Functional medicine doctors don’t treat one condition at a time, they take a holistic look at your health to identify and treat the root causes of your concerns and restore optimal health. Just like a traditional doctor, they’ll take a detailed history, conduct a physical examination, and order laboratory tests and blood work. The difference comes with the testing they do, how they interpret the results and then develop the treatment plan, through the lens of correcting imbalances rather than diagnosing disease and prescribing medications.