14/09/2025
Joint pain isn’t just “wear and tear.” In functional medicine, pain is your body’s check engine light, a signal that deeper systems are out of balance.
And here’s the surprising part: the journey often starts with a stool test. Why? Because your gut holds the earliest clues to inflammation, autoimmunity, and the chemistry that fuels joint pain.
🔎 Common hidden drivers include:
1️⃣ Leaky Gut & Dysbiosis – when the gut barrier leaks, inflammation lands in the joints.
2️⃣ Immune Confusion – autoimmunity that mistakes your own joints as the enemy.
3️⃣ Microbial Imbalances – gut bugs that either calm or accelerate cartilage breakdown.
4️⃣ Systemic Inflammation – rewiring pain pathways, keeping your pain dial on “high.”
Case in point: Sarah, 45, lived with knee pain for years. Standard care failed her until a stool test uncovered gut dysbiosis, leaky gut, and immune imbalance. With the right nutrition, gut repair, and lifestyle shifts, she was back to hiking in 6 months.
👉 Bottom line: Joint pain isn’t a sentence, it’s a signal. Healing starts with finding the why. And that begins in the gut.
📩 Please contact us at albion@formuale.com.au and we will direct you to the appropriate stool testing.
