Season 1, Episode 13 - Jeff and Sheila Hautbois, PA-C: Connecting Medicine and Fitness

In this episode I interview my friend and colleague, Sheila Hautbois, PA-C.Sheila gives insight into her patient visits -- how she goes about discussing lifestyle medicine and exercise.  She also talks about how she determines which patients are candidates for referral; how she uses her own progressive strength program to plant seeds, intrigue, and motivate patients, and why this is such an important part of the referral process; how she developed trust in me, and the trainers who work with me; the qualifications she looks for in a trainer and the importance of the vetting process to determine who is qualified.Finally, she explains why she likes my virtual medical fitnes business model – which is a "give people the tools and create informed consumers so they can exercise on their own" model...instead of the usual "entertain to retain clients" that nearly every fitness professional in the industry does.If you're interested in learning from an outlier clinician who REALLY understands the importance of connecting medicine and fitness, and how she goes about it, this is a great listen.Sheila also provides consulting services for clinicians who are interested in setting up a medicine-to-fitness model as part of their practice.  She has presented on this at national conferences, and is an amazing resource for clinicians to tap in to.Support the show