The Synergy Optimization Method™ (SOM™)
Symptoms Are Clues. Systems Are the Answer.
Most care treats whatever symptom is loudest that week. We built a different process, one that looks at how your hormones, metabolism, nutrients and overall health function together, so treatment addresses what's actually driving how you feel.
A 45-minute visit with Cammi and comprehensive labs, not just your age or a single hormone number.
Why Most Care Falls Short
“Your labs are normal” isn’t the same as “you’re fine.”
If you’ve been told your labs look normal but you still feel exhausted, foggy, or not like yourself, you’re not imagining it. A standard visit checks whether each number falls inside a range. It rarely has time to look at how those numbers work together, and that pattern is usually where the answer is.
Symptoms are clues. Systems are the answer.
“I spent nearly eight years being told my labs were normal. I built Synergy to look at the whole picture, the way I wish someone had for me.”
Cammi Fruin, AGNP-C · 27+ years in clinical healthcare
The Synergy Optimization Method
Three stages. One provider. No guessing.
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01 · Reveal
Clarity Assessment
Comprehensive labs, an in-depth intake and a 45-minute visit with Cammi to find what's driving your symptoms. You leave with a written roadmap. $670, labs included.
From unknown to a clear, understood picture.
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02 · Regulate + Restore
Optimization Program
A treatment plan matched to your labs, lifestyle, and goals, stabilizing what's off and rebuilding lost function as your body responds.
From understood to restored.
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03 · Sustain
Active Care Membership
Ongoing check-ins and adjustments as your body changes, with a direct line to Cammi instead of starting over each time.
From restored to resilient.
Our Diagnostic Battery
What We Test, and Why
If you've been told your labs look normal while you still feel exhausted, foggy, or not like yourself, you're not imagining it, and you're not alone. Standard ranges are built for populations, not for you. Most visits are too short to look past the single number that's technically "in range" to the pattern underneath it.
Stress & Energy
Stress & Energy Panel
Morning cortisol and DHEA-S, interpreted alongside symptoms, sleep, and history, not as a standalone diagnosis.
A single cortisol result doesn't diagnose "adrenal fatigue" or capture your full daily rhythm, it adds context, cautiously.
Hormonal Health
Comprehensive Hormone Panel
Estradiol, progesterone, total and free testosterone, SHBG, DHEA-S, FSH, and LH, evaluated together.
Hormonal symptoms rarely make sense from one marker alone, we look at how they relate to each other and to you.
Metabolic & Inflammatory
Metabolic & Inflammatory Markers
Fasting glucose and insulin, A1c, lipid panel, hs-CRP, and a comprehensive metabolic panel.
Blood sugar can look normal while insulin and metabolic risk are already shifting underneath it.
Thyroid
Thyroid Panel
TSH, free T4, free T3, and thyroid peroxidase antibodies, with additional testing added when clinically appropriate.
TSH alone doesn't always explain persistent symptoms, we look at production, availability, and autoimmune activity.
Nutrient & Foundational
Nutrient & Foundational Health Panel
CBC, ferritin, B12, folate, vitamin D, and a comprehensive metabolic panel.
Deficiencies and organ-function shifts can cause fatigue and symptoms that overlap with thyroid or hormonal issues.
Testing is individualized. Not every patient requires every marker, and additional testing may be recommended based on symptoms, medical history, medications, examination findings, or initial results. Laboratory values are not interpreted in isolation and do not guarantee that a specific diagnosis will be found or that treatment will be recommended.
One Method, Every Condition
One System. Every Starting Point.
Whether it's testosterone, menopause, thyroid, or weight, the method doesn't change.
Only the labs and the plan do.
Testosterone Therapy
Thyroid Optimization
Menopause & Perimenopause
Medical Weight Loss
The timeline depends on you. Most patients start with the 30 minute Clarity Consultation, then move to the Clarity Assessment (comprehensive labs plus a 45 minute visit) if a deeper look makes sense. From there, an Optimization Program is built around your specific labs and goals, with pacing adjusted as your body responds. There is no fixed number of weeks, because the plan follows your results, not a calendar.
No. Many patients do continue into our Optimization Program after the Clarity Assessment, but there is zero obligation. We only bring it up if it is genuinely the right next step for you, and the decision is always yours.
No, the method stays the same. Whether you are dealing with low testosterone, perimenopause or menopause, thyroid symptoms, or weight and metabolic concerns, every patient moves through the same four phases: Reveal, Regulate, Restore, and Sustain. Only the specific labs ordered and the treatment plan built from them change to match your situation.
Every visit at Synergy is with Cammi Fruin directly, our founder and sole provider. She is a board certified Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner and certified in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Seeing one provider means she knows your full history, and you are never handed off between different clinicians.
Standard reference ranges are built for populations, not for you individually, and a short visit is often too brief to look past a single number that is technically in range. We run a fuller panel and interpret it alongside your symptoms, history, and how your hormones, thyroid, and metabolism interact, rather than clearing you based on one value alone.
A standard TSH test is only one piece of the thyroid picture. We look at a fuller thyroid panel, including free T4, free T3, and thyroid antibodies, and interpret it alongside your hormones and metabolism. TSH alone does not always explain ongoing symptoms like fatigue or brain fog.
Ready to find out what's actually going on?
Start with your Clarity Assessment: comprehensive labs, a 45-minute visit with Cammi and a written roadmap you keep. $670, labs included.
The information on this page is for general educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and does not establish a provider-patient relationship. See our full Medical Disclaimer for details.