Executive Health Program | Austin, TX

Ruthie Harper MD is a board certified internist who emphasizes an integrative, holistic, functional medicine approach to healthcare. Her practice focuses on treating the root cause of illness rather than just managing symptoms. She promotes healthy lifestyle habits to support health and prevent chronic disease. Harper believes that traditional Western medicine tends to treat symptoms and disease when it should instead be focused on resolving the underlying imbalances in the body that contribute to disease.

Traditional medicine attempts to increase lifespan without accompanying healthspan. Lifespan refers to the length of time a person is alive, while healthspan refers to the length of time a person lives in good health, free from disease, disability, and functional decline. While extending lifespan is a desirable goal, it is only valuable if accompanied by good health and quality of life. Functional medicine is not about thinking that traditional medicine is ‘wrong’. Rather it’s to rethink what it offers and what it doesn’t.

By addressing the root cause of disease, a functional medicine approach enables individuals to achieve greater balance and resilience in their lives, to build a strong foundation for optimal health and longevity. By empowering patients to take an active role in their own health and wellbeing, Dr. Harper will create a culture of health that will support you in achieving your full potential.

If you live in Central Texas or the greater Austin, TX area, schedule a comprehensive consultation with Dr. Ruthie Harper – and take the first step to taking control of your health, preventing disease, and feeling your best!

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Executive Health Program

Ruthie Harper MD is a board certified internist who emphasizes an integrative, holistic, functional medicine approach to healthcare. Her practice focuses on treating the root cause of illness rather than just managing symptoms. She promotes healthy lifestyle habits to support health and prevent chronic disease. Harper believes that traditional Western medicine tends to treat symptoms and disease when it should instead be focused on resolving the underlying imbalances in the body that contribute to disease.

Traditional medicine attempts to increase lifespan without accompanying healthspan. Lifespan refers to the length of time a person is alive, while healthspan refers to the length of time a person lives in good health, free from disease, disability, and functional decline. While extending lifespan is a desirable goal, it is only valuable if accompanied by good health and quality of life. Functional medicine is not about thinking that traditional medicine is ‘wrong’. Rather it’s to rethink what it offers and what it doesn’t.

By addressing the root cause of disease, a functional medicine approach enables individuals to achieve greater balance and resilience in their lives, to build a strong foundation for optimal health and longevity. By empowering patients to take an active role in their own health and wellbeing, Dr. Harper will create a culture of health that will support you in achieving your full potential.

If you live in Central Texas or the greater Austin, TX area, schedule a comprehensive consultation with Dr. Ruthie Harper – and take the first step to taking control of your health, preventing disease, and feeling your best!

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Holistic Approach

In addition to conventional medical treatments, functional doctors focus on the whole individual and use a range of complementary therapies, to support the body’s natural healing processes such as nutrition, acupuncture, supplements, stress reduction, sleep management, massage, and herbal remedies to support the body’s natural healing processes.

Root Cause Analysis

Instead of simply treating symptoms, functional and integrative medicine doctors like Ruthie Harper, MD in Austin, TX identify and address the underlying causes of illness and disease. This involves looking at factors such as inflammation, nutritional deficiencies, hormonal imbalances, stress, sleep, exercise, and other lifestyle factors that may be contributing to disease.

Focus on Prevention

Functional and integrative medicine emphasizes the importance of preventive care, such as regular screenings and lifestyle modifications, to help patients resolve symptoms and avoid chronic diseases before they occur. Our executive health program focuses on key pillars of health that must be mastered to achieve optimal health and provide disease prevention.

Personalized Care

Functional and integrative medicine doctors like Ruthie Harper, MD in Austin, TX believe that every patient is unique – and that their healthcare should be tailored to their individual needs. This involves considering the patient’s medical history, lifestyle, genetics, and environment as well as use of advanced laboratory testing and other diagnostic tools to identify imbalances in the body.

Executive Health Program | Austin, TX

Executive Health Program

Executive Health Program

Holistic Approach

Root Cause Analysis

Focus on Prevention

Personalized Care

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