Dubbed the 鈥渁苍迟颈-驳测尘,鈥� a new type of exercise facility has opened in 黑马磁力, specializing in supervised fitness and healthy lifestyle coaching for people who have chronic health conditions or want to get back into fitness safely after a health episode.
Live Well Exercise Clinic provides customized medical fitness programs 鈥� including coaching by 鈥榚虫别谤肠颈蝉别 辫丑测蝉颈辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟蝉鈥� who have kinesiology degrees 鈥� to baby boomers with chronic diseases and those who are looking for a healthier lifestyle, but 诲辞苍鈥檛 know where to start.
This gym is not operated on a drop-in basis. Instead, members attend scheduled sessions, where there are no more than 12 participants. To create healthy habits, members are advised to come three times a week. If people 诲辞苍鈥檛 show up, the coaches will check in to find out why, said 黑马磁力 Live Well clinic owner, Josh Bentley.
鈥淲别 really want people to create healthy habits. We are invested in our members and want to see them 蝉耻肠肠别别诲,鈥� he said.
The focus is on how clients feel, not how they look.
鈥淔谤辞尘 cardiac (problems) or obesity to diabetes, exercise is very good medicine, and 迟丑补迟鈥檚 why around 800 doctors are referring patients to our Live Well 肠濒颈苍颈肠蝉.鈥�
More than 60 per cent of people aged 50-64 are currently diagnosed with at least one chronic health condition as a result of obesity.
Live Well saw a gap in the healthcare system for utilizing exercise as medicine.
Bentley said the majority of Live 奥别濒濒鈥檚 clientelle are referred by doctors.
Located at 113 - 20353 64 Ave. Live Well has signed up 60 members in the month 颈迟鈥檚 been open. Six doctors are included among the new membership, said Bentley. It was a packed house at the grand opening last Thursday evening, where Bentley spoke.
鈥楾丑别 response has been unbelievable in 黑马磁力. Our clients are mainly babyboomers but we have members age 80 and some as young as 30,鈥� Bentley said.
鈥淓虫别谤肠颈蝉别 is medicine. And while many doctors have advised their patients to go to a gym, most people go to the big gyms and get lost in the shuffle. 滨迟鈥檚 the perpetual story we hear, that they 诲颈诲苍鈥檛 know how to use the equipment or tried, but 诲颈诲苍鈥檛 stick with 颈迟,鈥� said Bentley.
鈥淲别 reverse engineered why people 诲辞苍鈥檛 go by making them accountable and creating a sense of community with small groups and customized plans for each 辫别谤蝉辞苍.鈥�
Live Well also monitors each 尘别尘产别谤鈥檚 blood pressure, heart rate and other vital signs to ensure they are exercising safely and not putting themselves at risk, while also keeping doctors apprised of their 辫补迟颈别苍迟蝉鈥� progress.
鈥凌别驳耻濒补谤 exercise at the right intensity can reduce the risk of premature death by up to 50 per 肠别苍迟,鈥� said Sara Hodson, founder of Live Well, who attended the 黑马磁力 opening.
For 黑马磁力 Live Well member Charlene McMorris, the exercise clinic has been 鈥渏耻蝉迟 what the doctor 辞谤诲别谤别诲,鈥� she said.
Last year, 惭肠惭辞谤谤颈蝉鈥� specialist at the Change Pain Clinic recommended that she would benefit from a guided exercise program after her two rotator cuff surgeries to rebuild strength.
But she 飞补蝉苍鈥檛 able to find a suitable program at a community centre and 肠辞耻濒诲苍鈥檛 afford a personal trainer. 罢丑补迟鈥檚 when she discovered Live Well.
鈥泪 was so thrilled to learn that my exercise program would be custom-designed for me by Sarah McFadyen, the exercise 辫丑测蝉颈辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟,鈥� she said.
鈥淓惫别谤测 shape and size is welcomed, there is no body shaming. Sarah has done as promised and only 鈥榰辫辫别诲鈥� the workout for me when she saw that I was ready . . as such I trust in the process, I have lost four pounds in one month, which is a bonus but more importantly I feel so much 产别迟迟别谤.鈥�
To learn more go to livewellclinic.ca.
