Elevate your health journey.
What is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine is a personalized, evidence-based approach to optimal health. Similar to integrative and naturopathic medicine, it views the body as a whole instead of separate systems and goes beyond symptom management to address underlying factors that may be driving symptoms and health concerns. These may include inflammation and oxidative stress, nutrient deficiencies, environmental exposures, microbiome changes, metabolic dysfunction, and stress. In this way, one condition usually has many different causes that are individual to the patient. By addressing these underlying factors, patients experience major improvements in their health and quality of life.
This approach requires a detailed understanding of each patient’s medical health history and lifestyle to personalize treatment. Appointments typically last 60-90 minutes with a functional medicine healthcare provider. Changes in lifestyle, including nutrition, sleep, stress management, and exercise, are the primary treatment strategies. Nutraceuticals, botanicals, and pharmaceuticals are prescribed as needed.
If you would like to learn more about functional medicine to restore health, please visit the Institute for Functional Medicine’s website.
A Modern Approach.
Functional medicine is the best approach we have for preventing and treating chronic conditions and health concerns such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, autoimmune conditions, chronic fatigue, and neurodegenerative conditions.
Using the functional medicine model here in Seattle, WA, we will work together to identify underlying factors preventing you from reaching your health goals.
Is Functional Medicine Right for You?
Your Goals:
Personalized Approach - you are looking for a patient-centered approach to identify underlying imbalances and factors that can be addressed using a functional medicine approach.
Supportive Treatment - you are currently utilizing conventional medicine to manage a chronic condition and would like to add a functional medicine approach.
Prevention - you would like to learn foundational strategies to prevent chronic conditions in the future.
Optimize Health - you are looking to improve and optimize energy, mood, and/or physical performance.
Common conditions/symptoms:
Allergies
Autoimmune conditions
Cardiovascular disease
Metabolic conditions/diabetes
Fatigue
IBS and GI complaints
Hormone changes
Anxiety
Depression
About Me
Welcome to my practice! My name is Carey Kunz, and I am a naturopathic and functional medicine physician living and practicing in the Seattle, WA, area. I’ve been working in the functional medicine field for 5 years. I currently work for the Institute for Functional Medicine doing research, building content, and educating for courses developed for their functional medicine certification.
Let's work together to optimize your health!
Appointments
New patient visit
In-person, in-depth consultation reviewing your medical history and health goals. 90 minutes allows me the time to get to know you and understand how to best support you. We will come up with an initial, personalized plan together.
90 mins | Get started
Follow up visit
Follow up visit to review labs, treatment plans, and to check in on how you are doing.
60 mins | Get started
Located in Ravenna.
The office is located in Ravenna, Seattle, WA. Can’t make it into the office? No problem — virtual visits are also available for follow-up appointments.
*Please note: new patient visits are conducted in-person in Seattle, WA.
Reach out for more information.
Currently only seeing patients in Washington state.
I am not a primary care provider (PCP), but happy to work with your established healthcare team as needed.
I do not take insurance at this time.