Healthcare that asks "why," not just "where does it hurt."

The functional approach

Symptoms are the smoke. We look for the fire.

Conventional care is excellent at naming symptoms and matching them to prescriptions. Functional healthcare asks a different question: what is your body responding to? Gut health, nutrient status, stress load, sleep, and inflammation all leave fingerprints — if you run the right tests and read them together.

You'll leave with a clear picture of what's driving how you feel, and a step-by-step plan to address it — coordinated with the rest of your care here in Johnson City, and with your other Tri-Cities providers when needed.

• Digestive issues that come and go without a pattern
• Fatigue, brain fog, and mood swings
• Hormone-related symptoms
• Chronic inflammation and recurring illness
• A stack of "normal" results and no answers

Metabolic health

Tired, stuck, and told everything's "normal."

If you've been dragging through afternoons, watching the scale ignore your effort, or feeling off in ways your annual physical can't explain — your metabolism is the first place worth a serious look.

We run comprehensive lab work, walk through it with you line by line, and build a plan you can actually live with: food, movement, sleep, and targeted support. Then we re-test, so progress shows up in your numbers, not just your hopes. It's the kind of unhurried, sit-down care that's gotten rare in East Tennessee — and it happens right here in our Johnson City office.

• Persistent fatigue and afternoon crashes
• Weight that won't move despite real effort
• Blood sugar and energy swings
• "Normal" labs that don't match how you feel
• Wanting a plan, not another lecture