Five stars for bringing Amanda Briles, APRN to join your staff, Root Cause! Amanda was an advocate for functional medicine and respectfully listened to my input when I became her patient years ago in Bradenton. We were a good team. When she left town to join Root Cause, I could not find a local doctor who even came close to having her insight and logic in working with me to find appropriate hormone therapy. Now I am her patient again, thanks to the great technology utilized by Root Cause, and will gladly make the drive to Clearwater when needed. Thank you Amanda, and thanks to Root Cause for enabling this teamwork again.

The Root Cause Medical Clinic team has been outstanding! I had experienced pain, stiffness, severe GERD, heart palpitations and shortness of breath for several years. Multiple doctor appointments and many expensive tests later, I was told I was basically healthy and given prescriptions that would "help". Not a single physician suggested we dive into WHY these things were happening. Cue the team of Dr. Beth, Dr. Jacob, Dr. Vikki and RD Vanessa!! I feel like you should all be wearing super hero capes! Through targeted testing and appointments with my team, I now understand why these symptoms were happening to me and what needs to be done to fix them. What a breath of fresh air! I have a 90% reduction in pain and stiffness. My heart palpitations have disappeared along with my shortness of breath. I am back to enjoying walks with my husband and I can even bend down to paint my own toenails! I cannot say enough about this wonderful team of individuals who listen, respond and care about the health and well being of their patients.

Root Cause Medical Clinic and Dr. Beth changed my life and I’m pretty certain saved me from developing an autoimmune disease. I came to them at time when I knew something wasn’t right and I didn’t feel well. After failed attempts with my primary care provider, I knew I had to pursue a health care team that shared my values and beliefs about health, and that healing first begins with better diet, lifestyle choices and behavior modifications. The name says it all “root cause.” Their extensive testing revealed a handful of issues going on with my gut, hormones and glands. I am so grateful for Dr. Beth’s extensive knowledge and guidance. Appointments are amazing! I say this because she spent quality time and attention. I was given so much depth of understanding about my body and what is happening with gut bacteria and hormones and organ functions, etc. I am happy to say that I am feeling so much better, symptoms have cleared, my energy has returned. I am finally feeling well again and I feel empowered for the future. Again, I am so grateful to have Dr. Beth and the other providers to help maintain my excellent health.

Dr. Jake is so awesome! Very professional, attentive, thorough, and friendly. He always makes me feel comfortable during my sessions. I've seen great improvement in my health since starting my treatments with him.

I learned about Root Cause on YouTube when I was in the midst of a health crisis last year. It was a case of food poisoning that set off the most bizarre and terrifying symptoms over the course of the next 6 months, from crippling depression to chronic stomach issues, as well as breathing issues and heart palpitations. My stomach was bloated and constantly distended. I couldn’t get a deep breath because the pressure in my abdomen was literally hindering my diaphragm from opening all the way. The depression was almost unbearable, even though I had really never been depressed before. In the mornings I would get lightning like sensations in my stomach upon waking. I could do nothing that demanded any physical effort because my breathing issues would flare up and become terrifying, causing me to go back to an ER that had no answers for me. I spent most of my days in bed, reading people’s symptoms on Reddit and continuing to try and find answers. I was 38 years old with 2 kids under age 4, and my job at the time was to be a stay at home dad. Everything in my life was unbearable. I went to the ER a dozen times. I had an upper endoscopy and a colonoscopy, neither of which revealed anything significant. I had X-Rays, blood tests, CT scans. Nothing came back abnormal. All of this, and still modern medicine had no answers for me. Day after day I scoured the internet, typing in different symptoms that I was experiencing, obsessing over every story that seemed similar to mine. At some point in my travels I came across Dr. Vicky Peterson’s videos on YouTube. Right away it seemed like she was talking directly to me and about me. After having been with Root Cause for a few months now, I have gotten so many more answers than I ever expected. They did tests that western medicine simply doesn’t normally do. They ordered labs that I had never gotten done before. They found multiple problems, including an autoimmune disorder, leaky gut, mold toxicity, and food sensitivities, all of which were contributing to my chronic health issues. They also found evidence that my immune system was not functioning properly. All of these things have answers, and all of the doctors and providers at Root Cause have different specialties that are mobilized to treat your body as one system. After only a short time with Root Cause, I not only have answers, but I am feeling a lot better. I have been working with Dr. Rick, Dr. Jake, and Dr. Jen, and they have all been amazing. They spend time with you. They listen to you. They respond to your questions, and they give you solutions. They actually care about finding the root cause of your issue and getting you better! A truly NOVEL idea in western medicine!! 😂 I went through all the normal channels to find answers. I found none. I spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on doctors who called me crazy, wrote prescriptions for antidepressants, and gave me the same derivative solutions over and over again. I even had one doctor tell me that I should stop looking for answers because there was nothing wrong with me! My story is familiar to a lot of people. If you know something is wrong but can’t get answers, you need to go to a functional medicine doctor. You need to find a place that investigates the root cause of your problems, and treats the body like a connected system, because that’s what it is. I give Root Cause 5 stars. They have given me answers, and everybody that I have met seems like a genuinely good person, from the front desk to the providers. I can’t say enough good things about this place.