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We’re all about root cause resolution… digging deep into what causes your disease and helping you truly heal. Start your journey to health today with our unique functional and lifestyle medicine program.
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At Healthy Connections, we believe true health isn’t about managing symptoms, it’s about getting to the root cause. Functional medicine helps you take control of your life by uncovering the “why” behind your health concerns and creating a personalized plan that brings lasting change.
Our Healthy Connections Team has spent years developing our expertise in functional medicine. We’ve completed training at the Institute for Functional Medicine. But to keep things simple, we’ve broken it down into three main ideas.
Instead of chasing symptoms, we investigate the underlying imbalances—whether hormonal, nutritional, or environmental—that contribute to illness. This approach helps you heal at the foundation.
We focus on keeping you well, not just treating you when you’re sick. By identifying risk factors early, we can help prevent chronic disease before it develops.
Your health should be in your hands. We empower you with knowledge, tools, and support so you can become the strongest advocate for your own well-being.
Functional medicine works especially well for chronic or complex health issues. At Healthy Connections, we frequently help patients with:
Uncover the deeper reasons for exhaustion, from mitochondrial stress to inflammation and poor sleep. With personalized care, you can regain consistent energy and vitality.
Identify and manage sensitivities that can cause digestive discomfort, brain fog, and inflammation. Functional medicine helps you make clear dietary choices that reduce symptoms.
Calm an overactive immune system by identifying triggers like diet, infections, or toxins. Our approach reduces flare-ups, supports healing, and builds long-term resilience.
Improve blood sugar control, weight management, and cardiovascular health through nutrition, lifestyle changes, and functional support tailored to your needs.
Address imbalances in the stress response system that can lead to fatigue, sleep issues, and hormonal problems. Restoring adrenal health helps bring back balance and energy.
Resolve issues like IBS, reflux, bloating, and constipation by restoring gut health, optimizing microbiome balance, and improving digestion at the root.
Healthy Connections blends the best of functional medicine and primary care to provide a truly comprehensive approach to health. How? Through a membership model.
While we do bill insurance for certain services, our priority is to reduce barriers and ensure care stays focused on you rather than paperwork. That’s why we offer a membership model alongside traditional insurance billing. This allows us to simplify the process, eliminate unnecessary administration, and deliver care that is both personal and effective.
With a membership, your experience becomes more direct and supportive. You spend more meaningful time with your provider, building a relationship that leads to better outcomes. You also gain straightforward access to the services we know will benefit you most, without the restrictions and delays often caused by insurance-driven limitations.
Our commitment is to make healthcare affordable, transparent, and centered on what truly matters—your long-term wellness. By combining functional medicine with primary care, we give you the tools and guidance you need to prevent illness, address root causes, and enjoy lasting health in every stage of life.
For over 30 years of practicing traditional Internal Medicine in an increasingly challenging healthcare system – and suffering his own mysterious, unremitting symptoms – Dr. Jeff Horacek knew there were pieces of the healthcare puzzle that were missing for many of his clients (and himself).
Dr. Jeff saw too many people who, despite strong motivation and dedication to resolve their health conditions, simply did not improve. Does this sound like you?
When he discovered the exciting research and practice of Functional Medicine and a systems-biology, root-cause, holistic approach to healing, he knew this provided the answers to these previously unresolved cases! He wanted to open a clinic that not only helps clients improve their overall health, but also provides healthy connections, hope, empowerment, and personalized lifestyle practices to continue their progress for the rest of their lives.
What Makes Us Different Than Other Health Clinics?
Healthy Connections has an integrated team approach, with wellness coaching, functional nutrition, mind-body expertise, and group lifestyle programs alongside our provider-led team to support your whole-person wellness.
Our Unique Approach to Improving Your Health
The Healthy Connections staff brings decades of experience to each patient interaction. We are collaborative and holistic.
Our Philosophy On Functional Medicine
We practice medicine with a Functional, root-cause resolution approach. Learn how, and why, we feel it is so important.
Your genes provide a map of your health potential. We interpret advanced genetic testing to help you understand your predispositions and make lifestyle choices that optimize your unique biology.
Lasting change doesn’t happen overnight. Our coaches partner with you to set achievable goals, create accountability, and support your journey toward total wellness.
Food is medicine—and the right nutrition plan can transform your health. Our specialists guide you in making sustainable choices that balance energy, support digestion, and strengthen immunity.
Changing our habits starts with awareness. When we notice our urges for food, reactions to pain, and distraction from rest and recovery, we can make changes. Our team helps you develop this mindfulness.
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Healthy Connections! In order to care for our current patients in the manner they deserve, we need to limit and pace the onboarding of new clients. Discuss your health concerns and see if we are a good fit for your needs by scheduling a Discovery Call here! Thank you for your patience in establishing care with us.
Our Provider team is growing! Joining providers Jeff Horacek, MD-IFMCP and Laura Whiting, PA-C is Amber Cardinalli, DO, coming December 2025. Both female providers are taking new patients within 1-3 weeks of a Discovery Call. Dr. Jeff is not accepting new patients at this time.
Adolescent Patients: Our providers are licensed to practice adult medicine, therefore we limit our adolescent practice to those 17 and older who have an involved parental figure to support their health. If you have a child or younger teenager in need of functional medicine care, please visit the Institute for Functional Medicine’s website and search for a pediatric practitioner near you.
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Get to know how functional medicine works, what practitioners can do for you, and why you have a choice when it comes to wellness.
Healthy Connections blends the best of functional medicine and primary care to provide a truly comprehensive approach to health.
Now is the time to take charge of your health. Functional medicine empowers you to understand the “why” behind your symptoms, prevent disease before it starts, and create lasting changes that support your body, mind, and energy. We invite you to schedule a discovery call with our team and see how Healthy Connections in Hood River can help you take control of your health and transform your life.