For a while, she resigned herself to walking with cane and shopping in an electric grocery cart.
But eventually she realized she needed something more than medication...
She started exploring alternative treatments, and that's when my mom decided to see a Functional Medicine doctor.
It changed her life.
She became empowered to take an active role in learning about her body and its ability to heal itself...
And using the Functional Medicine methods, by the time she took her last MRI, the results showed zero plaque left on the spine or brain.
The Neurologist was flabbergasted. He couldn't comprehend how her body had stopped the damage, and reversed the scarring in her brain.
Now my mom is able to do everything she loves... she can shop, fish, hike and take care of her 7 grandchildren -- and without ANY of the mainstream medications prescribed for MS!
Seeing my mom's descent into disease under the guidance of conventional medicine... and her amazing recovery following the Function Medicine approach, the truth was plain to see:
We have ALL have the power to heal ourselves from the inside out, when we look at our body and its state of health as a whole.
Because THAT's what Functional Medicine is -- the art of using the latest in genetic science and systems biology, and understanding how environmental and lifestyle factors influence the emergence and progression of diseases...
To prescribe safe, natural, and holistic ways to empower the body to function at its best.
I've been hooked on learning more about Functional Medicine ever since my mom started seeing her doctor... and I've devoted my life to putting this approach into practice, and sharing as much knowledge as I can...
Which is why, in 2004, I opened the doors of the first F8 Well Center in Fort Collins, Colorado -- where we use everything from advanced blood work analysis, to measuring brain wave activity, and more -- in order to identify exactly where the imbalances
in the body are, and how to treat them.