Functional Medicine
Longevity & Anti-Aging
Aging is inevitable. Declining is not. We use advanced testing, hormone optimization, peptide therapy, and metabolic protocols to help you maintain energy, strength, cognitive function, and quality of life as you age.
Aging vs. Declining: They're Not the Same Thing
Somewhere around 40, most people start noticing a shift. Less energy. Slower recovery. A few extra pounds that won't leave. Sleep that doesn't feel restorative anymore. Less sharpness at work. Lower motivation. Less drive in the gym. And if they mention it to their doctor, the response is almost always the same: "That's just part of getting older."
It's not. Getting older is unavoidable. Losing function is not. The decline most people experience after 40 is driven by measurable, testable, treatable changes in the body: hormone levels dropping, metabolic health deteriorating, muscle mass shrinking, inflammation increasing, nutrient levels falling. These are not mysteries. They show up on blood work. And they respond to intervention.
The conventional medical system doesn't address any of this until something breaks. Your testosterone drops 1 to 2 percent per year after 30 to 35. By your mid-40s, you could be at half your baseline. Your doctor says you're "in range." Women enter perimenopause as early as 35, but most doctors don't check hormones until periods stop entirely. Insulin resistance builds silently for years before it crosses the diabetes threshold. Vitamin D, B12, magnesium, and zinc decline with age, and nobody's testing them.
The result is that people spend decades in a slow decline that feels inevitable because nobody told them it wasn't. They accept less energy, more pain, more weight, worse sleep, and weaker cognition as "normal aging." It's not. It's preventable aging. And the earlier you catch it, the more you can do about it.
Colin Renaud (DC, PA-C), one of our providers, is blunt about this: telling a patient "you're just getting older" should be considered a failure of care. If a patient comes in not feeling well, the job is to find out why and fix it. Not to label it aging and send them home.
“Personalized health care is really what promotes longevity. Unfortunately, that's what the mainstream medical community doesn't take into account either.”
Colin Renaud, DC, PA-C: Personalized Health Care Promotes Longevity
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“Life-changing. It's just incredible how seeing a doctor who cares and medicine that works.”
Gordon: Life-Changing Results at 65
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What We Optimize for Longevity
Longevity medicine is not about chasing a number on a birthday card. It's about maintaining the ability to do what you want to do for as long as possible. Energy to work. Strength to play with your kids or grandkids. Mental clarity to stay sharp. A body that recovers instead of breaking down. That's what we're building toward.
Hormones. Testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, thyroid, DHEA, cortisol. These regulate nearly everything: energy, body composition, sleep, mood, cognitive function, bone density, cardiovascular health, immune function. When they decline (which they do, in every human, with age), the downstream effects touch every system in the body. We test the full panel and optimize to where your body performs best, not just where it falls within a population average. For men, that might mean testosterone replacement therapy. For women, bioidentical hormone replacement. For both, thyroid optimization and adrenal support when indicated.
Metabolic health. Insulin resistance is the silent driver behind weight gain, fatigue, brain fog, and eventually type 2 diabetes. Your doctor checks fasting glucose. We check fasting insulin, which catches the problem years earlier. We also look at HbA1c, triglycerides, and body composition (specifically visceral fat and lean muscle mass via InBody 770 scan). Muscle is the most important longevity organ in the body. The more muscle you have, the stronger your metabolic health and the longer you're likely to live. Losing it is one of the most dangerous things that happens with aging.
Body composition. Your weight matters less than what your weight is made of. We track fat mass, lean muscle mass, visceral fat, and basal metabolic rate over time. The goal isn't just to lose weight. It's to lose fat and preserve (or build) muscle. That ratio determines your metabolic health, your physical resilience, and your long-term outcomes more than any single number on a scale.
Inflammation. Chronic low-grade inflammation accelerates every aspect of aging. It drives cardiovascular disease, joint degeneration, cognitive decline, and cancer risk. We test inflammatory markers (CRP, ESR) and address the root sources: gut dysfunction, poor sleep, stress, hormonal imbalance, nutrient deficiencies, and dietary triggers.
Nutrients. Vitamin D, B12, ferritin, magnesium, zinc, selenium. These are the building blocks your body needs to produce hormones, run your immune system, regulate sleep, maintain bone density, and protect your brain. Most people over 40 are deficient in at least one. Your doctor isn't testing for any of them.
“Personalized health care is really what promotes longevity. Unfortunately, that's what the mainstream medical community doesn't take into account either.”
Colin Renaud, DC, PA-C: Personalized Health Care Promotes Longevity
Watch at 10:00→Tools We Use for Longevity
Longevity isn't a single treatment. It's a system of tools layered together based on what your body actually needs.
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). Hormones that are chemically identical to what your body produces naturally, sourced from plants. For men: testosterone optimization. For women: estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone replacement customized to your lab results and symptoms. For both: thyroid optimization when needed. We use the DUTCH test (dried urine test for hormones) when deeper insight into hormone metabolism is required.
Peptide therapy. Peptides are short chains of amino acids that signal your body to do specific things. Growth hormone peptides like CJC-1295 and Ipamorelin stimulate your body to produce its own growth hormone naturally (safer than exogenous HGH). BPC-157 supports gut healing and tissue repair. Thymosin Alpha-1 supports immune function. SS-31 and MOTS-c are exercise mimetics that support mitochondrial energy production. Each peptide has a specific job, and protocols are cycled on and off to prevent receptor burnout.
GLP-1 medications for metabolic health. Tirzepatide and semaglutide aren't just weight loss drugs. They reduce inflammation, improve blood sugar regulation, and quiet compulsive eating patterns. For longevity patients, the anti-inflammatory and metabolic benefits extend beyond weight management. These medications are used as a tool within a larger protocol, not as a standalone fix. The goal is to fix the metabolic dysfunction and get off the medication, not stay on it indefinitely.
IV nutrient therapy. Targeted infusions of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants delivered directly into the bloodstream. For severely deficient patients, a vitamin D injection can produce noticeable improvement in energy and sleep within hours. IV glutathione supports detoxification. These are used strategically based on lab results, not generically.
Body composition tracking. InBody 770 scans at every visit. We track fat mass, lean mass, visceral fat, hydration, and basal metabolic rate over time. This is how we know whether what you're doing is working, and it catches problems (like muscle loss during weight loss) before they become serious.
Resistance training and nutrition guidance. No longevity plan works without these. Lifting weights is how you keep muscle. Eating enough protein is how you build it. We counsel patients on protein targets, caloric minimums based on their basal metabolic rate, and resistance training frequency. Three to four sessions per week with weights is the minimum for most patients.
Real Patients, Real Results
Gordon turned 65 and weighed 285 pounds. He'd been going to the same primary care doctor for 40 years. Monthly visits. The doctor never resolved his migraines, fatigue, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or arthritis. Just kept covering up symptoms with prescriptions. Gordon described it plainly: "My doctor just covered up symptoms. Where here you're taking care of the issue."
Over about a year at Med Matrix, working with Dr. Rose, Gordon lost 50 pounds. He came off three prescription medications. His blood pressure normalized. His cholesterol normalized. His knee pain and arthritis went away. He's a carpenter, and he no longer needs a knee pad every time he kneels down. His coworkers ask him what happened because his energy is completely different.
Gordon's summary of the experience: "Life-changing. It's just incredible how seeing a doctor who cares and medicine that works." He also pointed out something that matters for anyone worried about the cost of functional medicine: "It's cheaper than going to your doctor every 3 months and not taking care of it."
His story illustrates the longevity principle perfectly. He didn't just lose weight. He reversed conditions that were shortening his life. He came off medications that were managing symptoms without fixing anything. And he did it through testing, dietary changes, and supplements. At 66, he has more energy and fewer health problems than he had at 60. That's longevity medicine in practice.
We've treated over 3,000 patients at Med Matrix with a 4.9-star rating across 150+ Google reviews. 7 providers working together. If your doctor has been telling you that declining health is just part of getting older, we respectfully disagree.
“Life-changing. It's just incredible how seeing a doctor who cares and medicine that works.”
Gordon: Life-Changing Results at 65
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Longevity & Anti-Aging FAQ
No. In fact, your 40s are the ideal time to start. Hormone decline, metabolic changes, and muscle loss all begin in the 30s and accelerate through the 40s and 50s. By the time most people feel bad enough to seek help, they've been declining for a decade. Getting a baseline now and catching problems early means we can intervene before symptoms become serious. Prevention is always easier than reversal.
Most anti-aging clinics focus on aesthetics or offer a narrow set of treatments (testosterone for men, Botox for women). We look at the full picture. Hormones, thyroid, metabolic health, body composition, inflammation, nutrients, gut function, stress, and sleep. Your treatment plan is built from data, not from a menu. And we track results over time with lab work and body composition scans to make sure what we're doing is actually working.
Your first visit is a 30-minute testing appointment. We draw a panel of roughly 100 biomarkers and run an InBody 770 body composition scan. Your provider reviews everything before your one-hour visit, where you go through all your results together and build a personalized plan. Most patients tell us it's the most thorough health evaluation they've ever had.
Initial onboarding runs about $1,200 to $1,500 all-in, covering your blood panel, body composition scan, provider prep, and your one-hour provider visit. Follow-up visits are $275. Hormone therapy typically costs $70 to $200 per month. Peptide costs vary by protocol. Supplements are $20 to $100 per month. We accept HSA, FSA, CareCredit, and all major cards. New patients get a $100 voucher toward their first visit.
For most patients pursuing longevity, hormone optimization is a long-term commitment. Your body's natural production declines with age, and that decline doesn't reverse on its own. Supplementing externally reduces your body's own production over time. That said, the goal is to feel and function at your best for as long as possible. Most patients find that once they experience the difference, the commitment is easy to maintain. Your provider will walk you through what to expect based on your specific labs and goals.
Muscle is your body's largest metabolic organ. It regulates blood sugar, protects your joints, supports bone density, and determines how well you recover from illness or injury. Research consistently shows that muscle mass and strength are among the strongest predictors of lifespan. People with more muscle live longer, stay independent longer, and have lower rates of metabolic disease, falls, and fractures. Losing muscle during weight loss or aging is one of the most dangerous things for long-term health. That's why resistance training and adequate protein are non-negotiable in any longevity plan.
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