A personalized, root-cause protocol built around your biology, not a symptom checklist. For patients ready to dig deeper than a standard visit allows.
This program is provided through Staywell Health's Optimization Membership, our tier for patients receiving hormone, peptide, and functional medicine management. Optimization Membership includes everything in Complete Membership. Access and Complete memberships on their own are for standard primary care and do not include this program.
Daniel is currently pursuing certification in functional medicine. He does not currently hold, and does not claim to hold, a functional medicine certification. Functional medicine principles are applied based on his ongoing training, clinical experience, and continuing education.
Standard primary care labs are built to catch disease, not to optimize function. Functional medicine looks further upstream, at gut health, inflammation, nutrient status, hormonal balance, and metabolic patterns, to find out why you feel the way you feel, even when your labs come back "normal."
This is a deeper level of workup and management than a standard visit is designed for, built for patients who want a root-cause approach.
An expanded panel covering gut health, inflammatory markers, nutrient status, metabolic function, and hormonal patterns, well beyond a standard primary care workup.
Your provider reads your results in the context of your full history and symptoms, looking for patterns and underlying drivers rather than treating each marker in isolation.
A plan built around what your labs and history actually show, which may include nutrition and lifestyle changes, targeted supplementation, or medication where appropriate.
Functional medicine is a process. Follow-up labs and visits track your response and allow your provider to refine your protocol over time.
Text your provider between visits with questions about your protocol, symptoms, or progress.
This isn't for everyone, and that's by design. It's built for patients who want a deeper, more involved level of investigation and management.
Functional medicine is a supervised, iterative process. Here is what the journey typically looks like.
Your provider reviews your full health history, symptoms, prior labs, and goals in detail. This conversation shapes which functional markers are worth investigating for you specifically.
A broad panel is ordered based on your intake, often covering gut health, inflammatory markers, nutrient status, hormones, and metabolic function.
Your provider interprets your results in context and builds a personalized protocol, which may include lifestyle changes, targeted supplementation, or medication.
You begin the protocol with your provider tracking your response, answering questions, and making adjustments as needed.
Once your symptoms and markers stabilize, the focus shifts to maintaining your progress with periodic monitoring.
You're welcome to run labs through your insurance if you have it. If you'd rather skip the insurance process, Staywell Health also offers labs at an exclusive Optimization member discount, ordered and interpreted directly by your provider. We'll go over both options with you before any labs are drawn.
Join today. We will review your history, order the right functional labs, and build a protocol designed around your biology and your goals.
Questions? Text us at 919-238-9555