Dear Colleague,

If you’ve practiced long enough, you’ve seen this:

Progress.

Then a flare.

Then a stall.

And eventually: “I don’t know what to do next.”

If you’re NEW to functional medicine

This pattern is exactly why “learn more” can feel like drowning.
Without order, everything sounds plausible and nothing feels reliable.

If you’re EXPERIENCED / already trained

This is the moment where many good clinicians pay the trial-and-error tax:
more testing, more supplements, more protocol rotation—less predictability.

Here’s the key:
 

This is often not a protocol problem.

It’s a readiness + sequencing problem.

Tomorrow I’ll give you the upstream question that prevents most backfires.

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

P.S. Tomorrow I’ll explain why patients often get better, then worse—and the small shift that helps prevent that.

P.P.S. Curriculum Preview (quick reference):
If you’d like to see the full structure at a glance, here’s the Curriculum Preview PDF:

(Backup link: https://www.functionalmedicineuniversity.com/FMU-Curriculum-Sample.pdf

P.P.P.S. January 2026 cohort (optional seat-hold):
If you want a step-by-step path to apply this in practice, you can reserve your spot with a $150 deposit (applied to tuition):