Functional Medicine
At Roselle Center For Healing, in Fairfax, VA, we focus on integrative health care. We take a holistic, whole-person, approach to health and wellness by utilizing natural integrative medicine, including chiropractic, acupuncture, applied kinesiology, functional medicine, nutrition, and massage therapy.
What Is Functional Medicine?
Conventional medicine uses a disease treatment model. This means that a disease or condition is identified, and treatment focuses on the disease, with little consideration for the patient's overall health.
Functional medicine takes a vastly different approach. It focuses on whole body health and healing. Rather than medication, functional medicine uses nutrition, lifestyle changes, chiropractic care, and behavioral interventions to treat and manage a variety of conditions.
What Can be Treated with Functional Medicine?
Nearly any chronic condition can be treated with functional medicine. This includes allergies, arthritis, fibromyalgia, diabetes, digestive disorders, chronic pain, and thyroid disorders. It's also helpful for many female health issues, including PCOS, menopause, PMS, and endometriosis.
Functional Medicine Diagnosis
Your diagnosis may include neurological testing, orthopedic testing, and functional chiropractic testing. Your chiropractor will also spend time discussing your lifestyle, concerns and symptoms, medical history, and lifestyle.
Functional Medicine Treatments
Functional medicine treatments will vary based on your condition and the underlying cause of your symptoms.
Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care is one type of functional medicine treatment. Chiropractic adjustments can relieve pain, improve nervous system function, reduce inflammation, and expedite the healing process.
Corrective Exercises
Corrective exercises are another component of functional medicine. Corrective exercises are tailored to your specific needs and conditions. Your chiropractor determines which exercises are best for you, and teaches you how to do them in-office.
You can then continue the exercises at home. This will strengthen weakened muscles, improve flexibility, improve posture, and help you maintain proper spinal alignment.
Nutritional Counseling
Nutritional counseling can help with many acute and chronic conditions. Functional medicine views food as medicine. Your medical chiropractor will discuss your current diet, and recommend any needed changes.
Nutritional counseling is about more than just eating healthy. it's about eating the best foods for your specific nutritional needs and issues. Your chiropractor may recommend dietary changes and nutritional supplements to help support your health and treat your conditions.
Lifestyle Advice
Your lifestyle is also essential for your health. Your chiropractor may recommend that you stop certain habits and begin new ones. A few examples are beginning an exercise regimen and stopping smoking, but there are many potential beneficial lifestyle changes.
Functional Medicine at Roselle Center for Healing
If you need a medial chiropractor in Fairfax, VA, contact us at Roselle Center For Healing. We treat a wide variety of conditions with holistic treatments. Our treatments include chiropractic adjustment, acupuncture, functional medicine, and massage therapy.
