I’ve found over the years that a lot of people don’t know (including doctors themselves), that “doctor” means teacher. So when was the last time your doctor taught you something? I’ve also found that to be a good teacher, there are 3 important things:
Ask the right questions
Listen…really listen (when was the last time your doctor did that?!)
Explain things simply
So it may seem strange but that’s where a Functional Medicine approach properly begins… with us asking you a lot of detailed questions (See New Patient Forms), and then really listening to what YOU have to say and feel about your condition. If you’re near my office we’ll see you face-to-face, shake your hand and sit down together. If distance to the office is prohibitive, NO PROBLEM! We can do everything (except shake hands) with our Remote Care option where after receiving and reviewing your New Patient Forms we’ll communicate via phone or video conference. Then of course, before we move to explaining things simply, we need to figure out exactly what’s going on by doing labs.