Where Orthopedics, Regenerative Medicine, and Functional Medicine Meet!
CHRONIC PAIN? TRYING TO AVOID ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY?
YOU FOUND HOPE. YOU FOUND ORTHOPEDIC FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
Dr. Sean Altman
Dr. Altman is a Functional Medicine Doctor with expertise in Energy Medicine, Bioelectric Signaling, and Regenerative Orthopedics.
Sean Altman | Orthopedic Functional Medicine
"Orthopedic Functional Medicine is not an abstract philosophy but a practical, reproducible framework that integrates structural integrity, biochemistry, neurology, and energy. It gives patients answers where they have only been dismissed, and it gives providers tools where they have only had protocols."
- Dr. Steven Murphy
ORTHOPEDIC FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE EVALUATION
Advanced Diagnostics to Find the True Root Cause
Most patients are evaluated through one lens at a time.
An orthopedic evaluation may focus on joints, discs, tendons, ligaments, imaging, and
structural diagnoses.
A functional medicine evaluation may focus on inflammation, hormones, nutrition,
immune function, metabolism, and whole-body physiology.
But chronic pain rarely comes from one system alone.
Orthopedic Functional Medicine brings these worlds together.
The Orthopedic Functional Medicine Evaluation is the diagnostic foundation of The Altman Method. It combines advanced orthopedic analysis with functional medicine principles to determine why the body is not healing and what system needs to be treated first.
The Four-Lens Evaluation
This evaluation looks at how four major systems interact:
Structure
Joints, ligaments, tendons, fascia, discs, posture, alignment, biomechanics,
movement mechanics, and tissue integrity.
Nervous System
Proprioception, balance, coordination, protective guarding, pain sensitivity, vagus
nerve function, autonomic regulation, and post-concussion patterns.
Chemistry
Inflammation, hormones, immune function, nutrition, metabolic health, medication
history, prior procedures, and lab findings that may affect healing.
Energy
Circulation, oxygen delivery, mitochondrial function, cellular voltage, sleep quality, recovery capacity, and tissue readiness for repair.
The goal is not simply to name a diagnosis.
The goal is to understand why the body is stuck — and what needs to change for healing to
become possible.
Why the Right Evaluation Matters
A diagnosis should explain more than where pain is located.
It should explain why the problem is happening.
Many patients are told they have arthritis, tendonitis, a disc injury, muscle tightness, neuropathy, or chronic pain — but that label does not always explain why symptoms started, why treatment failed, or why the pain keeps returning.
When the true driver is missed, care often becomes a cycle:
Temporary relief.
Symptoms return.
Another medication.
Another injection.
Another round of therapy.
Another scan.
Another explanation that still does not fully make sense.
The Orthopedic Functional Medicine Evaluation is designed to break
that cycle by identifying the deeper pattern behind the symptoms.
A tight muscle may be guarding an unstable joint.
“Knee arthritis” may actually be a missed tendon tear, ligament instability, altered mechanics, or implant-related reaction.
“Normal imaging” may still miss dynamic instability, poor proprioception, nerve sensitivity, inflammatory load, or impaired healing capacity.
The right evaluation changes everything — because it changes the entire treatment strategy.
“I had years of specialists and diagnoses. They kept doing x-rays and saying there was nothing wrong with my knee. This was the first time someone looked at the whole system — and it finally made sense.”
— 72 Year Old Patient with metal allergy to implant used in Total Knee Replacement for 5 years since the surgery. This patient experienced complete elimination of pain and inflammation as soon as knee replacement was revised!
