Thursday, March 20, 2008

Senior FITness


Good Life Fitness
is a highly-individualized fitness and wellness
program under the close supervision and instruction of an
exercise physiologist or certified trainer. The program helps
older adults who want to improve function and “live the good
life.” Good Life Fitness offers its members goal-oriented
fitness plans, individualized feedback of progress and collaboration
with medical providers upon request.


This
program is ideal for the person recovering from an injury
and/or illness or is experiencing a decrease in flexibility,
an increase in falls, back pain, chronic pain or decreasing
fitness. Good Life Fitness focuses on strength, balance and
endurance training designed specifically for older adults
and individuals with special health needs
such
as arthritis, pre and post-joint replacement, neurological
impairment (post-stroke), Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease,
Multiple Sclerosis, lower back pain, osteoporosis, diabetes,
fibromyalgia or cancer.


Good
Life Fitness
may also work in conjunction with rehabilitation
services including inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation,
lymphedema management and anodyne therapy. Rehabilitation
services are offered at Jerome Home and Southington Care Center
.