Duration: 6 months
If your Tailor Annual Medical identifies an increased risk for a heart attack or stroke, this program helps to prevent progression and reverse the risk. Under the guidance of your Lifestyle Medicine Consultant, Physician and a Cardiologist, you will address urgent clinical needs, reduce cardiovascular risk and normalize metabolic parameters through an integrative combination of nutrition, exercise and stress management. Progress will be monitored through repeated biometric testing including regular body fat analysis based on bioimpedance, direct vascular plaque assessment with Carotid Doppler and laboratory testing.
Includes Consultations With:
- Two 30-minute sessions with a Cardiologist
- Cholesterol plaque analysis with Carotid Doppler (at the beginning and end of the program)
- Follow-up blood work at six months (if started on statin drug, blood work also at two months)
- One 60-minute initial consultation with a Lifestyle Medicine Consultant and an additional six 30-minute coaching sessions spread over the six month program to focus on nutrition, exercise and stress management
- One 60-minute consultation with a Genomic Specialist to discuss the most currently available and relevant testing of your genome and how this can impact one's personalized medicine action plan and long-term health
- Five 60-minute personal fitness training sessions (as medically directed) in the Tailor Medical Fitness Centre to monitor techniques and develop a tailored fitness program
- One 60-minute initial consultation with a Nutritionist to assess current nutritional intake and provide a tailored program of supplements, food and lifestyle modifications
- One 30-minute follow-up session half way through the program
- Monthly biometric re-assessments, including body composition, with a Lifestyle Medicine Consultant to monitor progress
Benefits:
- Lifestyle habits are key drivers of cardiovascular disease. This program will address the urgent clinical needs of the client under the supervision of a Cardiologist and at the same time the program addresses the lifestyle habits in a supportive environment to deal directly with the cause of this serious health issue
- Reduce cardiovascular risk and cause demonstrable regression of atherosclerosis
- Normalize metabolic parameters
- An integrative approach to managing and potentially reversing cardiovascular disease
- Enhance energy levels, exercise tolerance, and wellbeing
