100 W. El Camino Real, Suite 64
Mountain View, CA
Established in 2006, Two Worlds Clinic stands for quality patient-centered healthcare that transforms lives. As a functional integrative clinic we are focused on working with you to resolve your health challenges. Learn more about functional integrative medicine below and please email us if you have any questions.
What is functional integrative medicine?
Functional medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional medicine practitioners spend time with their patients, listening to their histories and looking at the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. In this way, functional medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual.
How is Functional Medicine Different from the Western Approach?
Functional medicine involves understanding the origins, prevention, and treatment of complex, chronic disease.
Hallmarks of a functional medicine approach include:
• Patient-centered care. The focus of functional medicine is on patient-centered care, promoting health as a positive vitality, beyond just the absence of disease.
• An integrative, science-based healthcare approach. Functional medicine practitioners look “upstream” to consider the complex web of interactions in the patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness. The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body and spirit) and external (physical and social environment) factors that affect total functioning.
• Integrating best medical practices. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices with complementary medicine, creating a focus on prevention through the use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribed combinations of acupuncture, bio-electric modalities, botanical medicines, supplements, manual therapy, therapeutic diets, corrective exercise, and stress-management techniques.
Mountain View, CA
Established in 2006, Two Worlds Clinic stands for quality patient-centered healthcare that transforms lives. As a functional integrative clinic we are focused on working with you to resolve your health challenges. Learn more about functional integrative medicine below and please email us if you have any questions.
What is functional integrative medicine?
Functional medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional medicine practitioners spend time with their patients, listening to their histories and looking at the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. In this way, functional medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual.
How is Functional Medicine Different from the Western Approach?
Functional medicine involves understanding the origins, prevention, and treatment of complex, chronic disease.
Hallmarks of a functional medicine approach include:
• Patient-centered care. The focus of functional medicine is on patient-centered care, promoting health as a positive vitality, beyond just the absence of disease.
• An integrative, science-based healthcare approach. Functional medicine practitioners look “upstream” to consider the complex web of interactions in the patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness. The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body and spirit) and external (physical and social environment) factors that affect total functioning.
• Integrating best medical practices. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices with complementary medicine, creating a focus on prevention through the use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribed combinations of acupuncture, bio-electric modalities, botanical medicines, supplements, manual therapy, therapeutic diets, corrective exercise, and stress-management techniques.