Family Nurse Practitioner Alissa McDivitt has spent more than two decades in the medical field. Her experience in pharmacies, cardiology, emergency medicine, intensive care, and occupational healthcare have all played a part in making her the functional medical professional she is today.
However, it was McDivitt’s own health journey that has sparked her passion for functional medicine. As an endurance runner and two-time ultramarathon participant, she experienced a stress fracture two weeks before traveling to Dublin, Ireland, to run a marathon. Recovery from that injury led her from traditional medicine into the realm of functional medicine, which has a more holistic approach to treating medical conditions. Through functional medicine, McDivitt discovered that behind her stress fracture was a body low in Vitamin D and facing adrenal insufficiency from running and working in a stressful environment.
“I felt like I was always in fight or flight,” she said…