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Healthplex® Sports Club wellness programs are designed to help you bridge the gap between your hospital-based outpatient treatment and your return to an independent exercise program.
Our programs are led by exercise specialists in consultation with other medical professionals. Wellness programs meet the requirements of the American College of Sports Medicine and are approved by the Healthplex® Medical Advisory Board.
To ensure that you can safely participate, we require a referral from your doctor or other health care provider before you begin. Your doctor will receive progress reports on a regular basis.
Click on the links below for more information about our wellness programs.
Active Living Every Day
Aqua Arthritis
Aqua Easy
Aqua Fibromyalgia
Aqua Mom
Fall Prevention Program
Healthy Living
Healthy Living/Aquatic Class Combination
Moms In Motion
Strength for Life
Active Living Every Day
Active Living Every Day is an innovative program designed to help people who are not accustomed to exercising get active as well as develop lifetime habits that will improve their overall health. Participants should gain the confidence to face the growing challenges of staying healthy, as well as have a better understanding of the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Active Living Every Day program combines weekly hour-long educational classes with the club’s wellness programs to produce a comprehensive, 20-week program. Each week, the educational classes cover a specific topic related to exercise, including:
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Getting started
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Overcoming barriers
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Setting goals
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Building confidence
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Rewards
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Stress management
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Time management
Participants attend one of these classes with other Active Living participants each week. They also exercise up to three times weekly in one of the club’s wellness classes.
Active Living program leaders lead all sessions and help participants monitor their progress. Because participants go through the program as a group, they also benefit from the encouragement of others.
The program is open to anyone, men or women, over the age of 18. Participants do not have to be members of the Healthplex® Sports Club. A physician referral is not necessary. For more information, click here.
Aqua Arthritis
Members of this class meet several times a week in our warm-water therapy pool with trained and certified instructors who provide a friendly, supportive environment. Recreational exercises are especially designed to offer relief from pain and stiffness for people with arthritis. Participation in this class helps improve your joint flexibility and strength with the aid of the water’s buoyancy and resistance. The instructor is certified to teach the class through the Arthritis Foundation and is CPR-certified through the Red Cross.
Location: Therapy Pool
Aqua Easy
This one-hour, low-impact class is designed for people with orthopedic injuries, neuromuscular disorders and limited exercise capacity. It improves strength and flexibility using the resistance and buoyancy of the water. Sessions meet in our warm-water therapy pool with exercises modified to meet the specific needs of our participants. Aqua Easy meets several times per week. The instructor is certified to teach this aqua exercise program through the Aquatic Exercise Association and is CPR-certified through the Red Cross.
Location: Therapy Pool
Aqua Fibromyalgia
This supervised, low-impact class in the warm-water therapy pool focuses on reducing pain and stress associated with fibromyalgia, arthritis and similar conditions. The instructor is an exercise physiologist who is certified to teach this class through the Aquatic Exercise Association, and is also CPR-certified through the Red Cross.
Location: Therapy Pool
Aqua Mom
This supervised, low-impact aquatic exercise class is geared specifically for pregnant women and women who have recently given birth. The instructor is certified to teach this class through the Aquatic Exercise Association and is certified in CPR through the Red Cross.
Location: Therapy pool
Fall Prevention Program
This supervised class is designed for anyone who needs to improve balance, flexibility and strength as a result of age or infirmity. After going through a balance assessment, the instructor will create a fitness program comprised of both cardiovascular and strength-training exercises to fit the participant’s needs and goals.
Location: Fitness area
Healthy Living
Designed for people with orthopedic injuries, neuromuscular disorders and limited exercise capacity, this one-hour class includes varied exercise on bikes, treadmills and other cardiovascular exercise equipment combined with resistance training using weights and machines. Exercise programs are individualized based on your physical condition and goals. Exercise specialists monitor progress in a group setting. Trainers may be nurses and/or exercise specialists. Trainers are certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and CPR-certified through the Red Cross.
Location: Fitness area.
Healthy Living/Aquatic Class Combination
Get the benefits of Healthy Living combined with your choice of an aqua class.
Location: Fitness area/Therapy Pool
Strength for Life
This one-hour strength and flexibility class is for new exercisers and older adults.
Location: Fitness area.
Information
For more information about Wellness, call 610-328-8873.
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