Perth Functional Medicine
Our clinic in Palmyra, plus secure telehealth for patients across Perth, regional WA and the rest of Australia
How we work with Perth patients
Functional medicine in Perth, in clinic or online.
Advanced Functional Medicine started in Palmyra and Perth is still home. You can see our practitioners in person at the clinic, or work with us entirely by telehealth if that suits you better. The clinical process is identical either way, and plenty of Perth patients mix the two.
Every new patient starts with a consultation of up to 45 minutes that maps your full history, then targeted testing, then a written plan you keep. It is methodical, it is documented, and it is built around your results rather than a generic protocol.
- In-clinic appointments at our Palmyra clinic, or telehealth
- Pathology referrals you can use at any collection centre in Perth
- A written, prioritised plan kept in your patient portal
- Complex cases reviewed across a multi-practitioner team
What we help with
Complex chronic conditions, investigated properly.
We work across complex, chronic and hard-to-resolve presentations, including gut health problems such as IBS, SIBO, bloating and reflux; thyroid disorders and Hashimoto's, including cases where tests read normal but symptoms persist; autoimmune conditions; chronic fatigue with no clear cause; MTHFR and methylation issues; hormonal imbalances; mould illness and CIRS; and mental health presentations with a biochemical component.
How it works
From first consult to a plan that's yours.
The same structured process whether you come into the clinic or join by video.
Book your consultation
A new patient consultation of up to 45 minutes, in clinic at Palmyra or by secure video. We work through your timeline, symptoms, prior testing and lifestyle to build a complete picture of where things shifted.
Targeted testing
We send pathology referrals and any specialty test kits. Collect samples at a Perth collection centre or at home, and results come back to us directly.
Results and your plan
We walk you through what the testing shows and give you a written, prioritised protocol covering supplements, nutrition and lifestyle, in order.
Ongoing care
Scheduled reviews keep the plan accountable to your results, with direct messaging between appointments and team review on complex cases.
Testing in Perth
Where Perth patients get tested.
We work with the major WA pathology networks, so standard blood work can be collected close to home. Specialty functional test kits are posted to your door.
Telehealth for Perth and regional WA
Not every Perth patient wants to travel to Palmyra, and patients in regional WA often cannot. Telehealth gives you the same practitioners, the same testing, the same treatment plans and the same follow-up as an in-clinic appointment. Many of our Perth patients choose it simply because it fits around work.
Consultations run through a secure medical video link with nothing to download, joinable from your phone or computer. Pathology is handled through our electronic links with all major Australian labs, so you collect your samples locally and the results come straight back to us. Every patient has access to our secure patient portal, where your results are stored, you can message your practitioner and our admin team, upload previous results for review, and order supplements.
Shift work and FIFO rosters
WA has more people working FIFO and rotating shifts than anywhere else in the country, and it is one of the more common threads we see in Perth patients presenting with fatigue, gut symptoms and thyroid dysfunction. Disrupted sleep and eating patterns affect cortisol rhythm, digestion and blood sugar regulation, and standard testing rarely accounts for when a sample was taken relative to a roster.
We plan testing around your roster rather than the other way around, and telehealth means appointments do not have to compete with swing days. If you work away, your consultations and results reviews can happen wherever you are.
Reviews
What our patients say.
Why AFM
Founded by Jarrod Cooper ND, author of The Healing Hierarchy.
Jarrod founded Advanced Functional Medicine after more than a decade in clinical practice, frustrated by how often complex patients were told their results were normal. His approach is sequential: find what is driving the dysfunction, then treat the body in the order it actually heals. That method now runs through every case the clinic takes.
Perth patients work with our practitioner team, in clinic or by telehealth, with complex presentations reviewed across the group.
Naturopathic Doctor
Author, The Healing Hierarchy
Functional Medicine
Functional medicine in Perth
Perth has no shortage of practitioners, and most patients who reach us have already seen several. Two things tend to be missing: sequence, and the right testing.
Testing gets ordered without a clear plan for what the results will change, or the wrong tests get run and the actual drivers never surface. Just as often a protocol gets started before the things blocking it have been addressed, so it fails for reasons that have nothing to do with the protocol itself.
We work through it in order. A full history first, then testing chosen to answer specific questions, then a written plan that treats the drivers in the sequence the body actually responds to. If something is not working, we can see why, because every step is documented.
The clinic has been in Palmyra since 2019, and we now see patients across Perth, regional WA and the rest of Australia.
FAQ
Questions from Perth.
The things people ask most before booking. If yours isn't here, our team is happy to help.
Can I see someone in person in Perth?
Do I need a referral?
How long is the first appointment?
Where do I get my testing done?
Can you help if I live in regional WA?
Is this covered by Medicare?
Can I work with Jarrod directly?
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