Allison Laney is a health care professional with over 16 years of wide-ranging experience including Emergency Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Behavioral Interventions, Family Practice, Healthcare Administration, and Integrative/Functional Medicine.
Allison’s mission of becoming an Integrative Provider began in 2019 when she and her family were stationed overseas in Spain. During that time, she and her family integrated into the European culture and began to recognize that many doctors and patients had a strong preference to utilizing natural remedies to heal the body as the first method of treatment.
Her family slowly began adopting a more natural lifestyle including adopting a more plant-based diet, omitting synthetic foods, cleaning supplies, and toiletries, as well as increasing exercise. The effects of these changes were profound and included reductions in weight, relief in joint pain, decreased blood pressure, elimination of brain fog, improved A1C, and cholesterol just to name a few.
It was at that point that Allison recognized that western medicine was broken. In Amercian culture, synthetic treatment has overtaken natural remedies, and healthcare providers are often unable to get to the root cause of a patients problem due to time constraints and insurance mandates. Additionally, many patients are looking for a quick fix to their DIS-ease/ailments.
Today, you must compare the field of medicine to a tree, the conventional medical disciplines such as cardiology, neurology, and gastroenterology are equivalent to the outer leaves and branches of the tree. These disciplines work to control or suppress the outward manifestations of a disease, but they often fail to address the root cause of the problem. On the other hand, functional medicine focuses first on the roots and then the trunk of the tree, lastly come the branches and leaves. A functional medicine provider addresses the underlying factors that contribute to chronic disease and looks at the body as an interconnected system, rather than a seperate collection of body parts.
It is the mission of Roots Wellness Center to reinvigorate your trust in healthcare with quality care focusing on getting you back to the roots of a simple lifestyle while leading you through your wellness journey.
