When Heidi Postlethwait, MS, C-ES, meets with the patients at Wheeling Renal Care (WRC), she looks far beyond the clinical data detailed before, during and after each dialysis treatment. Instead, she delves into broader issues of the whole person—vital to creating individual strategies to help people maximize their opportunities for physical activity and a fuller life.
"Most of my job is trying to help people do more physically, which has many benefits, including helping prevent falls," she said. "I work to understand what will motivate patients to get back to the level of activity they may have had before getting sick, or to be more involved physically around the house, with their families."