Functional Medicine
The functional medicine model is based in science & data to provide you with personalized recommendations and guidance for nutrition, supplementation, exercise, sleep, and stress reduction.
Dr. Arthur has practiced the full scope of functional medicine since 2014. Certified by the global leader of functional medicine, The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), he has thoroughly enjoyed taking care of the greater southwestern part of Virginia and beyond.
He continues to welcome new patients in the following areas of focus:
- Gut health
- Endocrine health
- Autoimmune disorders
☝️Areas outside of this focus are NOT accepted at this time.
Read details below for specific conditions that Dr. Michael specializes in treating.⬇️
If you’re working solely with Dr. Michael, you’ll still keep your primary care physician for ongoing preventative measures and acute medical needs. As a specialist, he is not here to replace your doctor, but rather to enhance your care on your journey to your best health yet. If you do not have a primary care doctor, please consider concierge family medicine with Dr. Christy here at Ultra Health.
There are multiple benefits to seeing both Dr. Christy and Dr. Michael, including reduced onboarding fees, discounts on supplements, and exclusive group-setting offerings such as workshops and educational programs throughout the year.
Michael Arthur, MD, IFMCP
RTT practitioner & Certified Hypnotist
Dr. Arthur specializes in gut health and endocrine disorders. He enjoys helping women through perimenopause and menopause with the help of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
“Functional medicine is the future of medicine–available now. It seeks to identify and address the root causes of disease, and views the body as one integrated system…
It treats the whole system, not just the symptoms.”
﹣Mark Hyman MD, Endowed Chairman of IFM
We have known since ancient times that gut health is the key to overall, systemic health. Even Hippocrates is quoted with saying, “All disease begins in the gut.”
With modern technology and a better understanding of the gut microbiome, we know now that Hippocrates was absolutely correct in his observations.
Over years of clinical experience, Dr. Arthur has worked with the “difficult cases” that have remained unhelped by modern medicines, or even worsened with modern medicines like PPIs. Worse yet are the cases that have been made worse by well-meaning natural remedies–including homemade yogurts, homemade and commercial Kombucha, and well-meaning “experts” who have advised patients to “take this probiotic”.
If you’re fed up with guessing how to eat, what to eat, and what to take to have a happy belly again, then you’re in the right place. Dr. Arthur is enthusiastic about determining the root cause of your belly troubles and has been very successful in treating a wide variety of GI issues.
Dr. Arthur has helped hundreds of patients feel better as they restore gut health.
He treats all of the following GI conditions:
GERD
Gastritis
LPR (Laryngo-Pharyngeal Reflux)
H. pylori infection
Citrobacter infection
IBS-mixed
IBS-constipation
IBS-diarrhea
Post-infectious IBS (more common than you think)
SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth)
IMO (Intestinal Methanogen Overgrowth)
ISO (Intestinal Sulfide Over-production)
SIFO (Small Intestinal Fungal Overgrowth)
LIFO (Large Intestinal Fungal Overgrowth)
Candida
Microscopic colitis
Ulcerative colitis
Crohn’s disease
Celiac disease
Leaky gut syndrome
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
Intestinal dysbiosis from antibiotic, steroid, and Accutane use
In addition to gut health, Dr. Arthur also focuses his practice on hormonal health. When hormones are imbalanced, fatigue is often a predominant symptom.
Unfortunately, we are all exposed to an increasing amount of toxins in our environment–from the food and water we ingest, to industrial chemicals, to personal care products. And with increasing toxicity, comes not only increased gut issues, but also increased hormonal disturbances.
Our epidemic of fatigue can often be traced to hormonal imbalances, including:
Thyroid disorders
Hypothyroidism
Hashimoto’s disease
Grave’s disease
Adrenal disorders
Adrenal insufficiency
Hypercortisolemia, or adrenal stress
Adrenal exhaustion
Metabolic disorders
Insulin resistance
Metabolic syndrome
Pre-diabetes
Diabetes
PCOS
Sex axis disorders
Perimenopause
Menopause
Testosterone deficiency
DHEA deficiency
Estrogen dominance
I was relieved to find Dr. Arthur right here in Roanoke. My doctor told me to just “accept” my menopausal symptoms and started me on an antidepressant. After months of lost sleep, embarrassing hot flashes, and bed-soaking night sweats, I had resigned myself to just suffer through all of the symptoms.
A girlfriend of mine told me about Dr. Arthur’s approach and how he had helped her. At wit’s end, I finally took the plunge and came on board at Ultra Health.
I thank God every day for Dr. Arthur’s patience with me and for his expertise. With use of bio-identical hormones, he has safely rebalanced my hormones and helped me to start living life fully again. I am very grateful to him and his entire staff who have been so supportive.
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FAQs
Working with Dr. Arthur usually requires the following:
- Keep your primary care physician for ongoing preventative measures and for acute medical needs
- If you don’t have a primary care physician, consider our concierge primary care services
- Test with conventional labs (usually covered by insurance)
- Test with advanced functional medicine labs (usually not covered by most insurance)
- Dietary changes including elimination of certain foods or food groups, low-gycemic diets, low-fermentation diets, Mediterranean diets, mitochondrial diets
- Nutritional supplementation
- Stress reduction techniques such as meditation, breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation, tapping, and RTT (Rapid Transformational Therapy)
- Sleep hygiene and sleep restoration programming
Do you accept insurance?
We do NOT accept any insurance.
- Conventional labs at Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp are usually paid for at least in part by your insurance company.
- Advanced functional medicine labs are paid in part by limited insurance companies. Any functional medicine specialty labs are usually out-of-pocket expenses, but can be put forth toward insurance deductibles.
- We do not file for reimbursement from your insurance companies. While we can provide a superbill for filing, any filing for partial reimbursement is the sole responsibility of the patient.
- We have opted out of Medicare and Medicaid. In the event that you have either of these insurance programs, you cannot legally file for reimbursement.
What Dr. Michael does NOT do:
- While his wife, Dr. Christy Arthur, leads our concierge family medicine services, Dr. Michael does NOT provide acute primary care services.
- We do NOT treat chronic Lyme disease.
- We do NOT treat cancer.
- Dr. Michael does NOT treat neurological disorders like MS, Parkinson’s, or peripheral neuropathies.
- Dr. Michael does NOT treat POTS or other dysautonomias, vertigo or dizziness, cognitive decline/Alzheimer’s disease.
- We are NOT a medical center of last resort for “medical mysteries”.
- We do NOT support findings from SCIO machines or from “muscle testing” as these techniques are not backed by solid science or evidence.
- Dr. Michael does NOT prescribe anxiety drugs, sleep medications, narcotics, or low-dose naltrexone for any condition. NO exceptions.
My child has many of the same symptoms I did when I was younger. Do you see children at Ultra Health?
Both our concierge services and our functional medicine services are currently closed to children and teens younger than 20 years of age.
I don’t live in VA. Can Dr. Arthur still see me?
Yes. As long as you are able to be seen in-person for your office visits, Dr. Arthur can be on your specialist team. We are not able to work with residents of other states via phone or video at this time.