It’s good for you to know a little something about ‘cytokines.’ ‘Cyto’ is Greek for ‘cell,’ ‘kine’ for movement, like ‘kinetic.’ ‘Cytokines’ are molecules released by cells during episodes of ‘stress,’ like an injury, an infection, or fighting a cancer. Some cytokines increase inflammation, imaginatively called pro-inflammatory cytokines, others decrease it: anti-inflammatory cytokines. They cause […]
Functional Medicine
Services / Functional Medicine
Safe natural therapy to heal illness and improve well-being
Our Functional Medicine providers offer patient-centered care that seeks to address root-cause issues in our health presentation. We focus on the whole person and include concepts such as nutrition, stress, toxins, allergens, genetics, and the microbiome in our assessments. Our treatment plans are innovative, extensive and well-rounded, and often driven by your body's personal chemistry and data.
We co-treat with our Integrative Primary Care and Alternative providers when indicated, but our primary "tools" for patients include Food Therapy ("Food is Medicine"), oral nutraceuticals and nutrient infusion therapy, and guidance on lifestyle, physical activity, and optimizing your environment.
Functional Medicine providers typically focus on complex or chronic cases. Common diagnosis treated or identified include:
- Tickborne Infections
- Chronic Reactivated Epstein Barr Virus
- Mold toxicity
- Adrenal disorders
- Autoimmunity
- Digestive Disorders (IBS, SIBO, Candida, Food Sensitivites)
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Environmental Toxicities
- Women's disorders (PMS, Perimenopause, PCOS, thyroid issues)
- Metabolic Sydromes
- ... and attempts to answer the question of why?
Providers
Kristen Halland, DC, CCN, DABCA
Functional Medicine Physician
Dr. Halland is a seasoned clinician specializing in Functional Medicine. Since beginning practice in 2010, she has placed emphasis on a whole-person lens to care and has a strong belief that an integrative collaborative...
Parisa Samsami, DC, DABCI
Functional Medicine Physician
Dr. Parisa Samsami is a Chiropractic Physician specializing in Functional Medicine. She has great success in treating patients unable to find answers in the traditional medical paradigm. She places a strong emphasis on patient education and believes that diet and lifestyle play an important role in achieving optimal health and chronic disease prevention.
Health Tips
Over the years of writing Health Tips, I was surprised to discover that one I’d written a few years ago about Vitamin B 12 Deficiency had received the most comments and questions from readers. Since there have been some interesting developments in both the diagnosis and treatment of B12 deficiency, and since B12 deficiency remains […]
Toxic (a/k/a “heavy”) metals in our environment, mainly lead, mercury, cadmium, aluminum, and arsenic have always been a serious health risk but with recent rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency by the Trump Administration, we can expect trouble ahead. Statisticians predict an astonishing 160,000 unnecessary deaths over the next decade from the air and water […]
A smart woman in her mid-forties, Melanie had written “Bad PMS” neatly on our patient intake form, and then gone on to trace the word “Bad” several times with her pen and underlined it. Until about ten years ago, the odds were stacked against women like Melanie, trying to get help from their doctors for […]
I’m sure you’re aware, just about every roadblock to corporate pollution initiated during the Biden administration (there were more than 100 of them) has now been reversed by Trump in favor of the polluters. Really disheartening how his EPA lackeys finalized a rule that specifically states that before any reversal of an environmental hazard can […]
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