Integrative Functional Medicine
Integrative Functional Medicine
“Beyond Symptoms. Your Path to Lasting Health.”
More Than Healing — We Offer Transformation
What Is Integrative Medicine?
Our Unique Philosophy
We start by listening. You are more than a diagnosis. You are more than your symptoms.
You have a story, values, goals, a purpose, and a life that matters.
We belive in Teaching you how to care for yourself
Our care combines the best of:
Integrative Medicine, Functional Medicine, and Traditional Medicine
It is whole-person, compassionate care, that is personalized and open to all healing while utilizing advanced science based functional lab testing, is root-cause focused and offers patients superior treatments that honor the science of today with thousands of years of clinical knowledge.
We provide patients with your customized treatment plan so you can start executing your changes the very first day.
What Is Functional Medicine?
Integrative Medicine blends the best of Western medicine and Traditional healing methods into one unified plan. It emphasizes teamwork, bringing together doctors, therapists, and other specialists to support your whole health.
This approach recognizes how important your community, family, and spiritual life are for healing. For example, some Native American groups have used dance and community healing to transform trauma—showing that healing happens through both science and spirit
Functional Medicine utilizes advanced functional lab tests that digs into how the body is functioning and is preventitive based, not disease focused. Many standard lab tests only show results out of range once you have a disease, not before. Functional medicine helps those who have been told “Your labs are fine, it must be… and you are left trying to figure it out on your own.
For example:
Anxiety can come from poor sleep, inflammation, gut imbalance, and/or food sensitivities.
Inflammation itself causes many conditions.
That’s why we look at all aspects of your lifestyle, stress levels, environment, and genetics. When we treat the individual along with the root cause, your body can truly heal.
Like Traditional Medicine, its philosophy stems in finding and fixing the root cause of illness instead of just managing symptoms. They both focus on how your body systems work together and are out of harmony.
All disciplines see that Every person is unique.
Our Goal: Healing & Self-Empowerment
At Dao Integrated Health, we want to give you the knowledge, tools, and confidence to understand your own healing process. We are here to support and empower you to grow your skills in self restoration and self healing —so you can live your healthiest, most balanced life. That is Lasting Health!
The Dao Integrated Health Process
When you begin care with us, we’ll work together step-by-step:
We meet and discuss your health, listen to your health journey, and together design a treatment plant for the next 6-12 months.
Advanced Testing – We’ll map out your lab plan, from hormone , liver and microbiome tests to enviromental toxins and nutrient panels.
Personalized Nutrition – We’ll create a food plan tailored to your needs and dial in on which foods help you feel your best.
Restorative Sleep – You’ll learn tools to improve sleep, one of the most powerful keys to healing.
Movement – We’ll map out a personalized movement plans that fit your energy levels, supports your health needs while offering restoration and improved energy & strength.
Mind-Body Tools – We’ll teach you stress-relief and emotional balance techniques to help your body reset.
Spiritual Connection – Whether you connect with God, the Universe, or the energy of life, this connection supports faster healing.
Community and Support – We’ll help you reconnect with community, because belonging is essential for lasting health.
A Personalized Healing Toolkit - We’ll teach you how your body heals, so you can use that wisdom whenever life challenges your health again.
What to Expect at your First Appointement:
Your Health Goals and Budget
Your Entire Health History and Diagnosis
Review Medications & Supplements
Discuss your past diet and eating habits to create an initial plan for making dietary changes. Your first step to developing your presonalized eating plan that will be evolving over time
Discuss your movement/exercise, sleep quality and schedule, mental/emotional status and any possible blocks to healing
Discuss lab work needed, costs, and create a timeline for completing them
Create your personalized 6-9 month living treatment plan
We provide education materials to assist you in learning about your Microbiome and the process of Digesting your foods, Enviromental Toxins and the impact on your health, the Importance of Sleep and the types of Sleep, Mental/Emotional Needs & Support tools, Stress & Vagus Nerve Exercises, and so much more!
“My daughter referred me to Christine for Acupuncture. Little did I know that I would find more than what I was looking for. Before this appointment, I knew nothing about functional medicine or the practice. More importantly, I never knew that your doctor is supposed to care and listen and even cry with you from time to time. Christine is the best! Together we have created an amazing teatment plan that I am so excited about and guess what? If a certain part of your plan doesn’t work for you - we pivot and create a better one. Before you know it you realize that you have been looking for your Christine Dao forever.”
