Is modern medicine a mess?

Modern medicine is amazing at keeping people alive, but not necessarily at helping them thrive. Modern medicine is amazing in crisis care (broken bones, infections, surgeries, emergencies). It’s lifesaving when the body is in acute distress. But chronic conditions (fatigue, hormonal imbalances, digestive issues, anxiety, metabolic dysfunction) are another story. Rather than asking why these issues occur, it focuses on how to manage them. This leads to lifelong prescriptions and symptom suppression, rather than true healing.

In Western medicine, the goal is typically to control lab results or reduce pain rather than identify what’s creating an imbalance in the first place. High cholesterol? Take a statin, but rarely discuss inflammation, gut health, or stress. PMS or irregular cycles? Go on birth control, but never explore nutrient deficiencies or hormonal signaling. Reflux? Take a PPI, without addressing diet, meal timing, or posture. These tools can help temporarily, but they rarely solve the why behind the issue. Root-cause healing, on the other hand, looks at the entire person (environment, emotions, habits, and physiology) to uncover what’s driving dysfunction.

Much of medical research is funded by pharmaceutical interests (there are tons of books written about this, and it's terrifying what happens behind the scenes), which can bias study design and publication. I'm not trying to say that doctors are malicious (far from it!). They’re just working with the information they’re given. But the system itself is slow to evolve. For instance, nutrition guidelines can lag behind current evidence by decades. Doctors still recommend low-fat diets, ignore the microbiome’s role in health, and rarely test for micronutrient deficiencies.

There's also a major education gap in your primary care doctor's knowledge. Most physicians receive less than 20 hours of training in nutrition during medical school, and almost none in exercise science, stress physiology, or sleep. That’s not their fault; it’s simply not part of the curriculum. So when someone walks into a clinic asking why they feel exhausted, inflamed, or anxious, they’re often met with a prescription rather than a conversation about lifestyle. They also don't really know about proper strength training (stop telling my clients not to deadlift - there's so much nuance there!). Again, I'm generalizing here. Doctors are amazing life-savers who sacrifice a lot, and they're much smarter than I am in most ways. But there's more to health than what a person learns in medical school. That’s why self-education and collaboration are key.

A truly modern approach to medicine blends conventional and holistic wisdom, using the best of both worlds. So, become your own advocate. No one knows your body better than you. Ask questions. Get second opinions. Learn about nutrition, movement, and the role of your environment in healing. Western medicine is one tool (a powerful one), but not the only one. Healing isn’t found in a single pill or protocol; it’s a daily practice rooted in awareness, nourishment, and alignment.

My work exists to fill the gap modern medicine leaves behind. I help you uncover the ‘why’ beneath your symptoms, rebuild trust with your body, and finally feel the way you were designed to.