Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine in Gray, Maine

Most patients don't have one problem. They have six — and the six are talking to each other.

We don't stack treatments. We sequence them.

Your clinician
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Paige Farris, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner

Meet the team
Priorities

The order of operations

Lab results are less self-explanatory than most people expect. Some markers point clearly to a condition with an established treatment — but most patients have several markers out of range at once, and those are rarely independent of each other. The work is discerning which problem matters most, which is most time-sensitive, and which will resolve on their own once the first one is addressed.

The order matters — for lasting results, and for your time and your money. Knowing what to address first, where to spend first, and when to move on is the work. That's our bread and butter.

A plan might include supplementation, further testing, hormone therapy, or peptides. It might also mean getting you out of pain with chiropractic or acupuncture — often the fastest way to restore sleep, movement, and nervous system regulation. Most clinics have one lever. We have several, so we can use the right one instead of the only one.

Most plans begin with bloodwork, and what we order is based on the individual in front of us.

Process

How we work

  1. 1

    A 60-minute first visit.

    A physical exam and a real conversation about what's going on. You leave with a plan — usually starting with labs.

  2. 2

    A fasted blood draw.

    Scheduled before you leave your first visit.

  3. 3

    A 30-minute review of your results.

    We decide together what matters first.

  4. 4

    Foundations first.

    Eat, sleep, move well. Then we dial in the rest.

Ready to sequence your care?

Book a 60-minute first visit in Gray, Maine. We'll map what's happening and build a plan that starts with the right thing first.

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