Application and Outcomes of Interprofessional Lifestyle Medicine Programs Designed for People with Musculoskeletal Conditions

This session is a recorded presentation from ACLM’s LM2024 Annual Conference, featuring leading experts and timely, clinically relevant content in lifestyle medicine.

Lifestyle behaviors contribute to the development and progression of painful musculoskeletal conditions. Currently, lifestyle medicine predominantly advocates for treatment of identified chronic lifestyle-related diseases. However strong evidence also supports the use of lifestyle medicine to address musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. Further, lifestyle-related chronic diseases commonly co-exist in people with painful musculoskeletal conditions, both of which are rooted in chronic systemic inflammation. This session will review the evidence linking chronic systemic inflammation and musculoskeletal conditions as they apply to each of the 6 pillars of health.  The session will also discuss unique standardized programmatic lifestyle medicine approaches to treat musculoskeletal patients engaged in improving global health, and we will review outcomes data from interprofessional lifestyle medicine programs for musculoskeletal patients. Our outcomes from two different programs in geographically diverse areas demonstrate the benefit of lifestyle medicine delivery through interprofessional team programs that improve lifestyle-related chronic diseases and pain and function in people with musculoskeletal conditions. These data suggest that a musculoskeletal condition involving pain and reduced function can be the gateway for many people to progress to an active state of behavioral change. Musculoskeletal providers should join in the efforts to promote education, research, and the application of lifestyle medicine in relationship to musculoskeletal conditions to enable patients to improve pain, function, and global health. 

This course expires September 21, 2027 at 11:59 PM PST.  

Target Audience

This course is applicable for the interprofessional healthcare team including physicians, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physician associates, registered dietitians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, other health professionals working with chronic disease prevention or treatment, certified health coaches, and clinicians in training.

Learning Objectives

  1. Apply the evidence of chronic inflammation and its impact on musculoskeletal health through patient education linking painful musculoskeletal conditions to lifestyle choices. 
  2. Implement lifestyle medicine interventions as they apply to patients presenting with a painful musculoskeletal condition. 
  3. Use outcome data to support the use of lifestyle medicine as a part of musculoskeletal care in their practice.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AAFP Prescribed

    The AAFP has reviewed Application and Outcomes of Interprofessional Lifestyle Medicine Programs Designed for People with Musculoskeletal Conditions and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 9/18/2025 to 9/18/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. .

  • 1.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participation completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

  • 1.00 ABLM MOC

    The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 1.00 maintenance of certification credits (MOC) for this learning activity.

  • 1.00 ABS Accredited CME

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy

    Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.

  • 1.00 ACPE Technician

    Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacy technicians.

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Rush Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 ANCC

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 nursing contact hour(s).

  • 1.00 APA

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.00 CE credits in psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship in the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • 1.00 ASWB

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Rush University Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 general continuing education credits.

  • 1.00 CPEU

    This enduring material has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Completion of this activity awards 1.00 CPEUs.

  • 1.00 Occupational Therapy CE

    Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.00 continuing education credits.

  • 1.00 Participation (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for non-MDs)

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Physical Therapy CE

    Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.00 continuing education credits.

Course opens: 
09/22/2025
Course expires: 
09/21/2027
Cost:
$40.00
Part of: 
Lifestyle Medicine Now

Heidi Prather, DO

"Dr. Prather serves as an Attending Physician and Professor in the Department of Physiatry at Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical School. Here she serves as the Medical Director of Lifestyle Medicine and Co-Director of the Comprehensive Arthritis Center. 
Dr. Prather graduated from Drury College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in Biology and Chemistry.  She received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Prather is board certified in  Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine. She is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Prather served as Professor, Vice Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Founder and Division Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri from 1998-2020. Dr. Prather also served as the Outpatient Medical Director of the Joint and Spine Center, and Founder of the Living Well Center.  She is one of the original members of the Young Adult Hip Study Group and served as Director of the Hip-Spine Study Group at Washington University. These groups enabled the course of investigation regarding pre-arthritic hip disorders, the hip-spine connection, musculoskeletal disorders and gender relationships in adults and athletes. At Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Prather serves as the Medical Director for the Lifestyle Medicine Program, Clinical Medical Lead for the Comprehensive Osteoarthritis Center, and Medical Director for shared savings musculoskeletal collaborations. She serves as  Senior Editor for the journal, PM&R.  She has served as President of the Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation and North American Spine Society. "

Devyani Hunt, MD

Dr. Hunt is a Professor and the Chief of the division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University and a diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.  Dr. Hunt received her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology with honors at the University of Texas in Austin.  She completed medical school at the University of Texas in Houston and her residency at Northwestern at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.  She then completed a fellowship in Sports and Spine at Washington University in 2004 and stayed on as a faculty member.  She is currently a professor of orthopedic surgery, chief of the physical medicine and rehabilitation division and medical director of the Washington University Living Well Center; a clinic focused on integrating musculoskeletal health and lifestyle changes through an inter-professional approach to wellness. The center addresses patients’ co morbidities, including obesity, diabetes, cardiac disease and mental health issues that are often the barrier to patients’ long term success.  The focus of the clinic is to give patients the tools for self-management while optimizing their health and function.   In addition to maintaining a busy clinical practice that includes managing patients, her clinical research focuses on behavioral health, sleep, pain and function in patients with chronic disorders including pre-arthritic hip disorders, hip and spine disorders, performing arts medicine and gender specific disorders as they relate to the musculoskeletal system. Her work has resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications, presentations at national and international conferences, and extra-mural funding.

Accreditation Statement, Disclosure Information, and Credit Designation Statements

Joint Providership Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by RUSH University Medical Center and American College of Lifestyle Medicine. RUSH University Medical Center is Jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing medical education for the healthcare team.

Disclosure Information

Unapproved Uses of Drugs/Devices: In accordance with requirements of the FDA, the audience is advised that information presented in this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please refer to the FDA approved package insert for each drug/device for full prescribing/utilization information.

It is the policy of the Interprofessional Continuing Education office at RUSH to ensure that its CE activities are independent, free of commercial bias. Therefore, we manage all financial relationships associated with accredited continuing education activities. RUSH asks everyone who has the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity to disclose information about all of their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months.

An ineligible company is an entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no minimum threshold; individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of relationships to education. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any potential conflicts of interest prior to the planning, implementation, or evaluation of the continuing education activity. If a financial relationship is identified for the person in control of content, conflict mitigation strategies will be used to mitigate the financial relationship before they assume their role.

Individuals in control of content for this activity have the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose and all financial relationships have been mitigated.

Name

Disclosure

Rohit Moghe, PharmD, MSPH, CDCESMember, Speaker's Bureau - Novo Nordisk

All other individuals in control of content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AAFP Prescribed

    The AAFP has reviewed Application and Outcomes of Interprofessional Lifestyle Medicine Programs Designed for People with Musculoskeletal Conditions and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 9/18/2025 to 9/18/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. .

  • 1.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participation completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

  • 1.00 ABLM MOC

    The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 1.00 maintenance of certification credits (MOC) for this learning activity.

  • 1.00 ABS Accredited CME

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy

    Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.

  • 1.00 ACPE Technician

    Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacy technicians.

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Rush Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 ANCC

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 nursing contact hour(s).

  • 1.00 APA

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.00 CE credits in psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship in the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • 1.00 ASWB

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Rush University Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 general continuing education credits.

  • 1.00 CPEU

    This enduring material has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Completion of this activity awards 1.00 CPEUs.

  • 1.00 Occupational Therapy CE

    Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.00 continuing education credits.

  • 1.00 Participation (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for non-MDs)

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Physical Therapy CE

    Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.00 continuing education credits.

Price

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Registering for an American College of Lifestyle Medicine Course indicates your acceptance of the Participant User Agreement and its terms and conditions. 

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