Community Highlights: Meet Sabrina Dvorak of Evolution Health Consulting Functional Medicine

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sabrina Dvorak.

Hi Sabrina, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I have always been interested in holistic therapies to regain or prevent health-related issues. As an RN I worked in the ICU and pre and post-surgical areas. I continued to see people get more sick over time. I wanted a more preventative role, so I decided to go to nurse practitioner school.

About halfway through school I almost quit. How were 15-minute appointments, basic lab testing, and prescriptions for symptoms preventative??? I never had time to discuss diet, lifestyle, gut health, and stress reduction. It was get them in and get them out. I stuck with it and graduated, then, I got sick!

I started having gut issues, the gut issues led to extreme brain fog. I was always in pain. I had every test, I saw my PCP, the GI doctors many times, and even home health. No one could tell me what was going on. Finally, I made a functional medicine doctor appointment. We tested my immune system and my inflammation markers were off the charts! We looked at my genetics and found I was unable to detox mold!

I had been exposed to a home with mold six months before. They quickly put me on medication to eliminate the mold and viola! No more symptoms, every single one I had was gone. Actually, I had never felt better in my life! I find mold illness is the root cause of many of my patient’s symptoms. Mold can cause something simple like acne, to autoimmune, gut issues, brain fog, fatigue, MS, Parkinson’s, cancer, and sometimes death.

I believe I was meant to treat people using functional medicine. My experience with my health has helped thousands of patients regain their health and feel their best. As a Nurse Practitioner, I love being able to combine holistic and natural therapies with Western medicine. What a perfect combination!

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Although alternative health treatments have been around for thousands of years, they have just recently become more mainstream. The struggle continues to be forging a new form of healthcare with most insurance companies paying for sick care. We know we have a health crisis! America is 27th out of 30th in developed nations as far as health care. We continue to get more sick earlier in life and have more autoimmune than almost any other country.

Our food is toxic, the air we breathe is toxic and our water is toxic! How do we expect basic lab work and a poor diet to keep us healthy? If we want to be healthy, we have to take our health into our own hands. Sadly, that is out of pocket for most functional medicine. But what is your health worth to you? Do you really want to wait for your insurance company to dictate your life? This is the struggle. But I assure you, YOU ARE WORTH IT!

Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Evolution Health Consulting Functional Medicine?
FUNctional Medicine! FUN because we reverse chronic illness and people get better. FUNCTIONAL because we get your body back to where it functions best by looking for the root cause of disease. Imagine a space where you are able to be one-on-one with your provider and truly be listened to. A space where you could feel supported, guided, and respected! A space where we continue to look for the reason WHY you have symptoms vs just treating the symptoms with medications. This is Functional Medicine.

We all have such unique gifts! When we feel sick and tired, we can’t share our gifts, enjoy family, our children, or our hobbies. I specialize in my “unicorn” patients. Those that have tried everything they could think of and start to feel hopeless. I was hopeless at one point and functional medicine saved my life. I am a virtual practice that can see patients from anywhere! As long as health is your number one priority, we can find a program to get your light to shine again!

Before we let you go, we’ve got to ask if you have any advice for those who are just starting out.
Remembering my “why.” There were so many times I was terrified of starting up the business. While off with my daughter for maternity leave I heard someone quote, “If not now, when?” I thought, yeah, but it’s during a pandemic and I have a 6 month old baby! Maybe later! I need a regular income, I need insurance and honestly, I need sleep! That quote stuck with me though, “If not now, when?” Why did I want to start my own business?

I wanted to schedule work around my daughter’s schedule, not try and see her when I was done working 9-5 pm. I wanted to be able to work from anywhere in the world using telemedicine (thanks covid!). I wanted to find my own creativity in my practice by using my first-hand experience NEEDING functional medicine, and then showing others how to reverse their chronic illness. Remembering my “why” kept me strong mentally and Evolution Health Consulting flourished!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://evolutionhealthconsulting.com/
• Instagram: @evolution_health_consulting
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/evolutionhealthconsulting/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrina-dvorak-309b8210/
• Youtube: @evolution_health_consulting
• TikTok: @evolutionhealthconsult