Every patient deserves a personalized program supported by a skilled and compassionate team that truly cares. With a blend of natural and conventional medicine, we aim to restore wellness at the root. The services below reflect some of the healing pathways we provide at Sanctuary. We’re here to walk with you each step of the way.
Our Intensive Program supports adults and children with chronic illness as they work to regain their health. We identify root causes and guide patients toward lasting health so they can move forward with greater wellness. Through functional medicine, we uncover root causes by thoroughly understanding each patient’s health story. Learn more
Direct Primary Care at Sanctuary Functional Medicine combines the best of natural and conventional medicine to guide and equip patients for the healthiest life they choose to pursue which conventional medicine can’t offer. All delivered by a provider you trust answering the questions you need for your family’s health. Learn more
Uncovering mold toxicity means not only an explanation but with a Sanctuary detoxifcation protocol, this answer can also lead to feeling alive again with joy rather than suffering. Learn more
Sometimes Lyme disease is the hidden cause of a patient’s chronic symptoms. As inflammation settles and the infection resolves, the body can begin functioning normally again. Learn more
As triggers calm and the body is supported, inflammation drops, energy improves, and symptoms fade. Patients regain function and confidence knowing the real causes are being treated. Learn more
Everything changed over a short period, maybe a night, maybe over a week, but your child morphed into another personality. Your child’s health can be restored to a life of childhood joys unhindered by brain inflammation and unpredictable behaviors. Learn more
Many come to us with bodies that just don’t want to get up and go…. With our care… They get more done at home or at work. They have more energy to have fun. Patients often express “so this is what it feels like to feel normal” or “I didn’t know how sick I really was until I felt better”. Learn more
As a parent, you know something changed about your child, something that you may not be able to pinpoint exactly, but you just know is there… By working to remove the triggers for brain inflammation and augmenting the body’s ability to heal, new changes emerge…. Your child can see a better future ahead interacting, learning, and playing. Learn more
Our life depends on the proper function of our immune defenses. Besides the elsewhere described processes of autoimmune disease or mast cell activation, our immune system can either simply underperform or inadequately shut itself off. We’ll come back to the inadequate shut off after looking at how it can underperform. Learn more
Mast cells are immune cells which release histamine and dozens other chemical messengers in response to some trigger. The histamine and other chemicals serve a purpose under normal conditions, but when they build up in excess, they can cause hives, allergies, food intolerances, migraines, GI symptoms, and many other surprising symptoms. Learn more
Hormones, whether from the thyroid in your neck, the reproductive hormones in men and women, or the little adrenal caps sitting on your kidneys can all individually or collectively disrupt your life. We work to balance those out of alignment by identifying root causes driving the problems and supporting these critical body regulators. Learn more
Dr. Eric Potter graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School and then went on to specialize in internal medicine (adult) and pediatric care, spending significant time and effort in growing his medical understanding while caring for patients from all walks of life.
We can agree with a microbiologist at Rutgers that “this is an aspect of long COVID that is not talked about a lot,” in reference to the coinfections that travel with COVID 19. This news comes as no surprise to functional medicine doctors who have been treating Lyme coinfections for decades, and was appreciated early…
Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die. [Proverbs 19:16] The law of God sets a heavy burden upon mankind in his natural state, a burden unregenerate man refuses to live up to (Ps. 53:1-3). The Christian has a little easier time; he recognizes that the law was to…
Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
The verdict is final on UPFs (ultra-processed foods), and it should get more news attention than the UFO hype we put up with. Even if a UFO never lands on the White House lawn, every day millions of Americans are consuming cardiovascular poisons and loving it. These UPFs have been clearly shown to increase a…
