LIFESTYLE HEALTH SERVICES
Lifestyle and Obesity Medicine Services
Personalized, evidence-based care for preventing, treating, and managing obesity and related chronic conditions through a holistic approach. Services include nutritional counseling, personalized exercise programs, behavioral therapy, stress management, sleep optimization, and support groups. These programs use a multidisciplinary approach to empower patients for sustainable health and integrating interventions like medication and bariatric surgery when appropriate. Our service specializes in addressing the developmental origins of health and disease including prevention and care of obesity early in life.
Our service has integrated evaluation strategies to achieve precision in support of our patients with obesity. Our longstanding experience in screening and care of patient’s with monogenic obesity, and integration of obesity phenotyping, guides investment of resources to be directed towards a personalized care plan including targeted approach.
Medical Acupuncture
Medical acupuncture is a traditional therapy involving thin needle insertion to stimulate specific points, promoting the release of endorphins for pain relief and stress reduction, improving circulation, and enhancing muscle relaxation. Its benefits include managing chronic pain, anxiety, and sleep issues, aiding recovery from injuries, and supporting emotional and digestive health. Our service includes objective measures based in Ryodoraku techniques (AcuGraph), including electroacupuncture and the integration of non-thermogenic laser therapy (Erchonia) to improve treatment outcomes while reducing recovery time.
Exercise physiology
Exercise physiology is the study of the human body's functional responses and adaptations to physical exercise. This discipline investigates how exercise influences systems such as cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular and metabolic, and how these adaptations can improve health and physical performance.
We offer assessments of your current physical fitness, physical activity counseling, focusing on exercises tailored to each individual to improve cardiovascular health, muscular strength, flexibility and balance. Our goal is to help you develop a sustainable routine that addresses your health needs and promotes your physical well-being.
Nutrition
Nutrition is the science that studies how food and its components affect the health and well-being of individuals. This discipline encompasses food intake, nutrient absorption and utilization by the body for growth, development and maintenance of vital functions.
In our clinic we encourage a diet based on a whole food plant predominant eating pattern. We meet patients in their established preference and help them to adopt to the approach into their daily routine and food preferences, promoting healthy and sustainable eating. In addition, we teach proper food preparation techniques to maximize nutritional value, reduce the use of additives and avoid cooking methods that may be detrimental to health.
Psychology
Psychology, particularly positive psychology, plays a critical role by emphasizing flourishing, resilience, and positive emotions to facilitate behavior change within these pillars, creating a unified approach for holistic patient well-being beyond simply treating sickness.
Addiction Counselor and Lifestyle Coach
The impact of addiction counselors on people struggling with substance abuse cannot be overstated. They provide a lifeline for those seeking to break free from the grips of addiction, offering the guidance and resources necessary for recovery. By addressing the root causes of addiction and helping clients develop healthier coping mechanisms, addiction counselors play a crucial role in their clients’ journey to sobriety. Sustained behavioral change is further enhanced by the holistic approach of the lifestyle intervention framework.
Movement Prescription
Our interdisciplinary team brings years of accumulated expertise in diverse fields of physical training raging from professional and academic athletic training, to supportive roles by guiding individuals at different levels of fitness and concomitant needs. Our team is experienced in providing group training sessions in Yoga, Pilates, low impact and training; while our patients will be able to receive tailored movement plans to improve their capacity to achieve a higher quality of life by incorporating movement and other training modalities as an essential treatment strategy for those with proven benefits beyond the general population such as the neurodiverse community and older adults. Our approach includes a personalized training plan that can be supported by assisted monitoring during implementation at home.
