Functional medicine
Looking for the root cause.
Functional medicine looks for the underlying imbalances that may be causing your health concerns, rather than only quieting the symptoms.
Traditional medicine often uses medication to treat symptoms. Functional medicine asks a different question: what is driving them?
Dr. Laara works with you to identify the factors influencing your health and to create a plan that restores balance and supports healing. That happens through thorough evaluations, individualized testing and in-depth consultations: your medical history, your lifestyle, and how your body’s systems interact.
Concerns people bring to her
- Chronic fatigue
- Brain fog
- Digestive problems
- Hormonal imbalances
- Autoimmune conditions
- Chronic pain
Whatever you’re facing, the aim is the same: understand the root cause, so the results can last.
How she looks at it
Symptoms rarely travel alone.
When something doesn’t feel right, it’s natural to focus on the symptom in front of you. But the body is one connected system, and sometimes the real answer needs a wider view. Choose what you’re noticing:
When it’s brain fog
Brain fog is often about your blood sugar, not your brain. When it rises too high, drops too fast or gets pushed around by stress, it can feel like fog, fatigue and poor concentration.
Dr. Laara might ask“When does the fog roll in, and what happened in the hours before?”
She may look at
- Blood sugar
- Sleep
- Hormones
- Stress
- Nutrition & digestion
When it’s low energy
Afternoon crashes, mental fatigue even after enough sleep, a "wired and tired" feeling: these are rarely random.
Dr. Laara might ask“How is your energy across the day, and what helps you feel your best?”
She may look at
- Blood sugar
- Sleep
- Nutrition & digestion
- Hormones
- Stress
When it’s headaches
Headaches are one of the most common reasons people come in. Alignment, muscle tension, stress and sleep can all play a part.
Dr. Laara might ask“What else is going on when a headache starts?”
She may look at
- Alignment & posture
- Muscle tension
- Stress
- Sleep
Ways she can help
When it’s neck & shoulders
"Tech neck", frozen shoulders and arm or shoulder pain often trace back to how you sit, move and hold tension.
Dr. Laara might ask“How many hours a day are you looking down at a screen?”
She may look at
- Alignment & posture
- Muscle tension
- How you move
- Old injuries
Ways she can help
When it’s back pain & sciatica
Neck and back pain and sciatic pain respond to gentle adjustments, soft-tissue work and exercises chosen for you.
Dr. Laara might ask“What were you doing when it started, and what makes it ease?”
She may look at
- Alignment & posture
- Muscle tension
- How you move
- Old injuries
Ways she can help
When it’s midlife changes
Hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, exhaustion, brain fog: the changes of midlife touch the whole body, and there are natural ways to support it.
Dr. Laara might ask“What has changed recently, and when did you last feel like yourself?”
She may look at
- Hormones
- Sleep
- Stress
- Blood sugar
- Nutrition & digestion
Ways she can help
When it’s digestion & bloating
What you eat, how stressed you are and your hormones all influence digestion, and digestion influences how you feel.
Dr. Laara might ask“How are you eating, and how does your body respond afterwards?”
She may look at
- Nutrition & digestion
- Stress
- Hormones
- Blood sugar
Ways she can help
When it’s after a car accident
Dr. Laara is an experienced auto-accident chiropractor, and she handles LNI and workers' comp cases too. She knows this road personally.
Dr. Laara might ask“Did the pain start right away, or days later?”
She may look at
- Old injuries
- Alignment & posture
- Muscle tension
- How you move
- Stress
Ways she can help
A starting point for a conversation with Dr. Laara, not a diagnosis. For sudden, severe or new symptoms, see your doctor, or call 911 in an emergency.
A place to begin
Start with a free health consultation.
In a 45-minute conversation you’ll talk through your current health concerns, clarify your goals and explore the roadblocks, blind spots or gaps that may be keeping you from feeling your best. If it looks like a good fit, you’ll discuss possible next steps together.
Book it online through Jane; you’ll be asked to fill in a short application first.
Seeing patterns in real time
When the data tells the story.
Dr. Laara found that brain fog, persistent fatigue and energy that comes and goes often trace back to blood sugar. So she brought continuous glucose monitoring into her practice: a practical, non-invasive way to help people finally see what their body has been trying to tell them.
Her online Brain Fog Recovery Protocol makes that same insight available to anyone, wherever they live.
More ways to work together
Thrive, not just survive.
Different concerns call for different approaches. Explore the ways Dr. Laara and the team can support your health and well-being.
Holistic Chiropractic
Chiropractic care that goes beyond asking where it hurts: alignment, movement, function and the larger patterns influencing your body.
Massage Therapy
Therapeutic massage for relaxation, mobility, recovery and relief, and it may already be part of your insurance benefits.
Nutritional Wellness
Personalized nutrition built around your body's needs, to support energy, digestion, resilience and overall wellness.
Your next step
You don’t need to have all the answers before you begin.
Sometimes the first step is simply having someone listen, look at the whole picture and help you understand what comes next.