Educational Information, Not Individual Medical Advice
The information on DrBradShook.com is provided for general educational purposes. Articles, videos, graphics, downloadable resources, emails, social posts, podcasts, and other public content are intended to help readers better understand health concepts and questions they may wish to discuss with an appropriate licensed healthcare professional.
Public content should not be used to diagnose yourself, diagnose another person, select or discontinue a medication, determine whether a medical procedure is appropriate, or replace an individualized examination, diagnosis, treatment plan, or recommendation from a healthcare professional who is responsible for your medical care.
A diagnosis tells us what condition has been identified. It does not automatically tell us what triggered the process, what may be driving it, or which factors can be changed. Functional medicine can offer another way to investigate those questions, but it remains complementary to appropriate medical evaluation and treatment.
Browsing This Site Does Not Create a Professional Relationship
Reading this website, watching Dr. Shook's videos, downloading a resource, submitting a general website form, following social media, joining an email list, or applying for care does not by itself create a doctor-client, doctor-patient, clinician-client, or other professional relationship with Brad Shook, DC, AFMC.
A consulting relationship begins only after the person has been accepted for the relevant service and any required enrollment, consent, agreement, or intake process has been completed. The scope of that relationship is defined by the applicable service agreement and by the professional scope in which the service is provided.
Brad Shook, DC, AFMC is a Doctor of Chiropractic and functional medicine consultant. The use of “Dr.” refers to his doctoral degree in chiropractic. Public educational content should not be interpreted as a representation that he is acting as a medical physician in a context where he is not licensed or engaged to do so.
Keep Appropriate Medical Care in Place
Functional medicine consulting is intended to complement, not replace, appropriate medical care. Clients should maintain an appropriate relationship with a primary care clinician and any specialists needed for diagnosis, medication management, procedures, imaging, monitoring, urgent concerns, or other medical needs.
Do not start, stop, increase, decrease, or substitute a prescription medication based only on information from this website. Medication decisions should be made with the prescribing or otherwise appropriate licensed healthcare professional.
The same principle applies to symptoms that may require examination, laboratory interpretation within a medical context, imaging, specialist evaluation, or treatment beyond the scope of consulting.
This Website Is Not for Emergencies
Do not use DrBradShook.com, email, an application form, social media, or routine consulting communications for a medical emergency.
If you believe you may be experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or your local emergency service, or go to the nearest appropriate emergency facility. If you are experiencing a serious or rapidly worsening symptom, seek timely evaluation from an appropriate licensed healthcare professional.
No Cure or Outcome Guarantee
Health outcomes vary. No article, testimonial, client story, before-and-after image, program description, case example, or statement on this website should be interpreted as a promise, guarantee, or prediction that another person will experience the same result.
There is no scientifically established natural cure for Hashimoto's thyroiditis, psoriasis, or autoimmune disease generally. Functional medicine may provide meaningful opportunities to investigate triggers, drivers, physiology, nutrition, lifestyle, exposures, gut health, nutrient status, stress, sleep, and other relevant factors, but those opportunities do not guarantee remission, symptom improvement, laboratory change, or any particular clinical outcome.
When testimonials or examples are presented, they describe individual experiences. Individual history, diagnosis, genetics, exposures, medications, physiology, adherence, concurrent medical care, and many other factors can affect results.
Health Information Changes Over Time
Medical and scientific knowledge changes as new evidence emerges. DrBradShook.com is periodically updated, but content may not always reflect the most recent study, guideline, product formulation, laboratory methodology, regulatory change, or professional consensus at the moment you read it.
References are provided where useful to help readers evaluate the basis for an article. A citation does not mean every claim in the cited source is universally accepted, and the absence of a citation on a general educational statement should not be interpreted as a treatment recommendation.
Testing, Supplements, Diets, and Health Products
Information about laboratory testing, supplements, nutrition, elimination diets, exercise, sleep, environmental exposures, or other health-support strategies is educational unless it is provided to an accepted client within the scope of an individualized consulting relationship.
More testing is not automatically better, supplements are not automatically safe because they are available without a prescription, and a diet that helps one person may be inappropriate for another. Potential interactions, contraindications, allergies, pregnancy, medical conditions, medications, dosing, quality, and other individual factors can matter.
Product names, laboratories, testing companies, books, apps, websites, or other third-party resources may be mentioned for education or convenience. Mentioning a resource does not guarantee its quality, availability, accuracy, safety, effectiveness, or suitability for a particular person.
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Some third-party relationships may involve compensation, referral arrangements, practitioner pricing, commissions, or other financial interests. Where a material financial relationship applies to a recommendation or transaction, the intent is to disclose it as required and appropriate. The existence of a financial relationship does not change the need for readers and clients to make their own informed decisions about products and services.
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