shawnmccarthy June 7, 2021
PERSONAL HEALTH
We Could All Use a Health Coach
Health coaches can give patients the tools they need to improve their own care and well-being, but they aren’t widely available.
Are you among the 133 million Americans suffering from one or more chronic health conditions? Conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, arthritis, respiratory or digestive disease, among others that can diminish the quality of your life?
How well do you understand your condition and its treatment? Do you know how to minimize potentially disabling effects and delay its progression? Are you having difficulty following your doctor’s advice?
Or maybe you’re currently healthy but one or more of your habits could ultimately undermine your health and result in a chronic disorder.
In either case, you’d likely benefit from the help of a health coach, whose job it is to give patients the knowledge, skills, tools and confidence they need to participate fully in their own care and well-being.
By Jane E. Brody, NY TImes
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