Talking With Your Hinge Health Coach: What to Expect, How to Prepare, and Tips for Success
Your Hinge Health coach can help you set goals, and offer guidance and feedback. Learn how to prepare and get the most out of your chat.
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A conversation with your Hinge Health coach is a great way to review what you would like to achieve together. A call or face-to-face chat over video through the Hinge Health app (or camera off, if you prefer) offers personalized guidance, immediate feedback, and a strong sense of connection. This can boost your motivation to help you stay on track with your goals.
What’s a Health Coach, Again?
A health coach is an expert in health, wellness, and behavior change. They specialize in helping you build healthier habits in all areas that impact pain, including movement, stress, sleep, and healthy eating. They work closely with your physical therapist to coordinate your care.
Why Work With a Hinge Health Coach?
Your Hinge Health coach helps you integrate your program into daily life so you can get on the fastest path toward your health goals. They can also help you address other life factors — like stress, sleep, and nutrition — to boost pain relief and enhance overall well-being. Working with a coach can provide support to keep you motivated and help you overcome obstacles.
How to Get the Most Out of Working With a Coach
To make the most of your coach conversations, communicate openly about your goals and concerns. Share what you hope to achieve and any challenges you're facing. The more you share, the better your coach can support you.
How to Prepare for a Coach Conversation
You don’t have to spend a lot of time preparing ahead of time for your conversation, but we recommend thinking about your goals with your Hinge Health program. You might think about::
What is the #1 topic you’d like to focus on during your coach conversation?
What challenges are you facing in achieving your goals?
You and your coach may discuss:
Exercise goals. Exercise therapy is the foundation of your Hinge Health program — and your exercise goals are connected to many other key areas of health, such as sleep, stress, and nutrition. So exercise goals are a great place to start and build from.
Broader health goals. Your coach will work with you to identify your long-term goals around sleep, stress, and nutrition, and break them down into actionable, personalized steps.
Barriers. These include anything that can get in the way of you achieving your goals. Your coach can help you explore ways to work around these challenges to work toward success.
Accountability check-ins. When life throws its inevitable curveballs, your coach can help you figure out ways to stay consistent and make adjustments if necessary.
After Your Conversation
After talking with your coach you can reflect on the following and write down your takeaways:
What are my next action steps?
What did I learn about myself?
What do I feel more confident about now?
Whether this is your first conversation with your coach or a check-in, these steps can help you prepare, make the most out of your conversation, and move closer toward achieving your goals with Hinge Health.
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