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BOARD-CERTIFIED TELEHEALTH CARE — 7 STATES

Meet Crystal Rico, FNP-BC

Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner | 15+ Years Clinical Experience | Licensed in AZ, CO, HI, ID, KS, NM & WA

Crystal Rico, FNP-BC brings 15+ years of clinical experience to a practice built on one belief — that feeling your best requires more than a standard lab panel and a 15-minute appointment. Specializing in hormone optimization, medical weight loss, peptide therapy, gut health, and functional medicine, Crystal delivers board-certified telehealth care across 7 states with the depth and attention your health actually deserves.

  • FNP-BC Certified
  • Hormone Optimization
  • Medical Weight Loss
  • Peptide Therapy
  • Functional Medicine
  • Licensed in 7 States
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Clinical Background

Meet Your Telehealth Nurse Practitioner — Crystal Rico, FNP-BC

Crystal Rico, FNP-BC is a board-certified telehealth nurse practitioner with a Master of Science in Nursing and over 15 years of clinical experience spanning community health, primary care, and functional medicine. She founded Vitalized Lab to bridge the gap between how patients feel and what conventional medicine is willing to address — delivering the kind of thorough, root-cause care the standard system rarely has time to provide.

As a board-certified telehealth nurse practitioner, Crystal brings clinical depth and personalized attention to every patient encounter. She specializes in evaluating the complex interplay between hormones, metabolism, gut health, and lifestyle that conventional medicine often overlooks — particularly for patients whose symptoms don’t fit a single diagnosis or whose labs have been dismissed as “normal.”

Symptoms We Treat
Our Mission

"Your Labs Are Normal."

If you’ve heard those words while still struggling with fatigue, weight gain, brain fog, hormone imbalance, or low energy — this practice was built for you.

Vitalized Lab was founded with a clear purpose: to fill the gap between how patients feel and what conventional medicine is willing to address. Too many people — women in perimenopause told their hormones are “fine,” men with low-normal testosterone dismissed without treatment, patients with relentless fatigue and brain fog sent home with nothing — are falling through the cracks of a system designed for sick care, not health optimization.

Vitalized Lab was created for those patients. The ones who know something is off. The ones who have been told their labs are within range — without anyone explaining that “within range” and “optimal” are two very different things. The ones who are tired of feeling tired, who can’t lose weight no matter how hard they try, who’ve lost their spark and want it back.

We use comprehensive functional and hormone testing, personalized treatment protocols, and the time and attention that conventional 15-minute appointments don’t allow — to actually understand what’s happening in your body and address it at the root.

You deserve care that takes you seriously. That’s what Vitalized Lab is here to provide.

Our Philosophy
Your labs are normal” is
never the end of the conversation

Vitalized Lab was built for patients who know something is off — even when conventional medicine says everything looks fine. We use comprehensive functional and hormone testing, personalized treatment protocols, and the time and attention your care actually requires

  • Certification
    Board-certified FNP-BC
  • Experience
    15+ Years in Clinical Practice
  • Specialties
    Hormone . Weight Loss . Peptide
    Therapy . Functional Medicine
  • Care Model
    Root-Cause . Personalized . Telehealth
  • LICENSED STATES
    AZ. CO. HI. ID. KS. NM. WA
Our Approach

What Makes Vitalized Lab Different

Personalized Treatment Plans

No protocols pulled from a generic template. Every plan is built around your unique labs, symptoms, health history, and goals.

Convenient Telehealth

Access board-certified care from home — no waiting rooms, no travel. Secure video visits that fit your schedule, wherever you are in our service states.

Advanced Lab Testing

We go beyond a standard CBC and metabolic panel. Comprehensive hormone, thyroid, metabolic, and functional panels reveal what standard labs miss.

Root-Cause Focused

We investigate the underlying hormonal, metabolic, and nutritional causes of your symptoms — not just the surface presentation.

Compassionate Patient Experience

We listen. We take your symptoms seriously. No dismissiveness, no rushing, no being told everything is fine when you know it isn’t.

Evidence-Based Medicine

Our protocols are grounded in current clinical evidence and medical research — functional medicine informed by science, not trend.

Our Commitment to You

Accessible Care

Quality, specialized hormone and functional medicine care should be available to anyone who needs it — not just those who live near a major medical center or can afford concierge medicine. Telehealth is how we make that possible.

Transparency

We explain your labs, your options, and your treatment plan in plain language. No jargon, no confusion. You'll always understand what we're doing and why.

Partnership

Your health journey is a collaboration. We bring the clinical expertise; you bring your lived experience and goals. Together, we build a plan that works for your real life.

Long-Term Wellness

We're not here for a quick fix or a prescription-and-out approach. We're invested in your long-term health — monitoring progress, adjusting protocols, and staying engaged as your needs evolve.

Our Focus Areas
  • Hormone optimization — estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, thyroid
  • Metabolic health, insulin resistance, and medical weight loss
  • Menopause and perimenopause care
  • Peptide therapy — GLP-1 agonists, BPC-157, and more
  • Preventative wellness and longevity medicine
  • Women’s health and reproductive wellness
  • Men’s health and testosterone optimization
  • Sexual wellness and intimate health
  • Functional medicine and root-cause diagnostics
Common Concerns We Address
  • Persistent fatigue and low energy despite adequate sleep
  • Brain fog, poor concentration, and memory issues
  • Unexplained weight gain or difficulty losing weight
  • Hormone imbalance, irregular cycles, and menopause symptoms
  • Low libido and sexual dysfunction
  • Mood changes, anxiety, and depression
  • Poor sleep quality and night sweats
  • Insulin resistance and blood sugar instability
  • Inflammation and chronic health concerns
About Vitalized Lab
Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about our provider, our approach, telehealth visits, and whether Vitalized Lab is right for you.

Who is the provider at Vitalized Lab?

Vitalized Lab is led by a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC) with a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), specializing in hormone optimization, metabolic health, menopause care, peptide therapy, and functional medicine telehealth. Vitalized Lab was founded to provide the kind of root-cause, personalized care that is often missing from conventional medicine.

Board certification (FNP-BC) means Crystal has passed a rigorous national credentialing examination administered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), confirming advanced clinical competency. It is the highest level of professional recognition for nurse practitioners and requires ongoing continuing education to maintain.
Yes — this is exactly who we created Vitalized Lab for. Standard lab ranges are designed to detect disease, not to optimize health. Many patients with symptoms of hormone imbalance, fatigue, brain fog, low libido, or weight gain have labs that fall within ‘normal’ ranges, but optimal levels and ‘normal’ levels are not the same thing. We evaluate your labs in the context of your symptoms and optimize for how you want to feel — not just disease prevention.

Vitalized Lab currently serves patients in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, and New Mexico. We continue to expand our telehealth licensing. If your state isn’t listed, reach out — we may be coming soon.

Primary care is designed for sick care. Vitalized Lab is designed for optimization. We spend significantly more time with each patient than a conventional primary care visit allows, order comprehensive functional and hormone labs that most PCPs don’t offer, and build individualized treatment plans that address root causes — not just symptoms. Our focus areas — hormone therapy, medical weight loss, menopause, peptide therapy, and functional medicine — are specialized and depth-driven.
All visits take place via secure, HIPAA-compliant video telehealth. After booking, you’ll receive a link for your appointment. Most patients complete intake paperwork online beforehand. During your visit, Crystal will review your health history, current symptoms, and goals, then recommend labs and a personalized care plan. Prescriptions and lab orders are sent electronically, and follow-up visits are conducted the same way.

Modern Care That Fits Your Life

Book a free telehealth consultation to discuss your hormone health, metabolic goals, or functional medicine needs.

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