Lifestyle Medicine doctor consultation - first appointment

Lifestyle Medicine doctor consultation - first appointment

Lifestyle Medicine is a field of conventional medicine. It aims to promote a healthy lifestyle, prevent lifestyle diseases and support efficient non-pharmacological treatment by changing everyday habits in 6 main areas affecting health: diet, physical activity, healthy sleep, emotion management, social relations and avoidance of stimulants.

Making changes in habits under the supervision of a qualified Medicover doctor can help not only prevent disease but also stop or even reverse the disease process.

When should you visit a Lifestyle Medicine doctor?

The purpose of consultation with the Lifestyle Medicine doctor is to modify those areas of the patient's life that cause their health problems. The most common are: eating habits, physical activity, stress management, sleep disorders, interpersonal relations, use of stimulants. According to population data, the most common lifestyle-related health problems include: overweight and obesity,   dyslipidaemia, arterial hypertension, tobacco addiction,  diabetes.   In each of these conditions, the treatment is based on lifestyle modification.

Lifestyle Medicine - for whom it is intended

An appointment with a Lifestyle Medicine doctor is advisable both for preventive health care and for specific lifestyle-related ailments or diseases, such as overweight, obesity, diabetes or hypertension. It is recommended for persons who want to support the treatment of chronic diseases or learn how to cope with stress. It is also intended for patients who do not see the results of their diets or constantly return to their addictions and have repeatedly heard that they should change their lifestyle but do not know how to do it.

Your Benefits

Through the consultation, you will understand how your lifestyle affects your health and learn what you can do to achieve lasting improvement in your health and well-being.

• You will get a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of life affecting your health.
• At the first appointment, you will receive a personalized lifestyle intervention plan based on mutually agreed priority therapeutic goals and your expectations, as well as assistance in its implementation - written recommendations and educational materials to help you carry out specific actions.
• You will replace old habits with new, healthy ones - so you can control your health and keep it in a good shape.
• When diagnosed with abnormalities that require further diagnosis and/or treatment, you will receive recommendations in line with the scope of care.

A permanent change of lifestyle requires constant cooperation with your doctor.

As part of the consultation, you will have a 30-minute personalized appointment with a qualified Lifestyle Medicine doctor.

During the consultation, the doctor will: conduct a medical interview with you, perform a physical examination and measure your blood pressure, height, weight and waist girth, analyse various aspects of your lifestyle and assess their impact on your health, including habits related to your: diet, physical activity, sleep hygiene, stress management, stimulants, social relations, assess the risk of lifestyle-dependent diseases and recommend interventions in 6 areas: diet, physical activity, stress management, sleep, interpersonal relationships, and giving up stimulants, discuss the test results, define priority therapeutic goals with you, determine further action plans and provide recommendations - you will receive a personalized lifestyle intervention plan, specify the date of the follow-up appointment.

This is the first-time appointment lasting 30 minutes.

The follow-up 15-minute appointments are to monitor the process of changing health behaviours. You can also order them HERE.

The follow-up appointments are to verify goals and monitor how the recommendations are followed.