Why “doing everything right” can still stall—until the nervous system state shifts.

 

Dear Colleagues, Students, and Friends,

 

Today begins Mini-Training Day 1 in our FM 2.0 sequence:

 

Trauma → ANS → Inflammation
 

Click Here to Watch Day 1 here: 

 

Click Here to Download today’s Day 1 Worksheet (Threat Physiology Screen + First-Step Sequencing)
 

Use it immediately to identify “threat state” patterns and choose the correct first move: regulation → readiness → repair.

 

In modern chronic illness, inflammation is often not just “a lab problem.”
 

It’s frequently a state problem—driven by autonomic dysregulation and threat signaling.

 

In this short training you’ll learn:

 

  • why trauma physiology can keep the body locked in “defense”
  • how ANS tone can amplify inflammatory signaling
  • why gut-first and detox-first often backfire in these cases
  • the sequencing shift that restores progress: regulation → readiness → repair

 

With respect,
Ron Grisanti, D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S., DIANM, CFMP
Founder, Functional Medicine University

 

 

P.S. If these Evolution of Functional Medicine trainings are resonating and you’d like a structured, step-by-step path to apply this level of upstream, root-cause thinking in your own practice, the next Functional Medicine University cohort opens in January 2026. You can hold your seat with a $150 deposit so you don’t miss the enrollment window. Learn more or reserve your seat here by clicking here

 

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