Functional Medicine
About Functional Medicine
Functional medicine is a patient-centered approach that looks beyond isolated symptoms to understand how the body’s systems work together. Instead of treating one issue at a time, it identifies the deeper patterns, triggers, and imbalances that contribute to fatigue, digestive concerns, hormonal shifts, inflammation, and chronic illness. By combining advanced testing with lifestyle medicine, nutrition, botanicals, and targeted therapies, functional medicine offers a path toward steady healing and long-term wellness.
While Michael Turner M.D. is based in Kennewick, Washington, functional medicine services are available through secure telehealth appointments for patients both locally and nationwide. This approach allows individuals to receive the same thoughtful, personalized care regardless of location, while remaining connected to the Kennewick-based practice.
At Michael Turner M.D., patients connected to the Kennewick-based practice receive thoughtful, individualized care that honors the connection between body, mind, and spirit, whether supported locally or nationwide through telehealth.
Is Functional Medicine Right for You?
- Digestive concerns, skin issues, or discomfort that affects daily life.
- Persistent fatigue or weight that feels difficult to manage.
- Stress, restless sleep, or irritability that keeps returning.
- Questions about hormonal balance or unexplained shifts in energy.
- Symptoms that continue even when standard lab results appear “normal.”
- Autoimmune challenges that feel unpredictable or hard to understand.
- Lingering effects after COVID or vaccination that impact well-being.
- A desire to take a proactive, whole-person approach to long-term health.
Dr. Turner supports individuals throughout Kennewick and the Tri-Cities by looking beyond isolated symptoms, helping patients gain clarity and move toward renewed balance in both body and spirit.
Functional Medicine Services Provided by Chelsey Richardson, DNP
Chelsey Richardson, DNP, provides functional medicine services through Michael Turner M.D., delivering personalized care via secure telehealth while working in coordination with the Kennewick-based practice. By recognizing patterns, triggers, and imbalances within the body, she creates personalized care plans that support healing and long-term wellness. These plans may include lifestyle medicine, therapeutic nutrition, targeted supplements, botanicals, or bioidentical hormone support when appropriate. Patients connected to the Kennewick-based practice receive thoughtful guidance, whether seen locally or through telehealth grounded in evidence, compassion, and a whole-person view of health.
Support your digestive health with advanced gut testing and a personalized healing plan.
Our Approach: Using the 5R method, Remove, Replace, Re-inoculate, Repair, and Rebalance. Chelsey integrates nutrition, lifestyle practices, botanicals, and targeted medications when needed. This approach helps address concerns such as reflux, bloating, SIBO/SIFO, IBS, and increased intestinal permeability. Many patients throughout Kennewick and the Tri-Cities also notice benefits like clearer thinking, reduced joint discomfort, and improved mood as their digestion stabilizes.
Harmonize Your Hormones
Restore balance across adrenal, thyroid, and reproductive hormone systems.
Our Approach: Chelsey strengthens your hormonal foundation by focusing on sleep, movement, nutrition, stress management, and gut integrity. She evaluates adrenal function, thyroid patterns, liver support, and blood sugar stability to promote a more balanced hormonal environment. When appropriate, she may use botanicals, nutraceuticals, or bioidentical hormone support to help you feel more grounded and energized.
Correct Autoimmunity
Receive individualized strategies to address autoimmune challenges.
Our Approach: Chelsey works with the functional medicine triad of genetic predisposition, gut health, and environmental triggers to help calm autoimmune activity at its source. She focuses on supporting gut integrity, managing inflammation, and identifying contributing stressors. Similar strategies are used to help patients navigate Long COVID or lingering vaccine-related symptoms, informed by FLCCC-aligned protocols.
Radiate Clear Skin
Address persistent skin concerns from the inside out.
Our Approach: Chelsey evaluates potential internal contributors, including nutrient deficiencies, hormonal shifts, detoxification challenges, and gut imbalances. This whole-body perspective helps support lasting improvement in conditions like acne, rosacea, psoriasis, and eczema.
Optimize Metabolic Health
Support healthy metabolism and sustainable body composition changes.
Our Approach: By addressing metabolic blockers such as sleep, nutrition, movement, stress, hormonal imbalance, inflammation, and toxin exposure, Chelsey helps patients balance blood sugar and create the conditions needed for building lean mass and reducing unwanted weight.
From your initial deep-dive assessment to your personalized wellness plan, Chelsey and the team at Michael Turner M.D. are committed to guiding you with clarity, compassion, and steady support at every step.
