Dr. Cantor-Adkins focuses on the underlying imbalances that a person has and corrects these, rather than directing treatment primarily at specific conditions.
She works as your own personal private investigator to find the root cause of why you don’t feel well or have the symptoms you do.
In Functional Medicine, there is a concept:
One disease: many causes
One cause: many diseases
Thus, Dr. Cantor-Adkins looks at the particular imbalances underlying the dysfunction in a given person, rather than using a "one-size-fits-all" approach for a specific disease or condition.
A "diagnosis" is really just a description of a collection of symptoms and laboratory findings and doesn't tell you how a person got to that state. Conventional medicine uses these diagnoses for standardizing treatment, matching "a pill for every ill".
It is conceivable in Functional Medicine, that two people can have the same medical diagnosis, and receive completely different treatment plans.
Having said that, some of the more common reasons patients come to Cantor Adkins Functional Medicine seeking help include:
Metabolic Syndrome
Diabetes
Hypertension
Hyperlipidemia
Weight Loss
Autoimmune Diseases
Hypothyroidism
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
adrenal/HPA axis dysfunction
Fibromyalgia
Osteoarthritis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome(IBS)
SIBO (SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
ADHd, autism spectrum
GERD (Reflux)
Menopause, PERI-MENOPAUSE
Osteoporosis
HORMONE IMBALANCE
Bio-identical Hormone Replacement (women and men)
Headaches
Mild Depression/Anxiety
Food Allergies/Gluten Sensitivity
Detoxification from heavy metals, pesticides, etc.
MOLD/MYCOTOXIN ILLNESS
LYME DISEASE AND CO-INFECTIONS
Nutritional imbalances
Seeking peak performance
Just plain not feeling well
Find out if Dr. Cantor-Adkins can help you
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