Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine is an evidence-based, holistic approach designed to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic health conditions through positive lifestyle changes.
While the body has a remarkable ability to heal itself and continually strives to return to a state of good health, our seemingly harmless daily habits can create a state of chronic inflammation that prevents this self-healing from occurring. Lifestyle Medicine aims to reduce this inflammation to allow the body’s natural healing processes to resume by helping you identify and gradually replace these habits that are no longer serving you well.
As a Board-certified Lifestyle Medicine physician, Dr. McGonigal will work with you to combine personalized lifestyle and behavioral strategies to help you make small, stepwise, sustainable adjustments across six key areas known to yield profound health benefits—nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, social connection, and reducing harmful substance use. By incorporating wholesome whole food diets, personalized movement strategies, and other individualized interventions, the Lifestyle Medicine Program at Davis Square Family Practice offers a supportive and friendly environment to explore practical, effective, enjoyable healthcare solutions to treat the root causes of type 2 diabetes, excess weight, heart disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, and more. Together, we’ll create a step-by-step plan tailored to your individualized needs and goals, aiming to support your body’s natural healing processes and improve overall quality of life, regardless of your age or current health status.