Welcome to “Your Lifestyle Is Your Medicine”
This is the podcast that explores how a person’s lifestyle can be the key to their health and happiness.
Functional medicine is a term that is largely unfamiliar to the general public, although it was how doctors used to treat patients in the past. Functional medicine can be difficult to define, so comparing it to allopathic medicine can give us a broad understanding of this approach.
In conventional medicine, doctors diagnose a disease and then match it to a specific treatment. This approach works well when someone is diagnosed with an acute healthcare problem such as a heart attack, infection, or trauma like a spinal cord injury. However, this type of medical intervention can fall short of what is required for many chronic conditions, including high blood pressure, digestive issues, or neurological problems.
Functional medicine explores why someone has developed a particular disease, perhaps by looking at their lifestyle, diet, or family history. This in-depth investigation suggests potential changes, such as switching to a certain diet, that could improve the patient’s condition.
Personalized care is becoming increasingly prevalent in healthcare environments. The functional model aims to understand the individual’s physiological, biological, emotional, and cognitive makeup to determine the best way to achieve optimal health. This is what our guest Dr. Shane Steadman does in his practice being a chiropractic neurologist and a chiropractic nutritionist. In today’s episode, he explains how a functional medicine practitioner treats patients; with 20 years of experience, he looks at all of these different systems in the body, how they integrate, and what we can do to improve the person’s health. We also discuss what’s most important in the hierarchy of exercise, health, nutrition, stress management, relationships, and avoiding toxic substances.
Join us to learn why sleep, exercise, and nutrition are the foundations of health.
Follow Dr. Shane Steadman
Website -https://integratedhealthdenver.com/
Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/ihsdenver/
Connect with me
email: ed@edpaget.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ed.paget
Ed Paget is an osteopath, writer, presenter, and creator of both the Scoliosis Correction Protocol and the Back Pain Correction Protocol.
Over the last 15 years working with private clients he has developed a system of unique assessments and treatments that aim to unravel the complex web of compensations that we all have to reveal the underlying cause of illness or injury. This unique approach hasn’t gone unnoticed and Ed was recruited to work with the Canadian National Speed Skating team and was invited to the Sochi Olympics as part of team Canada’s medical contingent. He is currently a consultant to the Calgary Sport Institute and has been asked to share his Fascia stretching protocol or F.A.S.T class with both the National Alpine ski team and Biathlon team.
Over the last 10 years Ed has been building a YouTube library to help people manage their own pain or movement limitations and increase performance through exercise. He regularly adds videos so be sure to subscribe and visit regularly
"Oh My Gosh- I am ALREADY feeling relief after a few days! I used to wake up 2-3 times a night with shooting pain that anti inflammatories couldn't touch. Now I have been waking up just because I want to notice what it feels like to lay in bed pain free- THANK YOU!."
"When I first started with your program I was experience a lot of pain. Walking was difficult. I had to stop and catch my breath every few minutes and lean against a wall for support. Now when I walk with my husband we go for over an hour. I never had to sit down and stop...and, hardly any pain!!! 😊😊 I can’t thank you enough."
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