Conditions We Treat

Our functional medicine approach helps you to systematically address root causes of your illness. We focus on 12 central health domains: digestive health, nutrition and food as medicine, hormonal balance, metabolism, neurology, brain function, inflammatory disease, infectious disease, immune dysfunction, environmental toxins, sleep, and genetics. With our broad toolkit, we treat a wide variety of illnesses and health conditions, including the many manifestations of tickborne diseases.

Digestive and Gut Health

The gut is home to over 70% of your immune system and proper gastrointestinal function is vital for health. Our comprehensive gut health focus takes a deep dive into testing and gut treatments to restore microbial, immune, and inflammation balance.

Irritable bowel syndrome
Heartburn/GERD/Reflux
Abdominal pain
Constipation, diarrhea, bloating or gas
Hidden bacterial, fungal, parasite infections
Dysbiosis and microbiota imbalances
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
Crohn’s disease
Colitis

Learn more in our FREE Gut Health Workshop.

Food as Medicine

Food and nutrition can be used as a key therapeutic intervention and can enable your body to reset, decrease inflammation, and decrease immune activation. Although there is no one nutritional approach that works for everyone, almost all health conditions can be modulated through food, and optimizing nutrition is a core part of our practice.

Paleo template diet
Gluten-free diet
Autoimmune paleo
Elimination diet, allergies
FODMAP diet
Anti-inflammatory diet
Ketogenic diet
SCD diet
GAPS diet
Low histamine diet
Low oxalate diet

Hormonal Balance

Your body's hormone systems are deeply interconnected and in constant communication, making proper function and balance vital for health. Comprehensive testing, nutrients, supplements, lifestyle factors, and judicious replacement can play a significant role in recovery from a wide range of conditions.

Adrenal hormones
Thyroid hormones
Sex hormones
Female disorders (PMS, Menopause, Infertility, PCOS, Endometriosis)
Acne

Learn more in our Hormonal Harmony: Empowering Women’s Health in Their 30s and Beyond Workshop

Metabolism

Poor food choices, lack of nutrients, toxins, stress, and inflammation contribute to metabolic imbalance and diseases which are responsible for the majority of chronic illnesses. Metabolic interventions are an important lever to decrease inflammation, restore proper immune function, and enhance function across all of your body systems.

Cardiovascular disease
High blood pressure
Overweight and obesity
Metabolic syndrome
Diabetes and “diabesity”
Cholesterol imbalances

Brain, Neurology, and Emotional Healing

The burden of cognitive and neurologic disease is enormous and these conditions are complex and multifactorial. Brain disorders can be triggered or exacerbated by imbalances in other body systems, and improved by focusing on your gut, hormones, toxin exposure, infections, and more.

Anxiety
Depression
Stress
Cognitive impairment
Cognitive decline
Attention and focus issues
Brain retraining
Neuroplasticity
Neurological disorders

Inflammatory Disease

Inflammation is a central pathway through which most illnesses can be exacerbated or improved. Unresolved chronic inflammation takes a tremendous toll on all parts of your body and brain, and is a central focus for functional medicine diagnosis and treatment.

Arthritis
Eczema/Psoriasis
Airborne Allergies
Asthma
Cognitive decline
Cardiovascular disease
Atherosclerosis
Fatty acid balance
Osteoarthritis
Chronic Fatigue
Fibromyalgia

Undetected Infectious Disease

Disease is frequently triggered or caused by microbial imbalance or pathogens. Microbiome balance and composition is key to health, as human cells are outnumbered by bacteria, fungi, and viruses by a ratio of 10 to 1. Imbalances can lead to inflammation, immune dysregulation, and autoimmune activation.

Eczema/Psoriasis
Viral infections
Chronic sinusitis
Hidden bacterial, fungal, parasite infections
Reactivated infections
Mycoplasma
Chlamydia pneumonia

Immune Dysfunction

With a steep rise in complex immune-mediated illnesses that have severe consequences, many patients have turned to functional medicine for treatment of immune and autoimmune illnesses. Due to the broad toolkit that we have, treating autoimmune patients is some of the most rewarding work we do at CCFM.

Autoimmune diseases
Frequent illnesses
Immune deficiency
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Psoriasis
Restoration of immune balance

Tickborne Diseases

Lyme and other tickborne diseases cause complex, multisystem illness that can be difficult to diagnose and treat, and can cause significant disability. With over 400,000 new cases of Lyme disease each year, careful expertise is needed to help you recover as fully as possible.

Lyme disease and other Borrelia
Relapsing fever
Bartonella
Ehrlichia and Anaplasma
Babesia
Rickettsia
Viruses
Tick bites

Learn more in our Free Understanding Lyme Disease Workshop

Environmental Toxins

Exposure to toxins can be disruptive to your gut, brain, hormone and immune systems, cause inflammation, and more. To properly address environmental toxins, we identify current sources of exposure and help support your body to best eliminate accumulated toxins.

Mold and biotoxin illness
Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS)
Mercury and heavy metal toxicity
Environmental toxins such as pesticides and other pollutants.

Sleep

Insufficient or poor-quality sleep increases your risk of almost all health issues from immune imbalances, inflammation, metabolic diseases, brain and mood dysfunction, and even cancer. We offer support and technology to rebalance your sleep and achieve optimum health and longevity.

Sleep Disorders
Insomnia
Chronic Fatigue
Fibromyalgia

Genetics

Epigenetics (noun): The way that gene expression can be turned on or off based on what you are exposed to (diet, stress, toxins, microbes, and more).

At CCFM, we believe "zip code is more important that genetic code” — we teach you the role lifestyle and environmental exposure plays in turning genes on and off, and the ways you can control your health.

Genetics
Epigenetics
Methylation

[The nutritionist] has been such a key part of the improvements I’ve seen in recent months. I really appreciate how she offers realistic guidance tailored to my needs and situation and how she tucks extra notes and resources in with her visit notes. I’m very motivated by research and data and find her explanations so helpful re: why our bodies react differently to certain foods and under different conditions even like SIBO.

E.L.

Dr. Schweig is an example of the finest a doctor can offer and I could not do without him and his deep understanding of Lyme disease and its ravages. He’s always kind even on the rare disagreements we have had. I cherish this doctor and his practice. I am lucky to be a part of his community.

G.T.