of hormones (endocrinology)
Heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular)
Presence of parasites
Heavy metal toxicity

Test profiles are designed to uncover the root causes of symptoms, allowing the physician to recommend intervention strategies that will solve the chronic problem. The results provide an analysis that promotes a deeper, more fundamental understanding of many health conditions.