Autoimmune Conditions Treatment in Irvine, CA

You may arrive with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, or another diagnosis already on the chart. You may also arrive with positive antibodies and a specialist who has not finished the workup. Both situations are welcome. FRI does not create a new autoimmune label to replace the one your physician is using.

Dr. Sani Kohen, D.C. and Dr. Tara Kohen, D.C. ask which joints flare, what the specialist has ruled out, and which medications you are on. Functional Medicine reads that list before suggesting a test. Stopping an immune-modulating drug is not part of this visit.

FRI does not replace a rheumatologist, a primary physician, an endocrinologist, a gastroenterologist, or a mental health clinician. Flares, new rashes, eye pain, and medication side effects go back to the specialist who knows the disease. A nutrition visit is not a second opinion on immunosuppression.

What this office can do is look at sleep, food, and movement as support around that medical plan. The Hashimoto's thyroiditis page is the specific autoimmune thyroid conversation. This page stays on the broader situation so the two are not collapsed.

Some people with autoimmune disease also bloat, react to meals, or sleep in fragments. Those threads are optional. They are not a claim that the gut caused the disease. GI-MAP stool testing is used when digestion is actually part of your story, not as a required rite.

Chronic inflammation describes inflammation as a process your physician may already be measuring. FRI will not promise that a food change lowers every marker or quiets every flare. Sleep loss, by itself, can make pain feel louder the next day, and that lever is practical.

Stiff mornings and joints that will not load are a reason people stop moving, which often makes the day worse. Chiropractic Sports Medicine and Neuromuscular Rehabilitation can work on the joints you still need for walking, gripping, and getting off the floor. The pace respects a flare.

Functional medicine at FRI does not replace a primary physician, endocrinologist, gastroenterologist, or mental health clinician. Nutrition and supplementation is individualized, with no brand protocol and no dose aimed at the immune system. You keep every prescription your specialist wrote.

A complimentary 20-minute consultation can clarify whether support care is appropriate beside your specialist. FRI is out of network, offers superbills, and accepts HSA and FSA funds. Hours are Monday–Thursday, 9–6.

Bring the diagnosis, the medication list, and recent labs from your rheumatologist or physician. Any gut test is optional. You should not expect a plan that replaces immune medication.

Irvine's villages do not share a body. Woodbridge and University Park are older loops and pools. Turtle Rock and Quail Hill have more grade. The Spectrum and the Great Park are newer and more spread out. The job, for a lot of patients, is a campus along Jamboree, Barranca, or the Irvine Business Complex: long meetings, a badge, and a walk that is only from the garage. Neck, upper back, and headache complaints often start there. Knee and hip complaints often start on the village trails people use to undo the job.

We do not treat Irvine as a single activity level. A cyclist on the San Diego Creek trail and a software lead who has not exercised since a move from Woodbridge need different exams. Neck pain and headaches are common desk presentations. Hip and SI pain shows up when someone adds mileage fast. Say which village and which campus.

From central and north Irvine, I-5 south toward Mission Viejo is the simple drive. From the south villages and from many business parks, the 133 to the 73 toll road is often cleaner. About 12 miles. Twenty minutes is realistic off peak. Thirty-five is realistic when the 5 is slow through Lake Forest. The office is 26400 La Alameda, Suite 100, Mission Viejo, CA 92691. Building parking. Monday through Thursday, 9 to 6.

Irvine patients are used to efficient clinics. This one is deliberately less efficient. An exam takes time. If you need to be back on Jamboree for a meeting, book a morning visit and leave a buffer. Phone (949) 312-1754. The 20-minute consultation is the right first step if you are shopping for a style of care rather than ready for testing.

Corrective exercise and DNS are how we retrain sitting and breathing patterns after the exam shows they matter. Chiropractic adjustments are used when a joint is not moving, not as a subscription. Carpal tunnel symptoms get a neck screen and a nerve exam, because a keyboard is not automatically the wrist.

The same city asks functional medicine questions: thyroid, burnout-style fatigue people want explained, and gut symptoms after years of desk lunches. Those are history-first visits. The hub page is the Irvine chiropractor page.

Many Irvine employers offer HSA or FSA accounts. Those cards work here. We are still out of network and we still give a superbill rather than billing your plan directly. Lab work is quoted before it is ordered. We will not tell you to stop a medication from your Irvine physician.

Drs. Sani and Tara Kohen lead the clinic. Training details are on the about page. If you want to see the rehab gym before you drive the 5, use the office page.