What is FirstLine Therapy? First line therapy or FLT is a personalized lifestyle medicine program centered on therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) such as healthy nutrition, nutritional products, exercise, and stress management. FLT is a new standard for managing chronic illness and leading health organizations now recommend TLC as the "first line of therapy" for treating and reducing the risk of common conditions such as:

-Overweight/Obesity
-High cholesterol
-High blood pressure
-Metabolic syndrome
-Type 2 diabetes
-Cardiovascular disease
-Osteoporosis
-Osteoarthritis
-Conditions related to aging

Lifestyle choices are also the key to addressing other health concerns and symptoms, such as:

-Fatigue
-Hormone imbalance
-Low sex drive
-Stress-related symptoms
-Poor memory or lack of mental clarity

This program is presented in an interactive format with components for physicians, licensed health care provide and all patients of any age. Participants in the FLT program have the option of attending the program class one time a week for for twelve structured weeks. Each person in the class has the options of having therapeutic measurements taken, BMI and BIA calculated along with a hip to waist ratio. The goal is that each person is educated on how to manage the health concerns listed above, but understand what these body is made of, to make better lifestyle decisions.

People often call to inquire of how to get into the class, who teaches the class, when is the class and how much is the class? If you are interested in the class, or have questions the best thing to do is call our Monticello office and ask for Jim Isbell or Dr. Mickle at our Monticello office (763-295-3355). These are the educators for Great River Spine & Sport and can answer questions and let you know when the class is running. The class at this point is designed for patients at the clinic, but we invite anybody with interest to attend to see if we can help. It is our goal to provide these services to our patients with no out of pocket expense. Below is a list of the topics covered in the lectures:

Week 1 - Intro to the group, Baseline measurements taken

Week 2 - You are doing the right thing

Week 3 - Eating, exercise, energy and metabolism

Week 4 - Exercise for life

Week 5 - Stress solutiuons

Week 6 - Halfway point, measurements re-taken

Week 7 - Real world eating

Week 8 - Supermarket shopping

Week 9 - Catalysts sparkplugs

Week 10 - More catalysts sparkplugs

Week 11 - Detoxification, who is this for, how can it be done safely

Week - 12 Wrap up of the class, re-measure and plan for the future

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