Resources to Help You Understand Your Health
Explore functional medicine resources designed to help you better understand your health and make informed decisions.
Understanding Your Health
Hormone & Metabolic Health
Explore functional medicine resources about the factors that can influence hormones, metabolism, energy, weight, and healthy aging.
Understanding Your Symptoms
Explore common health concerns from a broader perspective and learn what questions may be worth asking.
Functional Medicine Explained
Learn how a personalized approach looks beyond individual symptoms to understand the bigger picture.
What Patients Are Saying
“I can’t say enough about what Dr. Ficaro has done for me. With her encouragement, I diligently followed her every instruction. After just 3 weeks, my glucose dropped from 170 to 99, my weight went from 226 to 203.2, and my blood pressure dropped to a level where I was able to stop my blood pressure medication. Even my shoulder and knee are better. I can honestly say how grateful I am to Dr. Ficaro for making me a new me.”
— Jerry C., Chicago, IL
“Dr. Ficaro is amazingly awesome! I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis 40 years ago and have been on various medications, participated in clinical studies and had J pouch surgery in 2000. Last year I developed Crohn’s disease and inflammation of the SI joint and experienced a lot of pain and discomfort. My doctor recommended I take a biologic.
On my initial visit, Dr. Ficaro told me the goal was to heal my gut which in turn would help with my other inflammatory issues. She is the first physician to check for food allergies; in doing so I learned I am gluten intolerant and have a wheat allergy.
I’ve been seeing Dr. Ficaro for almost 7 months. I am not on any medications; instead I have changed my eating habits and incorporated other helpful suggestions and am feeling so much better! For the first time in 40 years I feel as though I am on the right path to complete healing. Thank you Dr. Ficaro!”
— Sherry C., Park Forest, IL
“Over the past few months, I experienced a pain under my left arm like a ‘pinched nerve’. I also had difficulty sleeping and periods of much anxiety. Within just 3 weeks I felt an enormous change physically as well as emotionally. With her deep knowledge of nutrition, I am incorporating new dietary methods into my daily life. In a short time, I have become so much more peaceful, restful, and much of my pain has left. I am able to rid myself of some medications and instead, implement more vitamins and healthful foods into my daily life. Truly under Dr. Ficaro’s guidance, teachings and treatments, I now feel so good. I am literally a ‘new’ girl. God bless her. I most highly recommend her gifted and knowledgeable care to make a real and true difference in quality of life.”
— Kay L., Joliet, IL