SYNERGISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS

SMALL CHANGES BIG IMPACT

Dolores Van Bourgondien, ARNP-BC, RN,MSN, BA, MA

Bio• Dolores Van Bourgondien is a board certified advanced registered nurse practitioner

who’s goal in life is to make a difference in the health and wellness of all those she meets. She has worked as an emergency department and trauma nurse at Broward

• While working in the emergency department she became more and more concerned and frustrated with the constant visits of those patients with complaints that could have been either avoided or treated earlier in the process with education in diet, exercise and overall health and wellness. It was then that she decided to return to school to obtain an advanced practice degree concentrating on adult health, women’s health, Corportate Wellness and holistic preventative health and wellness.

• Dolores’ focus is on Health, Wellness, Prevention and Maintenance. Her Master’s Thesis concentrated on the development of a nursing model using Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners in the workplace and outpatient setting to ensure compliance with routine preventive screening which would eventually decrease future medical problems for employees. This model utilized other specialties such as dieticians, personal trainers and fitness professionals, chiropractors, and mind-body specialists who provide yoga and meditation for stress relief and general improvements in health and wellbeing. Her thesis demonstrates that a synergistic approach to health and wellbeing will be the future model for healthcare and prevention.

What is Synergy

• Synergy is defined as working together, combining efforts with others to enhance an effect. So by working synergistically, we can all benefit.

• The same is true with health and wellness. It is obvious that up to this point we are not doing a good job living in balance – Stress has increased, as have health problems obesity rates and death.

Synergistic Approach to Health and Wellness ExerciseDietMind/BodyHealthWellnessMusculoskeletal

HealthNutritionFitnessMind-Body

Synergy & IntegrationDr. David Katz. Katz is the director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center and author of the new book Disease Proof: The Remarkable Truth About What Makes Us Well. “If you think about the issues that prevail today, they are related to eating too much of all the wrong foods, getting far too little physical activity, toxins we’ve invented like tobacco, inadequate sleep and strained social bonds,” he says.

Small Changes Big Impact

• Can’t be a rock star in one area and neglect all others so small steps in each area will add up!

• Make small simple steady changes• Avoid all or nothing approach “its cool to be grey”• One small change will add up – ie give up soda

drink water instead, skip dessert• Pay attention – park further away, take the stairs

step back and take a deep breath

Small Changes Big Impact

Exercise– Try a 15 minute walk and

then build up to a class– Try something you have never

done before yoga, pilates, paddleboard

– Shoot for 1,2,3,5 days a week – Encourage a friend – misery

loves company JK but friends do motivate and encourage

Synergy Fitness

Synergy Fitness

Synergy Fitness

Small Changes Big ImpactDiet

– Keep a food journal for one week– Plan a healthy meal and then

meal prepare and shop form that plan

– Skip dessert, bread, eating out – Swap out high calorie drinks for

water – Have oily fish three times a week– Snack on protein-rich food– Avoid mayo– Change your coffee order– Don't skip breakfast

Small Changes Big ImpactWhat is a healthy Meal ?

Synergy Nutrition

Synergy Nutrition

Synergy Nutrition

Synergy Nutrition

Synergy Nutrition

• Healthy Diet• 40/40/20• Weight Loss• Muscle Building

Diet• You are what you

eat !• Choose Fresh Foods• Eat 5-6 Small Meals

throughout the day• Hydrate• Brown Bag Lunch

Diet

Small Changes Big Impact

Mind Body• Mind/Body

– Try yoga– Commit to meditate 5

minutes a day– Keep a gratitude journal – Write down something you

are thankful for every day and put in a jar

Mind-Body

Small Changes Big Impact

Mind Body

Mind-Body

Small Changes Big Impact• Health

– Get an annual physical/Female annual exam

– Get your milestone tests done– Practice Prevention rather

than cure• Wellness

– Take your vitamins– Get out in the sun into nature– Contact a friend or join a

stimulating group– Read

Small Changes Big ImpactComplimentary Modalities

• Use of complimentary modalities– Use of Chiropractic methods to

aid health and wellness– Massage Therapy– Cryo-Therapy– Chiropractors recognize that

many factors affect your health, including exercise, nutrition, sleep, environment and heredity.

– Chiropractic focuses on maintaining your health naturally to help your body resist disease, rather than simply treating the symptoms of disease.

Synergy & Integration for Health and Wellness

• Diet Alone does not work• Exercise Alone does not work• Mind-Body Alone does not work• Medicine Alone does not work

• We must combine all elements into a Synergistic Plan to create optimal health and wellness

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