Sozo Medical Care
Lifestyle Medicine involves the use of evidence-based, lifestyle interventions as the primary means to prevent, treat and often reverse chronic diseases using:
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A whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern
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Regular physical activity
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Restorative sleep
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Stress management
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Avoidance of risky substances
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Positive social connections
Lifestyle Medicine physicians assist patients in achieving their health goals by giving them tools to be successful, while continuing to use conventional medications and procedures as second line agents for treatment. Lifestyle Medicine is best seen as the foundation for conventional medicine and focuses on patients taking responsibility for their health and integrating lifestyle changes as the first step in treating disease.
A conventional physician might ask, “What medications do we need to add to control this patient’s disease?” while a LM physician would ask, “What lifestyle changes can we make to reverse this disease so the patient no longer needs the medication?”
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Our goal at Sozo is to create a large community of members working towards the common goal of becoming and staying healthy. In addition to medical and counseling offices, our facility offers a community room for classes and a small on-site gym for training and workouts.
Dena DePiazza is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and is certified as a Certified Pain Management Coach. She is your personal advocate for living an energized and passionate life. She works with clients to help them create healthy lives in a way that is flexible, fun, and free of denial and unsustainable discipline. By working together, you can discover lifestyle choices that best support you. Dena helps you learn to make gradual, lifelong changes that will enable you to reach your current and future health goals.
with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutritional Sciences. She is a Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Nutrition Coach through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
Nadia enjoys providing the guidance and support people need to achieve good health and considers herself their biggest cheerleader when they decide to make their health a priority. As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Nadia works with clients one on one to help them optimize their health through holistic health practices. She helps reduce the symptoms of chronic illness through nutrition and lifestyle practices, but is not limited to helping anyone who wants to learn how to make better choices. She teaches clients basic kitchen skills, how to read labels and will even do grocery tours. As a personal trainer, Nadia works with clients of all levels, ages and in various settings. She has taught group fitness classes and worked with clients one on one. She emphasizes the importance of staying injury free and building strength to move about their day without pain.
Karissa originally attended Westmont College in beautiful Santa Barbara, and began her B.S. in Psychology, then transferred to Montreat College, in the Appalachian hills of North Carolina, graduating Cum Laude with a B.S. in Music Therapy, and a double minor in Psychology and Music Business.
