The Art of Healing

What is FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE?

It doesn't matter what type of practitioner you are, there's something in Functional Medicine that can benefit you, your practice, and you personally on your health journey.

Medicare is great if you break your leg or have appendicitis, but it's pretty terrible for chronic diseases and certainly isn't great at reversal or the prevention of disease. Optimisation of health is totally outside of the standard 10-minute GP consult model. Imagine going to the

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