Course Description:

Medical Fitness allows rehab professionals to expand and position their practice to effectively service the health care industry’s growing focus on disease prevention. Many health care professionals are taking steps to protect their interests and take advantage of a changing paradigm. Rehab professionals are uniquely positioned, and educated, to deliver a preventative medical fitness and lifestyle management service. In order to deliver a viable and meaningful medical fitness health and wellness service, physical therapists and occupational therapists need to step out of the traditional business model and expand their intervention footprint. This course will describe the steps to starting a medical fitness lifestyle management service in the rehab setting. This is the third course in a series of five courses on Lifestyle Medicine for your facility.