HSS Lifestyle Medicine Program
The HSS Lifestyle Medicine Program aims to improve your overall health by helping you make lifestyle changes. These strategies have been proven to treat, reverse and prevent lifestyle-related chronic diseases while also improving musculoskeletal pain and function. The program includes education and support to improve on the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: your nutrition, sleep, physical activity, stress management, social connections and reduction or avoidance of risky substances. Our team of health, wellness and medical professionals will work with you to outline your needs and help you meet your goals.
Our program can help you:
- Meet your weight loss goals
- Decrease your musculoskeletal pain
- Better manage type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease
- Improve your overall health
Six pillars of lifestyle medicine: (top right clockwise) nutrition, physical activity, relationships, sleep, risky substances and stress.
Program Services
Our interprofessional healthcare team provides evidence-based methods to help you achieve your healthy lifestyle goals. Your personal coordinated plan may include virtual and in person visits for the following:
- Health coach
- Physical therapy
- Nutritional counseling
- Care coordinator
- Smoking cessation assistance
- Individualized weight loss program
- Physical activity
- Medical massage or dry needling for pain control
We also offer a wealth of virtual and in-person programming in the form of group classes and events:
- Exercise classes
- Shared medical appointments/classes
Why choose HSS? Our patients say it best.
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