Functional Assessments

"Functional" assessments are elegant tests which index performance. A conventional medicine example would be the contrast of a standard EKG and an exercise EKG. It is similar to the difference between a snap shot and a video of a performance.

Most of the tests listed in the link advanced testing are comprehensive functional assessments of digestion and metabolism which are often not appreciated by mainstream medicine. These advanced procedures can document imbalances before they manifest as obvious disease.

Dr. Jeffery Bland, www.healthcomm.com, is the formost scholar and teacher of functional medicine.