About
Dr. Sarah Solinger, PhD, ND, MSc, FCN
Founder of Root Health L.L.C. and The Solinger Method
Dr. Solinger is a U.S. Army veteran and multi-doctoral clinician whose work integrates over a decade of advanced training, clinical practice, and complex case analysis. Her background spans naturopathic medicine, clinical nutrition, psychology, systems physiology, and root-cause pattern recognition.
She is the founder of Root Health L.L.C. and the creator of The Solinger Method, an educational and functional wellness framework designed to help individuals better understand the physiologic patterns driving chronic symptoms, metabolic dysfunction, hormonal imbalance, digestive disruption, inflammation, and system-wide health changes.
Through both educational membership programs and personalized 1:1 wellness consulting, Dr. Solinger helps individuals move beyond symptom management and begin understanding how systems within the body interact, compensate, and eventually break down over time. Her work emphasizes biologic logic, physiologic sequencing, and practical application rather than isolated symptoms or disconnected lab markers.
Over the past decade, Dr. Solinger has worked extensively with complex and multi-system presentations, reviewing thousands of functional laboratory reports and identifying recurring patterns across gastrointestinal, endocrine, metabolic, micronutrient, mitochondrial, neurological, and immune pathways. Her experience includes physiologic mapping, educational wellness consulting, and advanced pattern analysis for individuals navigating chronic fatigue, metabolic instability, hormone-related symptoms, trauma-associated physiologic stress patterns, inflammatory dysfunction, and chronic health concerns often left unexplained within conventional models.
Her clinical perspective is deeply shaped by her military background. The discipline, structure, and strategic thinking developed during her service as a U.S. Army veteran continue to influence her methodical, systems-based approach to human physiology and wellness education.
Dr. Solinger’s philosophy is straightforward: chronic symptoms are rarely random. Long before dysfunction appears on standard testing or progresses into diagnosable disease, the body often follows predictable physiologic patterns and compensation cycles. When those patterns are recognized, supportive strategies become clearer, more targeted, and more actionable.
The Solinger Method was created in response to a growing gap in modern healthcare, where many individuals are left with persistent symptoms, “normal” labs, and very little meaningful explanation. By integrating systems physiology, nutrition, micronutrient science, psychology, and root-cause pattern analysis, Dr. Solinger provides individuals with a structured framework for understanding what may be contributing to dysfunction and how to better support overall physiologic resilience.
Her work is evidence-informed, clinically grounded, and built around real-world application. At its core, it is designed to restore clarity, confidence, and direction for individuals seeking a deeper understanding of their health.
This is where clarity begins.
Education & Professional Training:
Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine (ND)
Advanced training in systems physiology, clinical assessment, botanical medicine, micronutrient therapeutics, and complex case analysis.
PhD in Natural Health
Doctoral level research and applied study in chronic illness patterns, biochemical disruption, and system restoration sequencing.
Master of Science in Human Nutrition (MSc)
Clinical nutrition, micronutrient biochemistry, metabolic physiology, and functional laboratory interpretation.
Master of Science in Forensic Psychology
Behavioral physiology, trauma response, psychoneuroendocrine pathways, and applied pattern recognition.
PhD in Psychology - Growth and Development (ABD)
Advanced graduate training in human development, behavioral patterning, and clinical psychology.
Bachelor of Science, Double Major: Psychology & Criminal Justice
Foundational training in behavioral science, investigative frameworks, and applied analysis.
Functional Medicine University
Advanced functional laboratory training, systems mapping, metabolic and endocrine pattern analysis, and root cause pathway identification.
Master Clinical Herbalist Certification
Comprehensive clinical herbalism training including phytochemistry, therapeutic formulation, safety assessment, dosing strategies, and systems based botanical therapeutics.
Additional Clinical Training & Focus Areas:
• Functional GI testing, including advanced stool and microbiome analysis
• Comprehensive metabolic and micronutrient assessment
• Thyroid, adrenal, and hormone pattern interpretation
• Mitochondrial dysfunction modeling and energy metabolism
• Immune and inflammatory pathway analysis
• Applied psychophysiology and stress physiology
• Trauma informed metabolic and endocrine disruption
• Systems based pattern recognition across complex, multi system presentations
