DO YOU FEEL not quite right but all your medical tests come back as “NORMAL”?

Medical testing is an important assessment for general baseline checks and to identify any serious illness. However, what happens when your tests show that everything is NORMAL, but you still do not feel well, and you are left wondering why do I not feel well? We can help you! There is more you can do to resolve the underlying drivers for the symptoms.

We see many clients that feel there is something more going on for them that the medical testing is not capturing. This is when FUNCTIONAL TESTING and BIOCHEMISTRY ASSESSMENTS can be useful. Our clinic has specialised access to testing that goes deeper into the microscopic environment at work inside you. For example, a stool analysis can reveal the status of your MICROBIOME, the presence of other unwanted bugs like bacterial overgrowths, parasites, yeast and mould issues among other things. This analysis often reveals the underlying cause for chronic health issues that go unresolved. 

WHY IS FUNCTIONAL TESTING USEFUL:

As part of a full consultation to understand you and your symptoms, a FUNCTIONAL test can provide answers to identify what is going on at the microscopic level using analysis that looks at the by-product of internal biochemistry. It looks at microscopic data that cannot be seen in the ‘blood’. It goes deeper into the issues occurring in the internal environment. This data requires Professional Interpretation, and the information is then used to guide the TREATMENT Plan to target the core issues. 

The terms medical testing and functional testing sound similar, but they refer to different ways of evaluating health. The key difference is what exactly is being measured and why.

🏥 Medical testing (diagnostic / conventional testing)

This is what you typically get in mainstream healthcare.

• Focus: Detect disease, diagnose conditions, monitor progression 

• Looks for: Clear abnormalities, pathology, or risk markers 

• Examples: 

• Blood tests (cholesterol, glucose) 

• Imaging (X-rays, MRIs) 

• Biopsies 

• Approach: Compares your results to a standard reference range (normal vs abnormal) 

ESSENTIALLY “Is something medically wrong?”

⚙️ Functional testing (functional / integrative medicine)

This is more common in Functional Medicine.

• Focus: How well your body systems are working 

• Looks for: Imbalances, inefficiencies, early warning signs 

• Examples: 

• Hormone panels (often more detailed timing/ratios) 

• Gut microbiome testing 

• Nutrient level analysis 

• Approach: Often uses optimal ranges, not just “normal”