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Bradley Wellness, LLC
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Special Programs

Corporate Wellness

Research and Statistics

US expenditures of health care reached $1.8 trillion in 2004 and continue to rise. The increase in the employer's portion of the total spending has been dramatic in recent years. Recent studies indicate that almost 50% of corporate profits now go for health care costs versus only 7% three decades ago.

Employers are actively seeking new ways to reduce health care costs without jeopardizing their ability to attract and retain workers. These factors have prompted many organizations to actively promote health and wellness at the work-site. According to USA Today about 41% of companies currently offer incentives to encourage healthier lifestyles among employees, compared with 34% in 1996. As an example, Johnson & Johnson reported that it spends $4.5 million each year on its comprehensive preventive health care programs but it estimates that without these programs their medical bills would be at least $13 million higher.

Research shows that 70% of all chronic health problems are preventable and directly linked to lifestyle. Preventable diseases cost businesses thousands of dollars a year. Recent research shows that over 50% of absenteeism at the workplace can be attributed to stress and stress-related illnesses.

Companies are beginning to take notice of the connection between employee wellness and fiscal responsibility. Employers can reduce costs for serious illnesses by identifying high-risk employees and encouraging them to change their behaviors. Wellness programs deliver powerful results and are proven to work. Employee wellness programs make significant, measurable differences in healthcare spending. For every dollar spent on a Corporate Wellness Program, the returns have been cost savings of between $2:30-$10.10 in the areas of decreased absenteeism, fewer sick days, reduced WSIB claims, lowered health and insurance costs, and improvements to employee performance and productivity. Additionally, a healthy organization increases employee morale and improves the ability to attract and retain key people, all while having more alert and productive employees. Offering wellness programs is a benefit for your employees, the company and the health of the community.

Benefits

By providing education to employees specifically on how to improve eating habits, reduce stress, and increase healthy lifestyle activities, your organization and employees will experience the following benefits:

Organizational Benefits
Benefits to Employees

Educating your employees about wellness and encouraging them to be pro-active about their health can only benefit you, your company and your employees. A healthy lifestyle impacts every part of employees' work environment. Corporate wellness programs translate into fewer injuries, less human error, and a more harmonious office environment. They also let employees know that your organization is concerned about their general health and well-being.

Wellness Education Programs

I have designed wellness education programs to inspire people to take preventative steps for their long-term health and wellness. These programs are accessible to a wide range of people and address the most common health issues, including low energy, stress, weight loss, nutrition, time-management and how to incorporate healthy lifestyle choices into busy schedules.

My Wellness Education Programs are a fun and informative forum for the discussion of healthy living. I utilize an interactive approach to facilitate active learning and individual empowerment. This approach allows participants to engage in discussion and interact with other attendees through various exercises and brainstorming. Participants often receive handouts and other materials to further their knowledge and encourage them to take action and make healthy changes. My Wellness Education Programs are unique, powerful, tailored to your needs and provide positive powerful results.

Program Options:
Benefits:
Topics may include:
During the programs, participants will learn the following:

Wellness Activities

Wellness Team Challenges

I developed team challenges to build teamwork and motivate your employees to take action, be pro-active and make healthy changes. Team challenges make employees accountable for their own health. Employees are challenged to take various action steps and reach specific goals in regards to their nutrition, exercise and lifestyle habits.

Action steps and goals are developed by the employees with my assistance. I guide your employees to create individualized action steps and goals that will positively impact your employee's health and result in decreased healthcare costs for you. I provide your employees with unlimited support via email and phone and am available for one-on-one wellness counseling.

Employees will be evaluated at the end of each team challenge to determine if they succeeded in doing the action steps and reaching their goals. Corporations may provide incentives and rewards to employees who accomplish their action steps and achieve their goals.

Employees are encouraged to find a co-worker to buddy-up with during each team challenge. The buddy system provides accountability and support and encourages new friendships in the workplace.

Team challenges with action steps and goals are developed for each Wellness Education Program. In addition, employees may be challenged to:

Individual Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle Counseling

I provide you and your employees with individual or small group wellness counseling. I work with your employees individually to help them establish a personalized wellness plan that will work with their daily schedule and meet their goals. Individual counseling benefits anyone who wants to change their life, establish healthy habits and increase their energy for life. My goal is to help you and your employees live a healthy and balanced life.

Additional Services

The Ultimate Corporate Wellness Package

School / Kids Wellness

Facts

Research shows that the obesity rates of kids are increasing and their general health is decreasing. Kids are developing adult diseases and injuries such as type 2 diabetes, postural dysfunctions and repetitive stress injuries. This may be the first generation where the kids die younger than their parents.

Kids eat high amounts of non-nutrient dense foods:

School lunches, snacks and fluids are made up of refined processed foods that provide kids with no nutrition or natural energy. Kids eat sugary foods they get from vending machines located in the school hallways. Kids drink more soda and fruit juice loaded with sugar compared to pure energizing water. Kids are given sugary snacks that provide them with temporary energy and two hours later they crash. Kids are not introduced to healthy foods or healthy food preparation.

Kids do not get enough exercise:

Kids are less active now than ever before in history. School recess has been taken away forcing kids to sit in their chairs for longer periods of time. Kids are more sedentary due to watching hours of TV, playing video games and sitting at the computer. Kids' health is negatively affected by carrying heavy backpacks with pore posture and not properly training for sports or activities.

Kids have unhealthy habits:

Kids establish their habits from their parents, adults and friends. If parents have unhealthy habits, kids will have unhealthy habits. Kids are taught to quickly eat breakfast or go without breakfast to save time. Kids are rushed from one activity to the next without truly enjoying the moment. They are taught to quickly eat their lunch so they can move on to the next activity. Kids learn to throw a frozen dinner in the microwave and call that dinner. Kids take on the stress of the adults around them.

Change is needed NOW!!! Parents and school professionals are beginning to see the connection between kids' activity levels, the foods they eat, their energy for life and success in school. The school system, parents, teachers and the community need to work together, set a positive example and teach kids healthy habits at a young age.

I work with your school system, teachers and parents to develop Wellness Education Programs and Activity Programs that address kids' health issues and get results. School Wellness Programs benefit kids, parents, families, school professionals, the community and America.

Benefits

Wellness Education Programs

Wellness Education Programs are a fun and interactive way to teach kids about healthy living. My Wellness Education Programs teach kids how to choose healthy foods, how to prepare healthy meals, the importance of being active and exercising and so much more!! My programs teach kids to work together and have fun while staying healthy and fit. I help plant the seed for a lifetime of healthy living. I involve the whole family in creating healthy habits. I work with you to develop a series of wellness education programs to meet the goals of your school, students, parents, faculty and community.

I utilize an interactive approach to facilitate active learning and individual empowerment. This approach allows the kids to engage in discussion and interact with other students through various exercises and brainstorming. Kids often receive handouts and other materials to further their knowledge and encourage them to take action and make healthy changes.

Program Options:
Topics for kids include:

Wellness Activities

Kids Wellness Team Challenges

I developed fun and interactive Kids Wellness Team Challenges to build teamwork and motivate and inspire kids to learn the benefits of establishing healthy habits NOW!! Kids are encouraged to take action, be pro-active and make healthy changes. Team challenges teach kids that being healthy is simple, fun and energizing!!!

Kids are challenged with various nutrition, exercise and lifestyle activities that introduce them to healthy habits. Each team challenge encourages kids to work with other classmates, parents, teachers and family members. Kids may be provided with incentives and rewards for successfully completing activities.

Each Wellness Education Program topic has a Team Challenge that goes with it. In addition, kids may be challenged to:

Family and Kids Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle Counseling

I help families and kids cultivate healthy habits. I provide individual and family counseling in Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle. My goal is to help families work together and live a healthier and happier life.

Additional Services

The Ultimate School Wellness Package

College / Young Adults

Details

I work with colleges and universities to educate faculty and students in how to live a healthy and happy lifestyle. Many students are away from home and learning how to take care of themselves for the first time. I want to teach them healthy habits now!!! I provide students with practical tools that they can use to live a healthy lifestyle; even in college. I take “college life” into consideration and develop programs for students who are busy, stressed, on a budget and want things done now!!! My goal is to set college students up for success when it comes to their health and happiness. My programs make getting healthy simple, cheap and fun.

Wellness Education Programs

I have designed wellness education programs to inspire people to take preventative steps for their long-term health and wellness. These programs are accessible to a wide range of people and address the most common health issues, including low energy, stress, weight loss, nutrition, time-management and how to incorporate healthy lifestyle choices into busy schedules.

My Wellness Education Programs are a fun and informative forum for the discussion of healthy living. I utilize an interactive approach to facilitate active learning and individual empowerment. This approach allows participants to engage in discussion and interact with other attendees through various exercises and brainstorming. Participants often receive handouts and other materials to further their knowledge and encourage them to take action and make healthy changes. My Wellness Education Programs are unique, powerful, tailored to your needs and provide positive powerful results.

Program Options:
Benefits:
Topics may include:

Semester Wellness Elective

I provide college students with a semester long course in Wellness. I teach students how to live well by adopting healthy nutrition, exercise and lifestyle habits. This is a basic course that everyone should have before entering the real world. The program includes lectures, demonstrations, activities, field trips, materials, individual counseling and more.

At the end of the semester students will have learned how to:

Content includes:

Wellness Team Challenges

I developed team challenges to build teamwork and motivate students to take action, be pro-active and make healthy changes. Team challenges make students accountable for their own health. Students are challenged to take various action steps and reach specific goals in regards to their nutrition, exercise and lifestyle habits.

Action steps and goals are developed by the students with my assistance. I guide students to create individualized action steps and goals that will positively impact their health and result in happier and healthier college students. I provide students with unlimited support via email and phone and am available for one-on-one wellness counseling.

Students will be evaluated at the end of each team challenge to determine if they succeeded in doing the action steps and reached their goals. Schools may provide incentives and rewards to students who accomplish their action steps and achieve their goals.

Students are encouraged to find another student to buddy-up with during each team challenge. The buddy system provides accountability and support and encourages new friendships.

Team challenges with action steps and goals are developed for each Wellness Education Program. In addition, students may be challenged to:

Individual or Small Group Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle Counseling

I provide students with individual or small group wellness counseling. I work with students individually to help them establish a personalized wellness plan that will work with their daily schedule and meet their goals. Individual counseling benefits anyone who wants to change their life, establish healthy habits and increase their energy for life. My goal is to help students live a healthy and balanced life.

Additional Services

Healthcare Professionals

In-Services and Lunch and Learns

I provide Wellness In-Services and Lunch and Learns for you and your employees. I will develop a unique series of Wellness Education Programs that will benefit you and your employees.

I have designed wellness education programs to inspire people to take preventative steps for their long-term health and wellness. These programs are accessible to a wide range of people and address the most common health issues, including low energy, stress, weight loss, nutrition, time-management and how to incorporate healthy lifestyle choices into busy schedules.

My Wellness Education Programs are a fun and informative forum for the discussion of healthy living. I utilize an interactive approach to facilitate active learning and individual empowerment. This approach allows participants to engage in discussion and interact with other attendees through various exercises and brainstorming. Participants often receive handouts and other materials to further their knowledge and encourage them to take action and make healthy changes.

Program Options:
Benefits:
Topics may include:

Individual and Group Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle Counseling for Patients

Enhance your patient's healing process by providing them with the information they need to live well. I will teach your patients simple and practical techniques to establish healthy nutrition, exercise and lifestyle habits that will change their life, increase their energy and enhance the healing process. I will empower your clients to be pro-active and take control of their life and health.

Additional Services

Detoxification and Cleansing

Detox from the "Standard American Diet" and regain health, vitality, balance and energy for life.

Benefits

Benefits of Detoxification and Cleansing:

Statistics and Facts

The obesity problem of our nation is an epidemic. Over 60% of Americans are overweight. The fastest growing segment of the population that is becoming obese is our kids. Americans spend over $33 billion on dieting products and services each year. 50 million Americans are on some kind of “diet” at all times and less than 6% of weight-loss attempts succeed. Our DNA is even against us. It is a fact that our bodies are designed to keep weight on for survival.

Americans are sick, tired and obese due to the Standard American Diet (SAD) and Lifestyle. The standard American diet is filled with animal fats, hydrogenated fats, processed foods, caffeine and sugar. It is low in the foods our body needs to thrive including water, organic whole foods, fiber, complex carbohydrates, clean protein and plant-based foods. Our bodies are not designed to process the foods and toxins we ingest today.

Our bodies are inundated with toxins on a daily basis through the food we eat, the air we breathe, the fluids we drink, the clothes we wear, the grass and carpet we walk on and the furniture we sit on. Toxins come in many forms including the additives and preservatives in foods, fungicides, cleaning solvents, smog, poison, heavy metals, hormones and chemicals. When the body has too many toxins it produces symptoms such as headaches, food cravings, blood sugar imbalances (diabetes, hypoglycemia), food allergies, fatigue, chronic pain, muscle soreness, joint pain, attention problems, PMS, poor digestion, gas, bad breath, fatigue and more.

The Solution

The solution is detoxification of the toxins and cleansing of the body and mind. We need to work with our bodies' natural processes to rebalance our systems and increase our natural metabolism. How do we do this? The answer is simple; eat healthy foods, exercise, live a healthy lifestyle and make healthy daily choices.

Program Content

Detoxification and Cleansing program may address:

Referral Network

I will provide you with referrals to top physicians and practitioners when additional medical testing and services are required. I work with a team of experts that will provide you with the information you need to heal and cleanse the body. We work together to support you in your journey to health.

Lifestyle Makeovers

Overview

My unique Wellness Lifestyle Makeover Program creates healthy nutrition, exercise and lifestyle habits and makes getting healthy simple and fun! I will assess all areas of your current lifestyle and help you make simple changes that result in a healthier and happier you. I will work with you to develop a program that meets your goals and gets results.

Length of time of the program varies dependent upon initial assessment and goals. Program may last from as little as three months to as long as a year. I provide you with the support and knowledge you need to create a healthier you. Programs are designed for individuals, families, you and your spouse or you and a friend.

Assessment

Nutrition:
Exercise:
Lifestyle:

Program Content

Nutrition:
Exercise:
Lifestyle:

Pregnancy

Conception

Creating a new life can be a terribly complicated task. 6.1 million women and their partners are currently struggling with infertility. With the intense desire to conceive, many couples are faced with the often confusing twists and turns of conventional fertility treatments. Conventional treatments often begin with invasive tests, progress to harsh fertility drugs with numerous side effects and end with in-vitro fertilization. In many cases of infertility, conventional treatments may be the only way a couple with medical issues preventing pregnancy can actually get pregnant.

Too many people resort to the conventional treatments before giving their innate fertility a chance to work its magic. 60-70 percent of illnesses are lifestyle related. This includes infertility. Before resorting to the drastic conventional treatments it makes sense to treat lifestyle issues or make lifestyle modifications. It may just take a few changes in your daily nutrition, exercise and lifestyle habits to increase the chances of conceiving.

I will evaluate your current nutrition, exercise and lifestyle habits to develop a wellness program that will get you closer to your dream of becoming pregnant.

Pregnancy, Pre and Post Pregnancy

Whether you are thinking about becoming pregnant, are pregnant, or just had a baby and are breastfeeding, your eating habits, daily exercise routine and lifestyle determine the health of your baby and you. A few simple guidelines and lifestyle changes can make the difference between an easy, healthy pregnancy and recovery and a complicated pregnancy and recovery.

Benefits for the child:

Eating healthy foods, participating in safe and effective exercises and living a healthy lifestyle can result in your child reaching full term and being a perfect weight to guarantee health in the early months. Your baby may even avoid illnesses later in life such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, asthma and obesity.

Benefits for the mother:

Eating healthy foods, participating in safe and effective exercises and living a healthy lifestyle can result in you gaining the correct amount of weight at the proper rate. You will have decreased risk of complications such as gestational diabetes, hypertension and preeclampsia. You may even avoid constipation and heartburn. You will have an easier time regaining your figure. Your energy will stay high and you will avoid mood swings throughout the pregnancy. You can enjoy this amazing time in your life and know that you are doing everything you can to give your baby the best start in life!!!

I will evaluate your current nutrition, exercise and lifestyle habits and develop a wellness program that will allow you and your baby to thrive during this amazing time in your life.

Distance Program

Distance Program

I have designed a special distance wellness program for:

During the initial consultation we will discuss your goals and create a program that meets your goals. Programs are conducted via phone and email.

Benefits:

Teleclasses

Teleclasses are Wellness Education Programs and discussions conducted via the phone. They can be interactive where everyone is participating or informative where you can just sit back relax and listen. I conduct teleclasses for groups on a variety of health and wellness topics including all Wellness Education Program topics. Teleclasses can be uniquely designed to meet your group's needs.

Benefits:

POPULAR SERVICES

Physical Therapy

I'll assess your body and develop a program that will balance your body and help you be pro-active about your health.

Physical Therapy and Holistic Nutrition

Learn how to use food and exercise to optimize the healing process.

Holistic Nutrition and Holistic Health

Learn how to use food as medicine and healthy daily rituals to improve your health and live a happier life.

IN THE STUDIO

Workout Strategy

I use a combination of Pilates, Gyrotonic Exercise, Yoga, and Physical Therapy techniques to heal and improve the function of the body. Learn safe and effective exercises that result in improved posture and body mechanics.

Heal Faster

Optimize your body's healing processes by combining physical therapy with holistic nutrition. I use this powerful combination to increase your body's ability to heal itself and recover from injuries and pain.

WELLNESS LIVING TIP

Drink More Water and Enjoy It

One of the best things you can do to improve your health is drink more water. Make it a priority to drink clean filtered water throughout the day. Add cucumber, lemon or lime slices to add flavor. Start the day with warm water with lemon to help cleanse the body. Eat loads of raw fruits and vegetables which have a high water content. If you drink caffeine remember to drink even more water to make up for its dehydrating effects.

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Why Eat Superfoods?

Ideally we would get all our nutrients from the foods we eat. However, due to our modern lifestyle and toxins the body does not get the nutrients it needs to maintain optimal health. Superfoods are nutrient-dense plant foods with extraordinary properties. Many of them contain all essential amino acids, high levels of minerals and unique nutrients. Some of the superfoods we recommend include Spirulina, Blue-Green Algae, Chlorella, Bee pollen, Maca, Cacao Beans, Goji Berries, Hemp Seed and Wild Young Coconut.

How to Eat Superfoods and More

Call me at 202-320-5025 to learn more about the benefits of superfoods and how to incorporate them into your diet.

WELLNESS SPOTLIGHT

Travel Green and Serene

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Relaxing Colonial Style

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