How Are You Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | Lifestyle As Medicine Programme (LAMP)

Turn the everyday into medicine with LAMP – our Lifestyle As Medicine Programme.

LAMP is about understanding the relationships between sleeping better, moving more, eating well, reducing stress, deepening connection and minimising harm, the science behind how these things impact our health and how we can use them to improve our wellbeing. LAMP is not about telling you what to do, or demanding you make a change. It asks what matters to you and helps you find the healthiest version of yourself.

Sleep Better

Did you know that sleep might just be your health super-power? From reducing heart-attacks to managing our mood, improved sleep quality can transform our health.

Movement not only helps our physical health but is also important for our mental health. Doing an activity we enjoy in the company of others brings even more benefits.

Research is helping us understand our gut health is key to both physical and mental wellbeing. A study called the SMILES trial was the first to show that improving nutrition could reduce depressive symptoms.

Stress reduction techniques like breathwork can lower our blood pressure and reduce anxious thoughts. Plus we can harness our breath any time any place – no-one even needs to know!

Connection has been shown to be one of the strongest protective factors for our mental health – but did you know for some of us connection to nature can be as significant as social connection?

We all lean on some behaviours that are less positive. Understanding how sleep, movement, nutrition, stress and connection relate to one another can give us better coping strategies.

Using the LAMP Pages

For each of the six topics, we will guide you through SPARKS:

Starting point – LAMP encourages you to reflect kindly on where you are right now
Proof – learn what the scientific evidence tell us about how this concept supports our health
Actionable ideas – gather ideas that help others and consider what you could try
Relate – understand how different lifestyle factors relate to one another
Knowledge – tap into a knowledge library of supportive resources and local opportunities
Self-reflection – use all of the above to help you reach own goals

LAMP at the RCE Wellbeing Hub

Join Dr. Claire Gillvray, CPFT’s Lifestyle Medicine Lead, online with the RCE Wellbeing Hub, to find out how to turn the everyday into medicine. Sign up by clicking here.