Lifestyle Medicine

We take a whole-body approach to health, healing and wellness. Our providers are skilled in the disciplines of functional and lifestyle medicine, determining the root cause of symptoms and illness by looking into multiple contributing factors such as your lifestyle, your environment, and your genes. Treatment is then developed based on individual results rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Functional and lifestyle medicine helps individuals wanting to eliminate chronic symptoms and illness, those looking to make lasting changes by keeping their metabolic, hormonal, and gut health in balance, and anyone hoping to improve the way they feel inside and out.

Prior to meeting your Care Provider for the first time, you will complete a detailed intake form with questions about your past and present health and well-being, family history, significant life events, dietary choices, movement regime and other self-care practices. This may also include other tools that will help to provide a comprehensive health overview, such as lab work.

You will then meet with your Care Provider three times over the course of a three-month period. Your Provider will take the necessary time to uncover the root cause of your symptoms by reviewing all information gathered, using additional tools such as laboratory assessments to get to the underlying cause of any issues you are experiencing and inform strategies for resolution, and partnering with you to create a personalized Care Plan, which will encompass the five pillars of well-being—physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual—with targeted strategies to attain your desired health outcomes.

Individual work with one of our Wellness Coaches will build on the profound self-awareness gained in the Discovery Phase in order to help you achieve clarity on what you do, why you do it and how it is contributing to or detracting from attaining your desired results. You will meet with your coach bi-weekly over the course of a three-month period, and sessions will be dedicated to the exploration of your Care Plan to overcome health challenges and boost wellness in all 5 Pillars of Well-Being.

Through regular reflection with your Coach, you will gain a new perspective on which wellness modalities in your Care Plan work best for you, what you enjoy and what is sustainable. Over time, purposeful choices replace unconscious patterns, helping you move in the direction you want to go.

If you are seeking the camaraderie and commitment of a group of like-minded individuals to move you toward your wellness goals, then a Wellness Forum might be for you! These groups are led by an experienced Facilitator as participants learn to share, support, and hold one another accountable in positive ways. You will participate in a 4-8 week program with a powerful specific focus. Each wellness forum meeting includes a mini-lesson, an experiential component and group sharing. Experienced group facilitators will provide rules of engagement and create a safe environment for sharing and supporting one another. Facilitators can also provide individual coaching to augment the learning and work you are doing as part of the group forum.

Upon completion of the Wellness Forum, you will transition to the Success Phase of your Care Plan, where you will review your goals and objectives and evaluate progress achieved through this group-based work.

Holistic healthcare is the missing piece of the puzzle in your health and well-being journey. Our goal is to provide you with services that complement your current self-care practices or inspires to put additional self-care practices in place. Your engagement goes beyond your individualized Care Plan and includes “perks” that provide healing and optimize overall wellness. 

Enjoy preferred pricing on offers from Synergy:

• 20% off one product or service per month during your course of engagement
• Access to labs, supplements, and other wellness products
• Referrals to support services as needed, including mental health counseling, yoga, mindfulness, massage, acupuncture and physical therapy

Our Functional Medicine and Wellness Coaching Package is a comprehensive program where our experts work closely with you to determine the root cause of symptoms and co-create a plan to reclaim good health by nourishing and balancing the 5 pillars of wellness: physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual.  We provide guidance and encouragement, as well as hold you accountable to achieving your goals.  At Synergy, our Coaches treat lifestyle as medicine.

Our Functional Medicine and Wellness Coaching package includes three visits with a Functional Medicine Care Provider, as well as six bi-weekly sessions 1:1 with a Wellness Coach, and one transition visit including the client and Care Provider. If you wish to do so, you may choose your providers based on their bios on Synergy’s website, and our Care Manager would also be glad to assist you with the selection, based on our Care Provider’s and Coach’s areas of expertise.

We believe in bio-individuality, and understand that everyone’s path to optimal well-being is unique. Our genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle come to play in determining the best path to optimal health. Your visits with the Care Provider will include the following, and will be personalized to your specific needs.

1. A detailed health history, which includes questions about personal information such as diet and lifestyle (both current and historical), social information, health concerns and goals, medications and supplements taken.  It also includes questions on exercise habits and any prior trauma.  During this information gathering stage, lab tests may be recommended.  All labs are optional, and costs are not included in package pricing.
2. When utilized, all lab results will be reviewed with your Care Provider. The lab results will be taken into consideration for your second meeting with your Care Provider where together you will co-create a comprehensive, personalized Care Plan. The plan may include lifestyle suggestions as well as dietary and supplement recommendations.
3. The third meeting will include you, the Care Provider and the Wellness Coach.  The Care Plan will be reviewed, including next steps, and you and your coach will be well prepared to launch into your three-month coaching engagement where you will benefit from their support and accountability to assist you in reaching and maintaining your individual health goals.
4. The remaining bi-weekly meetings with the Wellness coach will be directed to turn your customized plan into sustainable habits and meaningful results. The Wellness Coach will consult with your Care Provider as needed during the course of the engagement to ensure an optimal outcome based on your goals. 

Areas of focus will be based on recommendations from your Care Plan and may include the following:

• Stress, sleep and their impact on health and well-being.
• Spirituality, relationships and areas that bring you joy.
• Exercise, nutrition and a whole foods lifestyle.
• Grocery shopping and recipe exploration.
• Meditation, mindfulness and goal setting.
• Self-confidence and empowerment.

Our Functional/Lifestyle Medicine Package is a comprehensive plan where we work together from the initial phase of determining the root cause of symptoms, to creating a plan to reclaim good health by nourishing and balancing the 5 pillars of wellness: physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual for each individual.

Our Functional/Lifestyle Medicine package includes three visits with a Functional or Lifestyle Medicine Care Provider.  If you wish to do so, you may choose your providers based on their bios on Synergy’s website, and our Care Manager would also be glad to assist you with the selection, based on our Care Provider’s and Coach’s areas of expertise. 

Your visits with the Care Provider will include the following, and will be personalized to your specific needs.  We believe in bio-individuality, and understand that no single plan suits everyone.  Our ancestry, blood type and many other factors come to play in determining the best path to optimal health. 

1. A detailed health history, which includes questions about personal information such as diet and lifestyle (both current and historical), social information, health concerns and goals, medications and supplements taken.  It also includes questions on exercise habits and any prior trauma.  During this information gathering stage, lab tests may be recommended.  All labs are optional, and costs are not included in package pricing.
2. When utilized, all lab results will be reviewed with your Care Provider. The lab results will be taken into consideration for your second meeting with your Care Provider where together you will co-create a comprehensive, personalized Care Plan The plan may include lifestyle recommendations as well as dietary and supplementation recommendations.
3. The third meeting with the Care Provider will include review of your tailored plan, as well as steps to be taken to assist you in reaching and maintaining your health goals.  At the conclusion of your Functional/Lifestyle Medicine Package, the choice is yours to move forward on your own, or you may choose to engage in a Wellness Coaching package.

Our Wellness Coaching Package will help you to determine what goals you want to achieve and formulate attainable action plans. We will support you by providing guidance and encouragement, as well as holding you accountable to your goals. 

Our Wellness Coaches treat lifestyle as medicine, and focus on nourishing and balancing the 5 pillars of wellness: physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual. This package includes 6 bi-weekly visits with a Wellness Coach of your choosing, and can be utilized on its own or following sessions with a Functional/Lifestyle Medicine Care Provider. Our wellness coaching encompasses the many areas of our lives that impact our health and well-being.  It includes and goes far beyond nutrition and exercise.

As with all of our packages, we believe in bio-individuality, and understand that no one plan suits everyone.  Topics which may be covered during your wellness coaching sessions may include the following, based on your current situation and goals for your future health.

• Stress, sleep and their impact on health and well-being.
• Spirituality, relationships and areas that bring you joy.
• Exercise, nutrition and a whole foods lifestyle.
• Grocery shopping and recipe exploration.
• Meditation, mindfulness and goal setting.
• Self-confidence and empowerment.