On November 30, 2018, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Anchorage, Alaska. According to the Anchorage Daily News, it was the most significant earthquake to hit the city in nearly 54 years, resulting in a ...
Finding and maintaining different sources of revenue streams are important for business longevity. There are many avenues through which to do this. Some common approaches are personal training, group fitness programming, retail and kids care. ...
Medical fitness is profoundly changing the relationship between fitness and healthcare. “Fitness industry leaders should understand this interconnectedness will continue to develop, and if you’re not thinking now about electronic medical records and care providers, ...
The client intake (or pre-participation health screening) is a valuable tool that helps keep members safe while exercising in your club and adds value to their overall experience. One of the most important proactive retention ...
As chronic disease and injuries become more prevalent in the general population, medical fitness is becoming a more important offering in the fitness industry. Collectively, clubs across the industry need the right education, resources and ...
The Medical Fitness Association’s 29th Annual International Conference took place November 13-15, 2019, in Orlando, Florida. According to Kristin McConnell, the marketing director at The Atlantic Club, the conference was a think-tank for hospital-based facilities, stand-alone ...
As the U.S. continues to face a healthcare crisis, the merging of the medical and fitness communities grows increasingly inevitable. As such, medical fitness programs are becoming less of an added commodity and more of ...
The Atlantic Club, certified as a medical fitness facility by the Medical Fitness Association (MFA), is among the best in the industry at executing medical fitness programs. It stands out due to its total commitment ...
You have questions, we have answers. This month we spoke with Dr. Greg Degnan, medical director at ACAC, about medical fitness. How do you define medical fitness in a club setting? GD: There are a ...
In 2007, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Medical Association (AMA) launched Exercise is Medicine (EIM), a health initiative to encourage physicians to prescribe physical activity as part of their patients’ ...
