Revamp your lifestyle
Cornwall is the perfect place to benefit from lifestyle medicine; we can connect with the beautiful outdoors whilst exercising, and our local produce is second to none.
Safe and effective, lifestyle medicine focuses on sleep, nutrition, exercise and stress reduction to improve health and wellbeing. After 20 years as a GP, Cornishman Dr Mark Crouse set up LifestyleDoc, a private lifestyle medicine practice in Truro, dedicating his time to helping people get the most out of their lifestyles. “As a doctor,” he tells us,
“nothing feels more satisfying to me than seeing a patient taking control of their health condition with lifestyle change, rather than relying on medication.”
Zoe Crouse trained as a nurse before completing a degree in Health Promotion. She now works as a fitness instructor and health coach. She tells us: “I get a huge kick out of seeing people get more confident, more mobile, fitter and happier as a result of my input and support.”
LifestyleDoc offers appointments, health coaching, one-to-one Pilates and fitness classes. Zoe tells us about Mrs B (not her real name). Juggling a stressful, sedentary job and busy family life, her exercise was limited to occasional walking. Meal choices were restricted by the rest of her family and prep time and she was concerned that she was drinking too much every week.
“Mrs B was fed up with feeling frumpy, tired and guilty and she certainly did not need a lecture,” Zoe explains. “She already wanted to change her lifestyle but previous attempts had failed because they were not sustainable and made her feel more miserable.”
“Investing time to really listen is crucial to understand what makes clients tick and to be able to provide tailored solutions that work for their individual situation,” Mark adds. “People often need help to allow themselves to use positive motivators rather than negative ones and to be more selfish when it comes to improving their wellbeing.”
After completing her course Mrs B said: “I feel really proud of my achievements to date… I am much more confident, have more energy and I am in total control of my food choices now.”
Mark finishes: “Habits and obstacles like [Mrs B’s] are all very common but people still feel embarrassed talking honestly about their lifestyle. Please don’t let that get in your way.” If you would like to arrange a free assessment to see if Mark and Zoe can help you, be sure to get in touch with LifestyleDoc.
LifestyleDoc
“nothing feels more satisfying to me than seeing a patient taking control of their health condition with lifestyle change, rather than relying on medication.”