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Your practitioner will be in full detective mode to understand all the pieces of your health puzzle and get to the root of your health problem. This involves understanding your health history, your diet, lifestyle and other factors like existing test results to start joining the dots on your health.

During this time, you’ll be able to ask as many questions as you like about your health. If you have a list of questions you’ve had unanswered for some time, bring them along! Your practitioner will help clarify what’s going on with your health and explain things in simple terms versus technical jargon.

Towards the end of the session, your practitioner will formulate an investigative healthcare plan alongside you to tackle your health issues. At the end of the session, one of our health coaches will join the session, to make sure you understand the plan and mindmap and have gotten the value you need, and to give you some resources that will support your healthcare plan. You’ll brief them on what you’ve learned so far and share the treatment plan that you designed with your practitioner.

If you want us to help you implement your plan and sign up to our healthcare program, your health coach will organise any supplements and testing for you, and will schedule your first coaching appointment, so together, you can work out the practical steps to take in your treatment plan.

You’ll walk away from the session with some insight into what could be causing your issues. You’ll also likely feel a sense of hope and excitement about the possibilities of having your health back on track!

A health mindmap is a powerful visual tool that distils and connects all the insights from your deep dive session, offering you a clearer, more holistic understanding of your health. It organises the information you share with your practitioner, mapping out your symptoms from a biological perspective and linking them to potential influences like lifestyle, diet, and environmental factors. Patients often gain newfound clarity, seeing their health picture in a way that truly makes sense for the first time.

As you progress through the program (should you choose to join), your practitioner will continuously update and refine the mindmap as new insights are discovered – ensuring nothing is missed. This dynamic map guides your treatment plan, leaving no stone unturned on your journey to recovery.

Here’s an example of what a mindmap looks like:

Working with Melbourne Functional Medicine could be right for you if you’re seeking a personalised, root-cause approach to your health. If you’re dealing with chronic conditions or other long-standing health issues, and want a comprehensive plan that goes beyond symptom management, our functional medicine practitioners and health coaches can provide tailored guidance. We focus on uncovering the underlying causes of your condition and work with you to achieve lasting improvements in your health. If you’re ready for a deeper, more holistic approach, we could be a great fit.

Yes. Our award winning healthcare program is designed to give you all the support you need to get better again. For three, five or seven months (depending on your health needs), you’ll get uncapped care from your functional medicine practitioner and health coach to guide and support you back to being well.

All of our programs include:

• Uncapped care
• Dedicated Functional Medicine Practitioner
• Dedicated Health Coach
• World’s best pathology testing*
• Personalised resources
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The 3 month program ia ideal for less complex cases or those affecting a single system. If your practitioner believes your health issue can be addressed in this timeframe, and testing insights provide a clear path forward, this program will set you on the road to better health. (Not available for international patients due to additional logistics)

The 5 month program is a great option for those dealing with multiple systems or longer-term health concerns. This program allows for further testing and refinements as we continue to understand your health. Backed by thousands of successful cases, this is our most tried-and-tested program duration.

The 7 month program is recommended for complex, chronic health issues requiring in-depth investigation and time for resolution. Your practitioner will suggest this program if they determine the complexity of your case warrants it.

Payment plans and telehealth available.

*Lab and supplement costs additional

Yes, we work with patients across the globe via telehealth. However, as managing international logistics as well as labs and supplements in local countries requires more time, and often time delays, how we deliver our program is a little different. Our 5 and 7 month programs are recommended over our 3-month program so we can maintain the same high level of care we provide our local patients.

Functional medicine is a revolutionary healthcare approach that addresses chronic health issues. Research now shows that health issues are influenced mainly by your diet, lifestyle and environment. Functional medicine also acknowledges that each person is biochemically unique and that solving a health problem starts with finding the cause of the problem. Therefore, the resolution of health issues requires a root-cause based, personalised approach.‍

Functional medicine practitioners seek to understand you and your health picture, as well as your diet and lifestyle. When all of these elements are brought together and assessed, we can start to build a clear picture of what’s going on and why. This assessment can often involve functional pathology testing to dig more deeply into your health. Once insights become clear, your functional medicine practitioner will create a personalised treatment plan to solve the root cause and contributing factors to your health concerns. The outcome is that your health can be restored.

Around 80% of people fail to achieve their health goals. This is because our habits around health are hardwired into us, making it difficult to change (which is why it’s so easy to reach for that bar of chocolate without thinking). Often, when it comes to food in particular, there’s an underlying emotional connection that needs to be addressed before lasting change can occur. Health coaches understand the science of behavioural change, so they will help you navigate change with clarity and ease.‍

Health coaches intimately understand the challenges that come with getting your health back, often overcoming them themselves, so they will be your sidekick, supporter and guide every step of the way. In fact, past patients often rave about the support their health coach gave them – a service they hadn’t realised existed or that they needed until they experienced it themselves. We’re confident you’ll discover that too!

After supporting hundreds of patients through this program, we know that the one thing that sets us apart from other practitioners is our unique approach. First, our practitioners have a broad range of knowledge about a variety of health conditions. By using the methodical and thorough functional medicine approach, they leave no stone unturned when finding the root cause of your health concerns.‍

When you add health coaching into the equation, your chances of success increase greatly because you’ll have someone walking with you step by step through all the challenges that often stop people from getting better.

‍That said, you do have to be prepared and willing to do what’s needed to get healthy again, which usually involves changes to your diet and lifestyle.

Healthcare is deeply personal, and what works for one person may not work the same for another. We provide a deeply investigative, personalised approach, thoughtfully tailored to best suit your health picture and health goals, and as such, it is difficult to reduce our success rates to a single statistic. To learn more about patients who have worked with us through our award winning program, check out the patient testimonial page on our website, and our Google reviews.

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Yes, we do, and we love it! We have some wonderful success stories of children with health conditions that were impacting their self-esteem and quality of life, turning their health around and giving them a brighter future of long term health.

The investment for the 3-hour deep dive is $870, which is payable upon booking to secure your appointment. 

The program fees are:

3 month program $3700

5 month program $5700

7 month program $7700

You have the option of paying for your program up front, or a deposit to book your place in our program, with the balance paid over instalments through our payment partners.‍

The cost for any recommended supplements and lab testing are payable in addition to the program cost.

All contact with your practitioner and coach are included in the program fee. Other costs you can potentially expect are for laboratory tests and supplements. Your practitioner will discuss the costs for any tests or supplements they recommend in your sessions.

Unfortunately, as of April 1, 2019, most private health insurers won’t offer rebates for our services.

If you wish to continue working with us post your deep dive, most of the testing we do seeks to understand how pathways or systems in the body function. These tests are typically more in-depth and comprehensive than you would’ve encountered before. 

We sometimes request standard blood chemistry from your GP for more basic tests, and if we need to go more in-depth, such as looking at microbiome health or food sensitivities, we use the world’s leading labs:

Precision Analytical

Genova Diagnostics

KBMO

NutriPath

Metametrix

Mosaic Diagnostics (formally Great Plains Laboratory)

Bioceuticals for DNA testing

Many of these labs are overseas, so test results can take a few weeks to come back.

Unfortunately, Medicare only pays for standard tests, conventional medical tests, many of which we find don’t give a clear enough window into your health. The tests we order are different from conventional tests you’ve likely experienced and found to be unhelpful before finding us. 

GPs, unless they are functional medicine trained, are only trained in interpreting standard tests that look for pathologies (disease) rather than looking purely at assessing the function of pathways or systems. The functional pathology tests that we use can identify pre-disease states and look at other determining factors that contribute to diseases. 

Learning about and interpreting the latest functional pathology tests takes years of functional medicine training and involves continued education as new scientific insights arise. 

Given these labs are privately billed, we seek to balance the need for more data on your health with a desire to look after your wallet. Therefore, the amount of lab tests we do varies by individual. Typically, when we ask a patient to invest in testing of this nature, the cost is worth the investment as we uncover insights that inform their recovery.

Our clinic hours are: 

9:00am – 5:00pm Monday to Thursday 

However, you can reach us outside of those hours via phone or email.

We’re located at 186 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne. We also offer telehealth services to those who can’t make it to the clinic. 

Yes. Phone or video consultations are available for those unable to make it to the clinic due to location, time or illness. Simply let us know when you’re booking in, and we’ll organise that for you.