Functional Medicine
What To Expect In Your Appointment
- A detailed look at your health history from the form you have pre-filled and other information you give during the session. Often, we have to be a health detective to find out truly what could be happening in your body. The mystery is in the history.
- Sarah will consider the kinds of foods you eat and your activity levels
- She will discuss your lifestyle, social setting, and support systems
- Sarah offers active and extended listening as you share your story, building trust and developing a partnership with you towards better health.
- She will conduct a physical exam, as needed
- Sarah may order and discuss appropriate functional lab tests to confirm any suspicions. Testing gives us powerful data to direct your personalized health program. These can be salivary, urine, stool, and genetic tests.
This detailed approach of whole-person care often leads to improved outcomes and high satisfaction for the patient and the practitioner.
Empowering people to become more informed about their health options, more involved in decision making about their health, and more capable of maintaining the best health possible, can lead to better health outcomes and lower costs.
We spend extra time with you in our clinic to educate and guide you through these changes, so that you are encouraged and supported in maintaining the positive modifications you have made.
Know More About Sarah Belcher
After founding her 2 clinics in the UK Sarah moved to California in 2009 and has worked in a wide range of settings including acute care, concierge health and the provision of online programs. Using a Functional Medicine approach, she has given her clients solutions for their health concerns by treating their underlying causes.
Sarah’s aim is to empower and educate patients to make lifestyle changes for long lasting resolution to their health and movement dysfunctions. This can help people improve DIS -ease or improve the human potential of athletic performance.