Integrity Wellness MD in Charlotte follows a Functional Medicine approach to help patients regain health and heal from long-term and chronic ailments.
Integrity Wellness MD offers functional medicine evaluations and health coaching for individuals seeking a more in-depth approach to understanding and improving their health. This is beneficial for those experiencing symptoms such as chronic fatigue, brain fog, digestive concerns, inflammation, mood changes, or other health challenges that may not have a clear explanation. Our process begins with a functional medicine intake and personalized testing recommendations, followed by one-on-one health coaching focused on nutrition, lifestyle habits, and targeted wellness strategies to support optimal health.
Testing recommendations are customized to each patient’s unique needs and may include nutrient testing, stool testing for digestive health and inflammation markers, food sensitivity and intestinal permeability testing, antioxidant testing, environmental toxin screening, heavy metal testing, and genetic analysis. Using the information gathered through these assessments, our functional medicine team provides personalized guidance and ongoing support to help patients address underlying imbalances, make informed health decisions, and build sustainable habits that promote long-term wellness.
Call (980) 701-9228 today to schedule a consultation at Integrity Wellness of Charlotte and discover how functional medicine can help you take control of your health.
Functional Medicine Solutions at Integrity Wellness MD
Experience the comprehensive benefits of functional medicine at Integrity Wellness MD, where our focus is on personalized treatment strategies tailored to your unique health needs. Our approach combines advanced hormone testing, bioidentical hormone therapy, targeted supplementation, and lifestyle modifications to help you achieve optimal health and vitality. Take advantage of our extensive resources, including a free health quiz, detailed guides, engaging webinars, and schedule a free discovery call. Discover how our precise, targeted approaches can enhance your overall health and vitality, even in cases where conventional tests may fail to reveal the full picture. Begin your journey to lasting wellness with us today!
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Our ultimate goal is to prevent disease, not manage it. Together, we work with you to create a comprehensive treatment plan designed to optimize your health and wellness while reducing or eliminating symptoms that are holding you back from living your best life.
What is Functional Medicine?
Functional Medicine uses the latest advances in medicine and combines them to offer a strong healing modality to patients. The clinic uses Functional Medicine to help patients prevent disease and actively care for their health. This modality of medicine analyzes the patient’s history, lifestyle habits, and current health and follows a set of guidelines that aid the physician in facilitating the patient’s healing from difficult to treat illnesses. The Functional Medicine therapies utilized at our clinic are evidence based and non-invasive, and they have had great success in improving the lives of many men and women. Gretchen Reis M.D. of Integrity Wellness MD looks at the body as a whole, while following a set of Functional Medicine principles that can help patients regain optimal levels of health.
Principles of Functional Medicine
Some of the principles of Functional Medicine include:
Individualized Medicine
Each person has a unique genetic makeup or biochemistry, and Gretchen Reis, M.D. of Integrity Wellness MD recognizes this and creates individualized treatment plans. Integrity Wellness MD’s comprehensive programs take each person’s unique genetic markers, allergies, vitamin and nutrient deficiencies, hormone levels, and lifestyles into consideration when developing a treatment plan. Because no two patients are exactly alike, all treatment plans are suited to meet individual needs.
Mind Body Medicine
The Functional Medicine Specialists at Integrity Wellness MD understand that, in order for a person to be healthy, he or she must be balanced physically, mentally, and emotionally. Often times, emotional reactions or stress can trigger chemical reactions in the body that can lead to health issues over time. For example, high stress can trigger the release of cortisol, which eats away at vitamins and minerals and can break down sex hormones. Health consists of soundness in the body and mind, and Functional Medicine Specialist, Gretchen Reis, M.D. at Integrity Wellness MD understands this concept and works to help patients achieve optimal health on all levels.
Wholeness Approach
Functional Medicine looks at the body as a whole and recognizes that two different symptoms may spring from the same imbalance, despite the fact they are in separate locations in the body. Conventional medicine often sees two different symptoms and treats them separately; however, a functional medicine practitioner will look deeper to discover the root of the problem. For instance, a conventional medicine practitioner may prescribe sleeping medication for insomnia and another medication for low libido, but a functional medicine practitioner will run the appropriate tests to find the root of the issue. In the cases of low libido and insomnia, hormonal imbalances could be the cause, and functional medicine practitioners can recognize the root and simply balance hormones to help patients avoid the use of multiple prescription medications.
System Based Healing
Functional Medicine also looks at the health of different bodily systems and can recognize latent imbalances within these systems. Balancing and optimizing the endocrine, reproductive, respiratory, digestive, immune, and cardiac systems can help patients to prevent and treat numerous diseases. Gretchen Reis, M.D. at Integrity Wellness MD offers extensive testing as a part of the comprehensive wellness program to identify existing and potential imbalances within the body.
Gretchen Reis, M.D. is proud to treat patients in Charlotte.
Call Functional Medicine Specialist Gretchen Reis, M.D. at Integrity Wellness MD in Charlotte at (980) 701-9228 to learn more about how Functional Medicine can prevent illness and boost vitality.
