South Peninsula Hospital’s Functional Medicine Clinic offers a 90-minute weekly group on the root causes of hypothyroidism for 6 individuals at a time.  Contact our Functional Medicine Clinic at (907) 435-3070 or fmc@sphosp.org for more information.

Functional Medicine looks for the root cause of disease and addresses lifestyle modifications to enhance personal wellness.

How is a functional medicine different than conventional medicine?

  • Functional Medicine uses a bigger toolbox than most conventional medicine: medications still have a role and additional tools include food plans, vitamins, minerals, supplements, supporting adequate healthy sleep, supporting adequate social resources, stress management, exercise and restorative practices like yoga, meditation and biofeedback.
  • Sophisticated tests are available to evaluate functions of the body via Functional Medicine labs and all tests results showing imbalance(s) have accompanying strategies offered to restore the imbalance(s) to optimal.