What sort of innovation in medical practice design would enable more doctors to transition to lifestyle focused care? ??
I made a dramatic personal health transition around my 35th birthday… After having spent the 10 years of medical training ??, while training my body to do the opposite of what a healthy body needs: ??to crave sugary highly processed foods on an irregular schedule ??to “tolerate” insanely long periods without sleep and no regular sleep schedule ??to be routinely exposed to highly stressful environments ??to isolate from friends and family for long stretches of time and miss key life cycle moments ??to only exercise when walking from computer screen to patient room and back —— I recognized I wasn’t practicing what I preached (and I had little idea what to preach beyond a generic “diet and exercise “) So I did what any good recent medical school and residency graduate would do… I got more training!! ?? I got certified by the AMERICAN BOARD OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE And joined the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Crafted my own intensive lifestyle modification therapy and helped my patients in a new way. ????♂???????♂??????????? I’m Michael O’Brien, MD a general internist-pediatrician and board-certified lifestyle medicine specialist, focused on innovating primary care and health systems. Like, share, and follow. “Make primary care primary again”
