What is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine seeks to help patients with chronic medical conditions to identify and modify individual “upstream” factors — hereditary, nutritional, lifestyle, environmental, and spiritual — which may lead and feed into “downstream” health problems. Functional Medicine is science-based yet seeks to think outside the box of conventional paradigms.
Functional medicine takes a whole-health perspective and is interested in the person’s individual medical, social, and family history. It considers the vital roles of nutritional factors, physical activity, and sleep. It is open to looking at allergies and environmental toxins, relationship issues, and stress as cofactors in what is labeled as disease.
Functional medicine doctors such as Dr Thompson do not replace the important roles of primary care providers or specialists. Rather, we work alongside your existing health providers. We may be able to offer a broader variety of tests to look for root causes that may not have been considered. And we seek to make recommendations to improve health beyond conventional drugs and surgery.
Dr Thompson is taking appointments at:
Pointe Wellness Center
1030 Loftis Blvd -- Suite 101
Newport News, Virginia
Call: 757-596-7938
Fax: 757-210-3108