Georgia Integrated Health Center Blog

The Five Pillars of the Functional Health Matrix Pillars refer to a foundation or that upon which everything else is held up by. We can refer to the five pillars of functional health as the foundation of the principles of the comprehensive assessment matrix. They are essentially modifiable lifestyle factors as they interact with an…

Neurological Applications of Functional Health A functional neurologist is a practitioner (M.D., DO, DC, ND, PT) who has elected to specialize in neurology and specifically in a field where it is the patient that is assessed and not the diagnosis. Patients often have health goals that seem unreachable or have not responded to traditional therapies.…

Hypothyroidism-Gaining Greater Energy Through Functional Health Almost 5% of the U.S. population suffers from hypothyroidism, a condition that causes the thyroid glands to underproduce thyroid hormones. Thyroid hormones are responsible for metabolic rate and temperature regulation so a low thyroid can mean a slowing down of many of your body’s organs, for fatigue, depression, constipation,…