The Functional Model - What Happens Right Before You Enter A State of Disease?

Dr. Robert Boydston D.C, Founder of the Boydston Institute near Fresno, elaborates:

 At the Boydston Institute, in Fresno, CA, we use a functional model when evaluating and treating chronic patients. To put it simply the functional model we use doesn't determine future clinical management on the name of the condition, but rather on the unique physiological expression of the patient.  

Our philosophy at the Boydston Institute is: "Treat the Patient, Not Their Diagnosis."

Your body doesn't move from health to disease in one step. In order to get to disease there had to be a series of shifts in hormone levels, immune system function, blood sugar management, brain and nervous system function, gastrointestinal dysfunction etc.

Our job when we evaluate a patient experiencing a given set of symptoms, whether they have been labeled with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Early Alzheimer's, Hashimoto's Disease, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, is to ask the questions:

1. What is the mechanism?
2. Why is this happening?

We answer those questions by using:

1. Functional Neurology
2. Functional Endocrinology
3. Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis
4. Functional Immunology

We take a step book and look at EVERYTHING, all at once. We look at hormone shifts, brain and nervous system function, gastrointestinal system function, and metabolism from a functional perspective. We measure everything and use diet, lifestyle, and specific nutritional supplementation to restore lost function.

This is a much different approach than presenting to a doctor and getting drugs to fight off whatever symptom you may have, without even a second thought of why you have the symptoms, and what specific mechanism is involved.

So what happens before the body moves into a "disease" state? A lot of subtle, and not so subtle, changes in the body systems I mentioned. Unfortunately many of the named conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome consist of dozens of these physiological shifts. These shifts are never detected if you don't take the Big Picture Approach, like we do here at the Boydston Institute. These patients are the ones that suffer the most in the mainstream medical system. They suffer because nobody listens to them and really looks at what their body is doing. 

It is our willingness to look at all of these things, spend the necessary time with our patients, and truly give them the help they need, that has led patients to us from all over the United States. For many of our patients, after the initial examination and laboratory tests, much of the follow up is done via lab tests and consulting to alter and hone the treatment. This allows patients who live across the country to come and get the help they desire, because there is usually no need for frequent return trips to our clinic. 

If you suffer from a chronic condition, and would like to become a patient at the Boydston Institute, in Fresno, CA, call us at 559-297-9218.