Physician-led support · Massachusetts, Florida & Colorado
Lifestyle medicine for chronic and autoimmune conditions
When pain, fatigue, medications, flares, or limited energy make healthy routines harder, get a plan built around your diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, and real life.
For adults, children, and teens · Complements rheumatology and primary care · English and Spanish
A practical layer of care
Lifestyle care that works alongside your medical treatment
Lifestyle medicine can help you build routines that support function, energy, sleep, cardiovascular health, and quality of life while accounting for chronic illness.
This is complementary care—not a replacement for disease treatment.
Continue prescribed medications and maintain care with your rheumatologist, primary-care clinician, pediatrician, and other specialists. Lifestyle care does not diagnose autoimmune disease, manage urgent symptoms, or replace DMARDs, biologics, or other indicated treatment.
Evidence, translated
What the evidence supports
The strongest evidence is for consistent, adaptable habits and preventive care—not restrictive “cures.” Recommendations are individualized to your diagnosis, symptoms, medications, mobility, and capacity.
Consistent movement
Exercise is the ACR’s only strong integrative recommendation for rheumatoid arthritis. Activity should be adapted to pain, mobility, disease activity, and flares—and used alongside DMARDs.
Food patterns—not restrictive “autoimmune diets”
Mediterranean-style eating has conditional support in rheumatoid arthritis and may help pain for some people. Evidence does not support a single restrictive autoimmune diet or routine supplements as disease treatment.
Fatigue, sleep, stress, and coping
Exercise and selected behavioral or mind-body strategies may support fatigue, sleep, coping, mood, and daily function. They do not replace disease treatment.
Heart, bone, and general health
Inflammatory rheumatic diseases raise cardiovascular risk. Comprehensive care includes screening and management of smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, activity, and bone health.
Built for real life
Support designed for chronic illness and real life
Your plan should fit symptoms, treatment, age, and the realities of daily life.
Symptoms and changing capacity
Build better-day and hard-day versions of movement, meals, and routines for fatigue, pain, stiffness, flares, and recovery.
Treatment and whole-person health
Account for medications, appetite or weight changes, sleep, stress, coping, and cardiovascular and bone health—without changing prescribed treatment.
Adults living with chronic disease
Create realistic routines while living with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, Sjögren disease, systemic sclerosis, myositis, vasculitis, or another established condition.
Children, teens, and families
Support age-appropriate energy, sleep, movement, eating, coping, school demands, and family routines. One identified patient is assessed per service.
A clear starting point
What you receive
- A secure intake focused on the identified patient
- Review of diagnosis, medications, symptoms, routines, goals, and barriers
- A 60-minute virtual physician assessment
- A written, prioritized Lifestyle Action Plan
- Questions to bring to your medical team when coordination may help
- Optional follow-up or a structured 12-week program
This service is
- Physician-led and evidence-informed
- Personalized to diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, and capacity
- Designed to complement established medical care
This service is not
- A diagnosis, second opinion, or medication-management visit
- Urgent or emergency care
- A restrictive diet program
- A promise to cure or reverse autoimmune disease
Need diagnostic rheumatology care? Explore Haus Health rheumatology.
Your visit, step by step
Complete a secure intake
Share your history, current treatment, goals, routines, and challenges.
Meet virtually for 60 minutes
Dr. Cohen-Hausmann reviews the full picture and identifies realistic priorities.
Receive a written plan
Put a prioritized plan into practice and decide whether follow-up would help.
Board-Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician and Pediatrician
Meet Adriana Cohen-Hausmann, MD, DipABLM
Dr. Cohen-Hausmann is board-certified in lifestyle medicine and pediatrics. With more than a decade of clinical experience, she helps adults, children, teens, and families build realistic routines alongside chronic illness.
She earned her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, completed pediatrics residency at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, and later joined the faculty as an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Her recommendations focus on nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, and sustainable behavior change while accounting for symptoms, medications, mobility, and family life.
- Board-certified in Lifestyle Medicine and Pediatrics
- More than a decade of clinical experience
- Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
- Care in English and Spanish
Choose your level of support
Start with a plan—or add accountability
Lifestyle Medicine Blueprint
$425
A comprehensive 60-minute physician assessment plus a prioritized written action plan.
Start with the Blueprint12-Week Lifestyle Change Program
$895
The Blueprint plus three follow-up visits and two structured portal check-ins.
Explore the 12-Week ProgramCommon questions
Frequently asked questions
Does this replace my rheumatologist or medication?
No. Continue specialist and primary care and take medications as prescribed. Dr. Cohen-Hausmann does not stop or change your rheumatology medications through this service.
Do I need an established diagnosis?
Yes. This pathway is designed for people living with an established chronic condition. If you need rheumatologic diagnostic evaluation, explore Haus Health rheumatology care.
Will I need to follow a restrictive diet?
No. The goal is a sustainable food pattern that fits medical needs, preferences, culture, access, symptoms, and family life—not an unsupported “autoimmune diet.”
Can parents schedule for a child or teen?
Yes, when the child or teen is the identified patient. The plan may include family routines and caregiver participation. Additional family members needing individualized medical assessment require their own intake, consent, and medical record.
Is insurance accepted?
These services are self-pay and are not billed to insurance. HSA/FSA funds may be accepted; confirm eligibility with your plan administrator.
Where are visits available?
Patient visits are virtual. The identified patient must be physically located in Massachusetts, Florida, or Colorado at the time of the visit.
Evidence sources
Clinical guidance informing this page
Evidence reviewed August 2026. These sources inform patient education and do not replace individualized clinical judgment.
View the clinical sources
- 2022 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for Exercise, Rehabilitation, Diet, and Additional Integrative Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- 2018 EULAR recommendations for physical activity in inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis
- 2023 EULAR recommendations for non-pharmacological management of systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis
- EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
- 2021 EULAR recommendations regarding lifestyle behaviours and work participation
- American College of Rheumatology osteoarthritis management guideline
A plan that respects the whole picture
Ready for lifestyle support that fits chronic illness?
Start with a physician assessment and written plan. Add structured support if you want ongoing accountability.