Families are still receiving the same message as 20 years ago
For the longest time, parents are told all bets are off; Autism is not treatable. Parents are told that is just who their child is; you can not change their neurochemistry. The options are medication, behavioral, and speech therapy, love them, try to keep them safe, and plan for adult living solutions. The treatment focus remains entirely on managing the child rather than improving the health and function of the entire family.
Functional medicine has great potential but many barriers
- Treatment plans remain child-focused.
- Children are picky eaters and resistant to changing their favorite foods.
- Families implement nutrition and lifestyle changes that do not match their current ability and quickly feel in over their heads.
- Symptoms can become worse, and families stop everything.
- Expensive diagnostic labs and numerous sophisticated and complex supplement and functional therapy protocols.
- Sustaining out-of-pocket medical expenses place further stress on families.
- Parents have unrealistic expectations of root-cause medicine.
How does Kara coach you to solve the problem differently?
- Family care plan model includes the entire family in healing.
- Guides families to create comprehensive, coordinated care that matches their current ability and layers interventions in a safe and intelligent sequence.
- Supports the parents’ change process since they are their children’s environment and must lead by example.
- Places priority on parents’ mindset, emotions, and spiritual connection to implement lifestyle/nutrition changes and medical protocols to reduce resistance and stress and optimize outcomes.
- Budget time and money to align with family values to enhance return on investment.
- Discover communication and interpersonal skills to go against the cultural norm and build better relationships.
- Identify potential roadblocks and what you will rely on in times of increased chaos, stress, and adversity.
- Transform sabotaging expectations by planning realistic goals.
- Establish a strong foundation to be an effective partner with a functional medicine provider.
How did Kara come up with these solutions?
And why does she use remission instead of recovery?
How to work with Kara
Functional Medicine Pediatrics
Hope for Healing is the practice of Dr. Paula Kruppstadt, MD (Dr. K), a board-certified pediatrician also certified in functional medicine. At Hope for Healing, Dr. K and her team offer Functional and Regenerative Medicine consultations (all ages) and Functional Approach to Pediatric Primary Care (newborn through 21 years). The medical team generates personalized treatment plans based on each person’s nutritional and biochemical imbalances and unique genetic fingerprints.
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Health Coaching + Nutrigenomics
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Is Functional Medicine Worth It?
Are you considering dipping your toe in the pool of Functional medicine? Are you debating the pros and cons? I know what it’s like – because I’ve been there myself. Are you standing at the precipice (or hover your mouse over the “Book an appointment” button) wondering… is this really worth it? …
“My nonverbal son would gag and resist the new foods I tried to introduce. When I realized I had the credit card, car keys, and the power to decide what foods come into the house, it gave me the confidence to establish boundaries. My son did not eat for 7 days. He asked for a sandwich on day 4. I didn’t even know he knew that word! On the 8th day, he ate baked acorn squash with ghee and has never again bulked at his food options.”
-Kari M