Dr. Amy Putrus-Schnell

• Doctor of Chiropractic (DC)

• Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (CFMP)

• Franklin, TN

Dr. Amy Putrus-Schnell is a Doctor of Chiropractic, a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (CFMP), and co-founder of The Healing Place in Franklin, Tennessee, where she leads the functional medicine care alongside her husband and co-founder, Dr. Anthony Putrus. Together they built The Healing Place around one conviction: the body is designed to heal, and it heals best when the nervous system feels safe and the cells have what they need.

Dr. Amy’s focus is helping families get to the root cause of what is driving their symptoms instead of simply quieting them. She sees symptoms as signals, not problems to silence. As the leader of the functional medicine care at The Healing Place, she directs the clinical approach and oversees every patient’s case, and she has personally trained a care team to walk closely with each patient and deliver that care with the same heart and precision.

Her story

Dr. Amy grew up in small-town southern Indiana, where a love of creativity and design once had her weighing a future in fashion. Chiropractic and functional medicine won out, and she has never looked back. She met Dr. Anthony in chiropractic school, where a shared belief in the body’s God-given ability to heal turned into both a marriage and a mission.

Becoming a mother deepened that conviction. The birth of their son, River, became one of the most defining experiences of her life and a cornerstone of why she practices the way she does today. It reshaped how she understands the nervous system, resilience, and what it truly means for a body to be supported from the very beginning.

That experience is why The Healing Place exists for whole families — from pregnancy and newborns through every season of life — serving moms and dads and kiddos across Franklin, Brentwood, Spring Hill, Nolensville, and the wider Williamson County community.

Her approach

Most functional medicine leans on lab results alone. Dr. Amy’s care goes deeper. It begins with a detailed, comprehensive assessment, followed by sitting down and listening closely to your full story, so we can read every signal your body is giving. Labs are one piece of that picture. So is the nervous system running those systems, because the body cannot heal well while it is stuck in survival mode.

Her care rests on two pillars that work together:

Nervous system regulation. When the brain and body are communicating well, digestion, hormones, immune function, and energy all have a chance to work the way they were designed to. Using advanced INSIGHT scanning technology, The Healing Place measures neurological function objectively and tracks it over time.

Cellular and functional medicine. This pillar centers on the health of your cells and the environment they live in — the foundation the rest of your health is built on. Drawing on your full assessment, and root-cause lab testing when it is the right tool, your care team builds a personalized plan of nutritional, lifestyle, and supplemental support. No guesswork, no one-size-fits-all, and no shaming language. Just a clear path toward helping your body do what it was made to do.

Few clinics in Franklin pair these two together. That combination — INSIGHT nervous system scanning alongside functional medicine — is what sets The Healing Place apart. We look beneath your symptoms to the systems driving them, so healing can start at the root.

What Dr. Amy helps with

Under Dr. Amy’s direction, our whole-body functional medicine care may support patients navigating:

• Thyroid health
• Hormone balance across every season, from menstruating years through menopause
• Gut and digestive health, including complex GI concerns
• Autoimmune support
• Mold illness and environmental toxin exposure
• Detoxification support
• Skin health and inflammatory skin concerns
• Adrenal function, stress resilience, and fatigue
• Energy, focus, and overall vitality
• Women’s health and whole-family wellness

Credentials & Training

• Doctor of Chiropractic (DC)
• Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (CFMP), Functional Medicine University
• Postgraduate training in functional neurology and nervous system function through the Carrick Institute and additional continuing education
• Connect with Dr. Amy on LinkedIn

Let’s find your root cause together

If you have already spent time, money, and energy chasing answers and still do not feel like yourself, you are not alone. That is the story of many of the families who find their way to The Healing Place from Franklin, Cool Springs, Thompsons Station, and across Middle Tennessee.

Under Dr. Amy’s clinical direction, our functional medicine team would be honored to help you understand what your body has been trying to tell you, and to walk with you toward lasting health.

The power that made the body heals the body. The healing place is within you.

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This page is for general educational purposes and does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Individual results vary. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider about your specific health concerns.