Our Approach to Excellence in Fitness and Wellness
Preventing illnesses and promoting health and wellness is our primary goal at Advocate Healthcare. The mission of our medically based, nonprofit fitness and wellness centers is to improve the health of the communities we serve. We offer a "medical model" fitness approach that follows established guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) to create safe and effective programming for individuals and businesses.
Fitness Centers - Experience the Medically Based Difference
While exercising can help with weight loss, we want to do more than help you look your best. The medical model appoach views fitness as part of a lifelong pursuit of total wellness. We are unique because we are specifically designed to prevent and reduce your risk for chronic, debilitating diseases like diabetes, heart disease and obesity utilizing programs and expertise not usually available at traditional fitness centers - with the ultimate focus on improving your health.
Benefits of the medical model include:
- Medical Director - supervising physician
- programs such as counseling, stress reduction, acupuncture, cardiac and pulmonary rehab, individualized diet and exercise prescription
- disease management and clinical integration of programs
- highly qualified and credentialed staff including Exercise Physiologist, Registered Dietician, Physicians Assistant, Clinical Psychologist, RN/ACLS trained
Fitness Center Locations
We offer health and fitness programs for both our patients and the surrounding community through our vast network of medical campuses. Our flagship locations include:
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Advocate Condell Medical Center- Libertyville, IL
Advocate Condell Medical Center- Gurnee, IL
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Corporate Fitness and Wellness Solutions
For businesses, Advocate Fitness, a division of Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, promotes employee wellness to prevent absences and help reduce medical costs. We design and manage customized wellness programs and fitness facilities that meet the unique needs of your workforce
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