World of Wellness

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF NATURAL WELLNESS AND FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE? The art and science of healing the whole person COMBINES -TREATS conventional and each individual as a alternative therapies whole, rather than as for optimal wellness a person with a disease ADDRESSES -PATIENT physical, emotional, and practitioner environmental, spiritual, work together to and social imbalances achieve healing WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE? PERSON- THOUGHTFUL CENTERED CARE TREATMENT Natural medicine sees Practitioners use the the individual as more least potentially harmful important than the disease treatment methods first Patient's lifestyle and Such options are beliefs are honored and more economical taken into account than pharmaceuticals or surgery INTEGRATIVE NATURAL HEALING MODEL APPROACH Natural medicine seeks Treatment seeks to to bring about societal balance every aspect change one patient at a time of a patient's life Treats the underlying Medication is used when causes of illness, not necessary, but not favored just the symptoms over other options WHAT CAN FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE ADDRESS? Chronic headaches Chronic fatigue Signs of aging Back and neck pain Illness prevention Weight loss and nutrition Arthritis Joint pain And more! INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY World Wellness www.wowhealthcentersblog.com Sources: http://www.livestrong.com/article/104735-holistic-medicine-vs. -western-medicine/ http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content.asp?pl=2&sl=23&contentid=23 http://www.holisticmedicine.org/content.asp?pl=2&sl=22&contentid=22 http://wowhealthcenters.com/anti-aging/ http://wowhealthcenters.com/health-wellness/