Dr. Joe Tatta | The Healing Pain Podcast

Episode 186 | Population Health, Prevention And Health Promotion In Physical Therapist Practice With Dawn Magnusson, PT, PhD

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Sinopsis

In this episode, we're discussing the integration of population health, prevention, health promotion and wellness activities into clinical practice. With decades of research supporting the benefits of lifestyle changes on positive health outcomes, physical therapists and other health professionals are exploring and weaving integrative and lifestyle medicine into both insurance and cash-based practice settings, as well as community health and serving the private sector business. Lifestyle changes, including physical activity, nutrition and stress management all lead to improved health benefits in those with chronic disease and prevent or manage a number of non-communicable diseases, which lead to an increased quality of life. Physical therapists are well-positioned to treat non-communicable diseases through the integration of population health, prevention, health promotion, and wellness activities into clinical practice. Joining us to discuss the topics of health promotion prevention, wellness in physical ther