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According to the American College of Lifestyle Medicine: Lifestyle medicine is a medical specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to treat chronic conditions including, but not limited to, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Lifestyle medicine-certified clinicians are trained to apply evidence-based, whole-person, prescriptive lifestyle change to treat and, when used intensively, often reverse such conditions.
The six pillars of lifestyle medicine include:
Lifestyle medicine can address up to 80% of chronic diseases. A lifestyle medicine approach to population care has the potential to arrest the decades-long rise in the prevalence of chronic conditions and their burdensome costs. Patient and provider satisfaction often results from a lifestyle medicine approach, which strongly aligns the field with the Quintuple Aim of better health outcomes, lower cost, improved patient satisfaction, improved provider well-being, and advancement of health equity, in addition to its alignment with planetary health. Lifestyle medicine is the foundation for a redesigned, value-based and equitable healthcare delivery system, leading to whole person health.
According to the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health, Integrative medicine and health reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic and lifestyle approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing.
We define Integrative Health as a whole-person approach that combines conventional medicine with evidence-based complementary therapies that focus on healthy lifestyle addressing stress, nutrition, movement, sleep, and environment to reduce suffering and enhance overall wellness.
People today want to take responsibility for their well-being by addressing the effects of lifestyle, emotions, and social interactions on health. People with certain health conditions can greatly benefit from an integrative approach to care. Some of these conditions include:
Our goal is to work with you to create a personalized self-care plan that you can implement and sustain with your lifestyle. At your lifestyle medicine consultation, you will initially meet with your physician or nurse practitioner for one hour. They will learn about your personal, medical and family history; your dietary, exercise and sleep habits; your sources of stress and coping mechanisms, and then will assess your health concerns and evaluate your symptoms, order any necessary tests and create mutually agreed upon lifestyle prescriptions.
To schedule a consultation, call 513-475-9567.
Angela C. Lai, Dipl. OM (NCCAOM)
Barbara Walker, PhD
Betsy Nuseibeh, MM, MeD, MT-BC
Derek Johnson, L.Ac, MSOM, DMQ, Dipl. Ac
Jennifer Woods Certified Tai Chi Instructor, RD
Jinda Bowerman, DNP
Meena Ananth, RN (oncology), C-IAYT, certified yoga4cancer teacher, certified breathing deeply meditation teacher, certified Level I&II Healing Touch therapist
Mladen Golubic, MD, PhD
Pamela Sharpe, MSN, FNP-BC
Polly Collins, RN, LMT
Roseanna Poggioli, LMT
Stephanie Michalak White, EdD, Chef
Tiffiny Diers, MD
Tina Walter, C-IAYT, Oncology Yoga Therapist
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