Functional Medicine

“The goal of functional medicine is to elevate wellness within an individual to a point that illness and disease simply cannot flourish.”— Dr. Tom Sult

Jordan Sirtoli, FNP talks with a patient.

Functional medicine determines and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual.

The functional medicine model is an individualized, patient-centered, science-based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to engage in a working relationship to address the underlying causes of disease in order to determine how and why illness is occurring. It requires a detailed understanding of each patient’s genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle factors that leads to personalized treatment plans in order to optimize individual patient health & outcomes.

A single condition may have many different causes and, likewise, one cause may result in many different conditions. As a result, functional medicine treatment targets the specific manifestations of disease in each individual by looking at genetic predisposition, environmental exposures, nutritional status, gut & microbiome health, hormone health, relationships, stress, life experiences, sleep quality and patterns and movement. 

Jordan Sirtoli, NP

Here at Elixir, our Functional Medicine practitioners aim to address the root cause of disease, especially among chronic complex conditions. As opposed to suppressing symptoms further down the chain of disease, we use the functional medicine approach of first asking “why?”. By looking for the root cause of illness, we focus our treatments as far up the chain of disease possible. We do this by assessing underlying factors such as environmental toxins, nutrition, micronutrient status, gut health, lifestyle, sleep & exercise, genetic individuality, communication & connection, stress management, and many other factors. We understand that the body is not a set of disparate parts and systems, but rather a complex, interconnected set of systems that work together holistically. Furthermore, we apply this holistic model under the reality that every person is unique, and therefore treatments must be individualized to cater to that person. Some of the many complex conditions our practitioners treat include fatigue, insomnia, anxiety & depression, gastrointestinal disorders, autoimmune conditions, hormonal disturbances, cardiovascular disease, concussions, metabolic and weight concerns, environmental and food allergies, inflammatory disorders, and many others. Here at Elixir, our Functional Medicine practitioners are very passionate about what they do and approach each individual with great care and compassion.