Have you ever been to your doctor or healthcare provider and had them tell you that your blood test results are "normal"? Clearly you don’t feel well, and you may even have multiple symptoms. But why doesn’t your blood or lab test reflect the way you feel? Surely your physician would be able to detect something, right? The problem lies in how the test is being interpreted.
The reality is that there are multiple ways of interpreting a blood test, and what many labs consider to be “normal” or “healthy” values is highly questionable.
The laboratory reference ranges that are the so-called “normal” or “healthy”, are
actually statistical averages. If your lab values are within the set reference range, you are within the “average”, and not necessarily “normal” or ideal.
Functional Approach Versus Pathological
Another important point to consider is that physicians are looking for definable diseases when looking at blood tests. Yet there is a huge percentage of people with no identifiable disease yet have suboptimal functions in the body that create multiple health issues.
Interpreting a blood test functionally (subclinically) rather than pathologically (clinically) offers a greater scope for knowing where a person’s malfunction may lie.
We aren’t using the blood tests to diagnose and treat conditions (we leave this skill to your Medical Doctor), we are looking for opportunities to enhance function and wellbeing. We’ll use this feedback as part of an integrated approach to your health and vitality goals.
This is an example of some patters that we might uncover in our quest to help you get optimized.
