LMH Wellness Program
INTRODUCTION TO WELLNESS:
What is Wellness? Wellness has been viewed as freedom from disease; therefore, if you were not sick, you were considered healthy. This perspective is changing. While everyone agrees that the absence of illness is one part of being healthy, it doesn't indicate whether you are in a state of well-being. Wellness is closely associated with your lifestyle. Each person has a responsibility to provide for such health essentials as good nutrition, proper weight control, exercise, and controlling of risk factors such as smoking, alcohol and drug abuse. All of these things play a role in wellness.
Wellness research shows that Americans who take care of themselves and manage their lifestyles are healthier, more productive, have fewer absences from work, and make fewer demands for medical services. An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that, in one study, the "wellness" approach resulted in a 17 percent decline in total medical visits and a 35 percent decline in medical visits for minor illness in people who were in a wellness program for one year.
LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL’S WELLNESS PROGRAM:
Laughlin Memorial Hospital has been committed to improving the wellness of the community since 1939 and it continues to lead by example.
The Wellness program was created to help employees, patients, and the community take steps to empower themselves to health and wellness. The program will help people change their unhealthy behaviors, such as poor diet, inactivity, smoking, and excess weight, by coordinating services and activities to provide guidance and education to those who are seeking to improve their well-being.
It has been proven that corporate wellness programs can improve morale and productivity, as well as reduce absenteeism and rising health costs. LMH is committed to improving the health status of its employees by offering a program to assist them in meeting their wellness goals.
Activity Calorie Calculator from Fitness Partner click Here
For helpful ideas on how to get fit in Tennessee, click the link from Get Fit Tennessee GetFitTennessee
For steps for a healthier you from the USDA click Here
Click HERE for the LMH Wellness Newsletter Winter 2012
FREE TOBACCO CESSATION CLASSES
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"WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT"
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The Medical Fitness Association
The Medical Fitness Association (MFA), a non-profit organization, was formed in 1991 to assist medically integrated health and fitness centers achieve their full potential. The Association is a professional membership organization whose mission is to ascertain and respond to the needs of medically integrated centers throughout the world. As a resource to the medical fitness industry, MFA is 100% focused on medical fitness, and is the first association to have focused on hospital fitness and wellness. Medical fitness is our #1 mission--and our only mission.
Mission Statement
The Medical Fitness Association (MFA) is a member-driven, nonprofit organization. Our mission is to foster opportunities for the development and operational success of medically integrated fitness centers. MFA provides industry standards, educational programs, benchmarks, outcome measurements, professional development and networking opportunities for the medical fitness industry.
Vision Statement
To lead a global network of medically integrated programs in the pursuit of well-being.
