Functional Medicine
Caring for and maintaining the body’s health is an act of integrating treatment methods, not separating them. At Functional Health Edmonton, we prioritize a method of functional medicine that treats the unified system of your body.
The concept of “functional medicine” springs from the idea that medical care is an act of integration, not separation. Instead of simply addressing different symptoms across separate areas, functional medicine seeks to treat the issues that altogether affect the unified system of your body.
The principles that characterize Functional Medicine care are as follows:
- Health practitioners prioritize quality over quantity with their patients. A doctor will only make a recommendation after listening carefully to a patient’s history, documenting their personal choices and medicinal interactions.
- Assessment and prevention are prioritized over wait-and-see treatment approaches
- A prioritization is placed on utilizing the most modern and advanced laboratory tests that is available. Instead of using antiquated tests for outdated treatments, newer assessments that can treat the complex network of interconnected systems that make up the body
- Patients are not to feel that they have taken on a passive role in their own health. Instead, they are to be armed with information and encourage to take an active role in improving how they feel.
Utilizing the functional medicine approach can allow patients who have been searching for solutions to their problems for years to finally have hope. Instead of relying on being prescribed medications again and again for temporary relief, Dr. Elkassem takes a more whole-body and forward thinking approach in order to find permanent resolutions.
Since the founding of his practice, he and his team have helped patients heal from life-altering conditions such as fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, migraines, and more.
Whether Functional Health Edmonton is the first clinic you are visiting for treatment, or simply the latest one, we’ll make sure we do everything in our power to find an effective treatment and make sure it’s also the last clinic you’ll need to visit.
Take The First Step Today On Your Journey Back To Health
Maybe you have some questions you’d like to ask before you make a decision on becoming a patient. Our patient coordinator is standing by, happy to answer any questions you have to see whether or not Functional Health Edmonton is right for you.