Want more engaged patients who get better results from working with you? Then it’s time to integrate a health coach into your practice. While health coaches and practitioners may once have been viewed as competing for the same role – or offering completely different services – it’s now time to embrace them as a symbiotic…
Can exercise ever be a bad thing? If you’re not doing the right type of exercise for your physiology, the answer is yes. If you missed Good Medicine On the Go Episode #7 Exercise is as Unique as Your Patient listen here. The right kind of exercise gives a huge bump in dopamine that can…
Why is the generic advice ‘eat right and exercise” bad advice? As practitioners, you all know it is never this simple-eat right and exercise. What works for one client can completely fail for another. Even those who “follow all the rules” or adhere to proven programs like Paleo or Keto often struggle to lose weight….
Why do some people seem unaffected by – or even able to thrive under – stress, while others suffer with depression, anxiety, or turn to unhealthy coping strategies like overeating? While no one factor can explain these differences entirely, emerging research about genetic variations can provide a big clue. Understanding the link between genetic variations…
Typically, health coaching is treated as an “add on” in functional medicine clinics. The doctor winds up having to sell the patient on coaching. But with patients already investing in out of pocket labs, supplements, and their provider’s time, people don’t want to spend the extra money. They say things like, “Why do I need…
Dr. Greenblatt shared a fascinating case study during our podcast interview. The case study was not included in our First Things First, Mental Health Episode #2 podcast. I had heard Dr. Greenblatt lecture on a patient named Larry. Larry had adopted exceptionally clean nutrition and lifestyle changes. He was eating all the right things, absolutely…
“NutritionalGenomics is preparing the patient for a deeper commitment to functional medicine’s process and partnership.” Functional Medicine can be overwhelming to both providers and patients Functional Medicine is overwhelming to both providers and patients. The provider has been tenaciously studying the functional medicine tenants, balancing their own physical, mental and emotional health, family relationships, career…
Finding the Best Pricing Model Good Medicine on the Go Ep. #4 Finding the Best Pricing Model for your Practice gave practical tips and strategies for creating a long-term, viable business model. Dr. Morris reviewed 4 Functional Medicine pricing options: Insurance, Membership-Hybrid, Cash, Direct Primary Care Model, plus how to begin practicing Functional Medicine if…
Seeing the Big Picture is always helpful The Institute for Functional Medicine and private practices create amazing patient materials. I think of the patient tools as “Stars” and this Functional Medicine Care Planner as the “Constellation.” The Functional Medicine Care Planner is a tool to document, track, and budget all of the pieces to the…
You just finished your first appointment with a new patient. It went a little long (2 hours, yikes!) but you’re feeling good. The patient was agreeable and open to any suggestions you made – which was a good thing, because you had a LOT of suggestions. The next week you’re surprised to see their follow-up…