Root Cause Medicine
Meet Your Provider
Layne Weaver RN, FNP-C, IFMCP
Layne is licensed to practice in the state of North Carolina. She began her nursing career over 25 years ago and has experience in Intensive Care, Emergency, Primary Care, Retail Health, Rheumatology, Employee Wellness, and Clinical Research. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing Science from UNC-Greensboro and a Master of Nursing Science from UNC-Chapel-Hill. She is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Provider and has completed courses in Integrative Health at Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, the Daniel Amen Brain Health Coaching Course for Professionals, and the American College of Rheumatology Course for Allied Health Professionals.
My story
I was in healthcare for about 20 years when I discovered functional medicine (fm). I had a wealth of clinical experience in a variety of settings in the traditional healthcare system and I was frustrated. I was frustrated with the limits that our healthcare system placed on both clinicians and patients. The pill-for-an-ill system is great when we have short term infections, but that is not why most people seek healthcare.
Treatment of chronic illness comprises the bulk of dollars spent on healthcare, but our system does not allow the time or creativity to reverse or prevent those processes.
FM gave me the answers I was looking for. It is an upstream approach that invites the clinician to consider physiological processes that contribute to and reverse illness.
I started with myself, making small adjustments with food, adding some supplements, and becoming aware of how I was handling stress. Within a few weeks, I began to experience new energy, motivation, and weight loss. My passion for care and cure was reignited and I began to share functional medicine tools with my patients.
I respect the amazing surgeries, devices, and medicines that standard medicine offers and I refer to those services when they provide the best solution. But most often, the biggest problems people face in managing their health is a slow steady decline of function. This is where functional medicine shines.
