About Dr. Steve Hyjek, DC

Founder of The Functional Medicine Center in Irvine, CA

Dr. Steve Hyjek is a next-generation Functional Medicine doctor who blends science, technology, and heart-centered care to help people overcome chronic conditions and reclaim their vitality. He’s known for helping women and men with Hashimoto’s, fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, anxiety, and digestive issues finally get real answers — and results that last.

A Different Kind of Medicine

Unlike conventional medicine, which manages symptoms with medications, Dr. Steve identifies and corrects the multiple root causes that create dysfunction and disease.

Traditional medicine divides the body into isolated specialties like endocrinology, gastroenterology, or neurology. Each focused on a single system while overlooking how they all connect.

Dr. Steve bridges those gaps, connecting the dots between hormones, the gut, the brain, and the immune system to create deeper, whole-body healing, and lasting restoration of health.

A Deeper Approach to Functional Medicine

Dr. Steve’s model goes further than most Functional Medicine providers who focus only on diet and supplements. His approach integrates biochemistry (the chemical reactions happening in your body), biophysics (the energy and electrical current in your body), and biomechanics (the structure and movement of your body). This comprehensive, whole-body approach ensures we are addressing every factor that could be holding you back from healing, which leads to more profound and lasting results.

His proprietary Functional Medicine approach is built on three synergistic components:

• Restore Cellular Health – Recharge the body at the mitochondrial level to restore energy and repair.
• Balance the Nervous System – Calm chronic fight-or-flight patterns that block healing and hormone balance.
• Eliminate Environmental Triggers – Identify and remove hidden disruptors like toxins, mold, infections, EMFs, and circadian stress.

This comprehensive process produces results that go far beyond symptom relief and has helped countless clients achieve breakthroughs where other approaches failed.

Structured Care for Transformational Results

Dr. Steve is part doctor, part detective, and part coach… guiding patients step by step with a clear and carefully formulated care plan, advanced testing, effective nutritional plans, and leading-edge therapies such as low-level laser, frequency-specific microcurrent, and nervous system retraining. Every plan is personalized, comprehensive, and supported with coaching and accountability so that change isn’t just temporary, it lasts.

Patients who once felt stuck with Hashimoto’s, Autoimmune Disease, fatigue, weight gain, digestive struggles, and brain fog now describe their results as “life-changing,” reporting restored thyroid function, reduced or eliminated need for medications, weight loss, mental clarity, and the ability to be fully present with their families again.

A Message from Dr. Steve

“If it’s not healing the root, it’s just managing the mess. My mission is to help people restore the health they’ve lost, uncover the energy and clarity they deserve, and finally feel like themselves again."

Professional Education and  Advanced Certifications

Northwestern College of Chiropractic

• Board Certified Doctor of Chiropractic

Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM)

• Graduate of the Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice Program
• GI Advanced Practice Module

The Kalish Method for Functional Medicine

• Certified in Adrenal Hormones, GI Health, Detoxification, Female Hormone Balancing, and Diet Coaching

Kharrazian Institute

• Hashimoto’s Clinical Strategies and Treatment Applications
• Autoimmunity Clinical Strategies and Treatment Applications

Metabolic Fitness Pro

• Blood Chemistry Interpretation
• The Cell Blueprint

Apex Energetics

• Mastering the Thyroid

Function Movement Screen (FMS)

• Certified Level 1 and Level 2

Whiplash and Brain Injury Traumatology: Spine Research Institute of San Diego

• Module 1: Whiplash: Advanced Topics – The Fundamental Science
• Module 2: Advanced Treatment, Diagnostics, and Auto Crash Reconstruction
• Module 3: Narrative Report Writing and Principles of Impairment Rating
• Module 4: Medicolegal Fundamentals for Practitioners and Forensic Experts

Clinical Nutrition Certification: Northwestern Health Sciences University

• 48 Hour Nutrition Certificate Program

Integrating Kinesiology and Functional Medicine

• 85 Hour Applied Kinesiology and Functional Medicine Program

Titleist Performance Institute

• Level 1 Certified Golf Fitness Instructor
• Level 2 Certified Golf Fitness Instructor: Medical Professional

Creating Wellness Certification: Creating Wellness Alliance

• Basic Creating Wellness Certification
• Advanced Creating Wellness Certification

Outside the Practice

Outside of his practice, Dr. Steve loves spending time with his wife, Heather, and their two children Harper and Westin. He enjoys the beautiful outdoor activities of California and just might be daydreaming about his next scuba diving vacation.