The Center for Healthy Living specializes in helping you achieve your personal goals as they relate to your health and well-being. Our Team is specially trained to offer personalized care in a positive and inspiring setting.
The center does not replace your primary care physician, in fact, we work closely with your doctor to help you achieve your goals.
Think of the Center for Healthy Living as your wellness specialist. If you need knee surgery, your primary care provider would send you to an orthopedic specialist. If you need help with a lifestyle change or support that will greatly improve your health or quality of life, your primary care provider may refer you to the Center for Healthy Living.
The Center Can Help You:
- Improve your nutritional habits
- Develop a safe exercise plan
- Quit smoking—for good
- Cope with stress and other emotional concerns
- Experience better sleep
- Modify your drinking habits
- Learn how to manage a newly diagnosed chronic disease such as COPD or diabetes
- Manage symptoms caused by cancer and/or chronic disease
- Prevent a second stroke
- Focus on spirituality or on what brings you joy
There are many reasons people need personalized help to achieve these goals.
Maybe your surgeon has told you that you need to lose weight or stop smoking to be eligible for surgery. Perhaps you need help learning how to plan meals as a newly diagnosed diabetic or, maybe stress is so overwhelming that you are worried about taking care of your family.
We use Lifestyle and Integrative Medicine to help you restore and maintain your health.
What’s holding you back from reaching your goals? Call your primary care physician for a referral to The Center for Healthy Living today. You’ll feel better just making the call and our team will inspire you every step of the way to a healthier, happier you.
Weight Management Counseling
What we put in our bodies has a profound impact on our livelihood. Think about it — the food and beverage we consume is the fuel our bodies use for growth, energy, and healing. Nutrition affects all aspects of our lives. At The Center for Healthy Living, our team provides clear and simple advice about the variety of delicious and nutritious foods you can enjoy — foods that will help you feel better, heal faster, and give you more energy, in addition to losing weight!
Tobacco Treatment Program
Our program is an evidenced-based approach designed to assist you in reducing or quitting your tobacco use. With behavioral interventions and nicotine replacement therapy, we will equip you with strategies to make the necessary changes in your life to help you achieve a tobacco-free lifestyle. We will be with you on the journey to provide the support and encouragement that you need to achieve your goals.
For more information or to make an appointment at The Center for Healthy Living, please contact 252-449-5978.
Diabetes Education and Support
We offer individualized education and support sessions for patients with prediabetes, diabetes, or gestational diabetes. Spouse or caregivers are encouraged to attend. We will review selfcare behaviors: healthy eating, being active, monitoring, taking medications, solving problems, reducing risks, and healthy coping. We provide assistance with goal setting. Offered both in office or via telemedicine.
This program is free of charge. Duration: A patient-centered follow-up is determined at initial visit. We encourage review at diagnosis, annually, when complications influence self-management, and for transitions of care.
Contact Robin South, RN at (252) 449-4554 or [email protected].
Click to access the Diabetes Risk Assessment Test.
Secondary Stroke Prevention
A Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) diagnosis can leave patients feeling overwhelmed as they transition home from the hospital. The Stroke Nurse Navigator will follow up with patients after discharge from the hospital to review your discharge plan, talk about personal risk factors for stroke, provide education, and assist in connecting you with resources in the OBH Center for Healthy Living to help reduce your risk of secondary stroke. Remember to “BEFAST” if you suspect you or someone else is having a stroke. These symptoms include balance loss, vision changes, face drooping, arm or leg weakness, and speech difficulty. Call 911 as soon as symptoms begin to decrease the chances of residual deficits.
Stroke Support Network
The Outer Banks Health Stroke Support Network is a support group for stroke survivors and caregivers. The group meets the first Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m. – noon. There is the option to join virtually via Zoom or in-person.
For details on the OBH Stroke Support Network, contact the Stroke Nurse Navigator directly at 252-449-4554.
Medical Records
All requests for healthcare information or copies of healthcare records require a written authorization (Release Of Information Consent Form) completed by you or your legal agent/representative. Due to the confidential nature of personal health information, records cannot be faxed. Requested health information can be obtained through MyChart, emailed via a secure server, sent via the United States Postal Service to the address as indicated by you on your consent form or picked up at The Center for Healthy Living. When picking up records, a form of identification (photo ID preferred) must be presented before the records are released to ensure you (or your legal agent) is the only person(s) obtaining your records.
