I get asked all the time about different blood tests and lab work. This is my best attempt to categorize the testing that I use and recommend for different systems in the body.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard patients say to me, "I literally had to beg my doctor to run the right testing."
Getting the proper lab testing shouldn't be that difficult, and that's why I'm making these labs easy to order through this website and they will be sent right to your house.
When it comes to your health we don’t guess, we test! These lab tests take a comprehensive look at your overall health and body’s performance using the latest functional medicine lab tests. It’s time to look beyond your symptoms and begin finding the underlying root causes of your health issues. This detailed approach will allow us to either begin customizing a plan of action specifically for you or allow you to get your health back on track on your own.
Dr. Olivia's Foundational Four are four of the best functional labs tests to discover a full range of biomarkers for your health.
The Expanded Hormone Stress Panel is the most advanced hormone test, offering an extensive profile of sex and adrenal hormones and melatonin, along with their metabolites, to identify symptoms of hormonal imbalances. Easily collected in the comfort of your own home, samples are then sent to our lab to be processed. The Expanded Hormone Stress Panel is the most accurate test, providing a complete assessment of hormonal health.
The Comprehensive Stool Analysis can help assess digestive and absorptive functions, the presence of opportunistic pathogens and to monitor the efficacy of therapeutic remediation of GI disorders. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing to prescriptive and natural agents is also performed for appropriate bacterial and fungal species at no additional charge.
Detailed Food Sensitivity testing is a useful guide for structuring elimination diets in many chronic conditions. Individuals with neurological, gastrointestinal, and movement disorders often suffer from IgG food allergies. These people may continue to eat offending foods unaware of their potential effects. Food sensitivity is a non-IgE allergy characterized by the measurement of IgG antibodies specific to antigenic food proteins.
Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis is used in the evaluation of organ function and checks for conditions such as diabetes, liver disease, and kidney disease. The CMP may also be ordered to monitor conditions, such as hypertension, and to monitor patients taking medications for any kidney- or liver-related side effects.
Sometimes you just need to dig deeper in a specific area of your health.
This test evaluates SNPs associated with increased risk of impaired detoxification capacity especially when exposed to environmental toxins. It also identifies individuals potentially susceptible to adverse drug reactions.
SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) is a condition in which abnormally large numbers of bacteria – the types that are normally found in the large intestine – are present in the small intestine.
This is what it's like to finally have answers and experience real results.
Half my hair was gone, I had 15 lbs that wouldn’t budge, I had low energy and would get physically ill after high-intensity workouts, more headaches than usual, sleep was terrible, and I was having stomach issues on the regular.
If I heard one more time from my PCP that “the tests came back normal” I was going to explode!
Not one doctor in my 30 years of dealing with IBS off and on, and constant bacterial infections as a child, ever helped me deal with the root cause.
Get in line to see Dr. Olivia Joseph, people. Get in line.
I have never met a more dedicated professional.
Dr. Olivia has spent hours working for me on days off for some of my acute health problems. She's the first medical professional I've ever worked with that I felt was actually working for me.
She's ordered so many tests and listens to my concerns.. and for once I feel I'm working with a practitioner who actually knows more than I do!
I can't say enough about her!
She is so passionate and dedicated to finding the root cause of your ailment, and to top it off she is an amazing motivator to help you get your health on track.
I couldn't recommend this practice more highly.