Functional Medicine Adelaide
If you are in Adelaide and have spent years searching for an answer that never quite comes, you are exactly who this practice was built for.
How we work with Adelaide patients
Functional medicine for Adelaide, by telehealth.
If you are in Adelaide and have spent years searching for an answer that never quite comes, you are exactly who this practice was built for. Advanced Functional Medicine works with people across Adelaide and South Australia who are living with complex, persistent health problems that standard care has not resolved. We consult by telehealth, so you work with us from home, whether you are in the inner suburbs, the Adelaide Hills, the northern or southern suburbs or regional South Australia, with the same testing and depth of care as any in-person clinic.
The people we help most have usually already tried the most. Years of appointments, repeated dietary changes, long lists of supplements, and still no clear picture of what is wrong. Our work is to find what is actually driving your symptoms and to address it in the right order.
Functional medicine looks for the root cause rather than managing symptoms one at a time. The body is a connected system, the gut, the hormones, the nervous system and the detox pathways all affect each other, and a symptom in one area is often driven by a problem somewhere else entirely. Our job is to map that picture properly and treat the cause. The clinic was founded by Jarrod Cooper, a naturopathic doctor and published author in the field, and built around this way of working.
Two things set the approach apart. The first is depth of testing. We use advanced functional testing that goes well beyond a standard panel, an extended blood panel of over eighty markers read against optimal rather than just normal ranges, advanced stool testing, and organic acids testing, so we can see what standard tests miss. The second is sequence. We address the body in a deliberate order, stabilising the foundations first, then the gut, then the biochemistry, then the hormones and optimisation, because the right treatment in the wrong order often does not work.
This sequenced, root-cause approach is the method every practitioner in the clinic is trained in and works to.
- Telehealth consultations Australia-wide, with no travel
- Pathology referrals you can use at any local collection centre
- A written, prioritised plan kept in your patient portal
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, delivered entirely online. Most Adelaide patients complete it without ever needing to travel.
Book your consultation
A 30 to 45 minute new patient consultation. 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 locally or at home - results come back to us directly.
Results & your plan
We walk you through what the testing shows and give you a written, prioritised protocol - 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 Adelaide
Where Adelaide
patients get tested.
We work with the major Australian pathology networks, so standard blood work can be collected close to home. Specialty functional test kits are posted to your door.
Not near a collection centre? We post a pathology kit to your door with everything you need, then you return it by reply-paid post.
Telehealth patients get exactly the same care and access as someone who walks into our Perth clinic. Not a reduced version, the same practitioners, the same testing, the same treatment plans, the same follow-up. In fact many of our Perth patients choose telehealth anyway, simply because it is more convenient than travelling in.
Here is what that looks like in practice. 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 testing labs, so you collect your samples locally and the results come straight back to you. And every patient has access to our secure online patient portal, where all your test results are stored, you can message your practitioner and our admin team directly, upload previous results for review, and order your supplements. Everything you need to manage your care is in one place. Being in Adelaide rather than Perth changes nothing about the standard of care you receive.
Reviews
What our patients say.
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Why AFM
Led 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's driving the dysfunction, then treat the body in the order it actually heals.
Adelaide patients work with Jarrod and the team entirely online. Behind every case is a multi-practitioner clinic, so complex presentations are reviewed across the team.
Naturopathic Doctor
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Author, The Healing Hierarchy
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Functional Medicine
Functional medicine in Adelaide
A common concern for Adelaide patients considering a telehealth practice is whether they will still have straightforward access to testing. They will. South Australia is well served by pathology providers including Clinpath Pathology and Australian Clinical Labs, with collection centres across metropolitan Adelaide and into regional South Australia. We send your pathology requests electronically to the major labs, you attend a nearby collection centre at a time that suits you, and your results flow back into your portal automatically. The specialised functional tests that are not collected locally, such as stool and organic acids panels, are sent to your door with clear instructions.
There is a practical advantage to the Adelaide and South Australian context that is easy to overlook. Outside the metropolitan area, South Australia covers vast distances, and for patients in regional and rural parts of the state, access to practitioners offering this depth of functional testing has historically meant long travel or simply going without. Telehealth removes that barrier entirely. A patient in the Riverland, the Limestone Coast or the Eyre Peninsula gets exactly the same practitioner, testing and care as someone in North Adelaide, with the local pathology network handling sample collection close to home.
For Adelaide patients more generally, the telehealth model tends to be the more convenient choice rather than a lesser one. No travel, no parking, appointments around your day, and the same depth of testing and care from start to finish.
FAQ
Questions
from Adelaide.
The things people ask most before booking. If yours isn't here, our team is happy to help.
Can I really get the same care by telehealth as in person?
How does the testing work for Adelaide patients?
What conditions do you work with?
How is functional medicine different from seeing my GP?
Do I need a referral to book?
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