Functional medicine 

 

 

 

What is Functional Medicine? 

 

Functional Medicine is best described as a union of naturopathy and Western medicine, offering the client the best of both worlds for a truly holistic approach to health care. 

 

Managed healthcare and physicians today spend only minutes with each patient.

 

As a Functional Medicine physician, I offer compassion and empathy. I spend up to an hour attentively listening to every detail about your health to address the root cause of your symptoms.

 

Often described as 21st-century medicine, Functional medicine is a science-based approach that examines the function of all of the body’s systems and how they interact with one another to identify and address the root cause of disease rather than naming a disease and giving a pill. 

 

"The Functional Medicine Model emphasizes a multi-pronged approach to health and wellness, engaging patients in a therapeutic partnership that recognizes that the current conventional paradigm does not optimally address the needs of patients." (1)

 

What is the difference between Conventional Medicine vs Functional Medicine? 

 

Conventional Medicine: 

 

• Treats symptoms of chronic illness without resolving the underlying causes

 

• Addresses the disease or particular organ dysfunction 

 

• Prescribes medication that may mask symptoms of underlying disease 

 

• Relies on large hospital/medical practice groups

 

• Subject to insurance company policies and prices regardless of whether it is best suited for the patient

 

• Focuses on illness, not wellness

 

Functional Medicine: 

 

• Addresses the root cause of illness

 

• Treats the body as a whole

 

• Offers a customized diet and lifestyle strategy, in addition to other natural therapies, to treat the entire body  

 

• Uses a Patient-centered Individual approach

 

• In-depth consultations 

 

• Focuses on overall wellbeing

 

• Care is not driven by insurance company policies or coverage.

 

Functional Medicine Services and Programs

 

SorayaMD offers individualized, customized health care and coaching in Functional Medicine. The two-visit package includes the initial visit and a follow-up visit. 

 

After the initial visit and follow-up, the client continues to work with Dr. Pourtabib in Functional Medicine to solidify gains and to set re-vision goals after attaining a new level of health. 

 

Three- and six-month wellness programs are available to optimize diet and lifestyle modifications and achieve optimal health and energy.

 

Each month, Dr. Pourtabib meets with you one-on-one via telemedicine for up to 45 minutes, with support between sessions available via phone, email, or text. This helps you reach your goals and solidify new positive, healthy habits and ways of thinking.

 

Monthly topics covered based on your health care goals include and are not limited to: 

• nutrition 
• physical activity
• emotional regulation and stress management
• sleep optimization 
• compassionate communication and relationships
• energy
• hormones
• and more. 

 

Programs are tailored to an individual's short and long-term health care and wellness goals. 

 

To schedule a Functional Medicine session or to sign up for a wellness program, please email Dr. Pourtabib at wellness@sorayamd.com or text/call at

(916) 258-5827 for more information.  

  

 

Sources: 

 (1)https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/adjunct-therapies-for-depression/

 

(2)https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/adjunct-therapies-for-depression/

 

(3)Functional Medicine determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual. The Institute For Functional Medicine. 2021.

https://www.ifm.org/functional-medicine/

Soraya MD