Most doctors treat symptoms. We go upstream – to the sources of illness – so you can get well and stay well.
Personalized functional medicine, here in Omaha.
Transparent pricing. No insurance hassles.
Why UpStream?
Conventional healthcare waits until you’re sick, then manages disease with prescriptions and procedures. At UpStream, we take a different approach: we look deeper to find what’s causing your symptoms, then help you correct it before it becomes a crisis.
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.
Desmond Tutu
Our Approach
$150
Monthly
The Seven Dashboard Lights
Imagine your body has a ‘dashboard’, like a car. When you describe a symptom, we look behind the symptom to the system.
Conventional medicine turns off the light (treats the symptom). Functional medicine goes ‘under the hood’ and fixes the system.
How we work
Extended initial visits where your story, history, and goals come first.
Advanced labs and over 100 biomarkers to uncover hidden issues.
Results are connected to your body's seven core systems, making the "dashboard lights" clear.
A step-by-step, personalized care plan you can actually follow.
Progress is measured and adjusted as you go, so you can see real results.
Why this matters
Conventional Care versus Functional Health
| Focus
| CONVENTIONAL CARE Diagnoses and treats disease after it appears. | FUNCTIONAL HEALTH Looks for early signs of imbalance and fixes how the body works. |
Goal
| Control symptoms and slow disease. | Restore and improve everyday energy, recovery, and resilience. |
Approach
| Reactive — steps in when you’re already sick. | Proactive — works to keep you healthy and performing well. |
Role of Patient
| Follows doctor’s orders. | Becomes a partner in their own care. |
Tools Used
| Mostly drugs and procedures. | Combines lifestyle, nutrition, targeted therapies, and conventional tools when needed. |
Result Measured By
| Lower numbers on lab tests or fewer symptoms. | Better day-to-day function, more energy, less downtime. |
Frequently asked questions
You choose what fits you. Many members continue care with their current healthcare providers and use UpStream to deepen their root-cause health understanding.
No. Functional health is evidence-based medicine, practiced with more time and more extensive testing.
Visits are membership-based, not covered by insurance . We recommend keeping insurance for hospital and catastrophic care. High-deductible healthcare plans (HDHPs) with Health Savings Accounts (HSA) may be a less expensive option for you if you have membership of UpStream CONNECT™
You choose what fits you. Many members continue care with their current healthcare providers and use UpStream to deepen their root-cause health understanding.
No. Functional health is evidence-based medicine, practiced with more time and more extensive testing.
Visits are membership-based, not covered by insurance . We recommend keeping insurance for hospital and catastrophic care. High-deductible healthcare plans (HDHPs) with Health Savings Accounts (HSA) may be a less expensive option for you if you have membership of UpStream Connect™
Take your health upstream.