The medical establishment offers incredible solutions, and can be an appropriate way to address physical issues. 

However,  many people have seen that there are limitations within that construct.  Medicine can offer solution for serious issues, but it does not  recognize or address the deeper causes of disease. It can provide  medications or surgeries which are essential at times, but does not look  deeper. So then there is a cyclical situation: symptoms are addressed,  but true, deep health is not established and the cycle perpetuates  itself. Eventually, one is not living a vibrant life, but chasing after  symptoms with possibly more and more medications. 

Sound familiar?

Functional  Medicine looks to the foundational operating systems of the body.

Dr.  Caralina uses state of the art lab testing to check those foundational  systems such as: The HPA- axis - the Hypothalamus Pituitary Adrenal Axis  - which directly influences the immune system, the stress response, and  almost all systems in the body. Other systems are checked: the  all-essential state of gut health, toxicity and liver health, and more.

A  specific plan of action with natural supplements, dietary changes,  proper food choices, support for stress management and more is  formulated just for that patient.

A step by step, one at a time  plan of action is created, depending on the pace the patient needs. 

True healing is a process - vibrant health is the goal!

"I practice  Functional Medicine directly because I was a patient: after hopeless  and debilitating exhaustion, immune system issues, low function and  recurring illnesses, I was made aware of this amazing approach - it  turned my health around.

I have since been offering Functional Medicine as part of my practice.

How it's done:

First,  we set a time for a consultation, and see if we are a fit. If so,  intake forms are sent and filled, and a plan of action for lab testing  is established, based on the patient's needs. We go from there as a team, using what modalities are appropriate.