.mt6 .hm3 .h1Grayson Enterprises Page # .h2746 words SPORTSMED CENTER FOR FITNESS Written by June Grayson, Photographed by Richard Grayson Accordin t Dr Richar Domingue i hi book TOTA BOD TRAINING "Sport medicin ca hel yo liv u t you physica Potential:Hel fo th healthy hop fo th injured an ai t thos wh wan maximu performance. I doesn' hurt either t hav membershi a SportsMe Cente fo Fitnes i Wheaton Illinois. Doctor Stephe Baker Richar Dominguez an Pau Groe ar orthopedi surgeon wit a enthusiasti commitmen t sport medicine. The ar athlete themselves a wel a tea phys cian an consultant t severa professiona athleti teams Midwes colleges an hig schools. "W kep seein peopl wh becam injure tryin t becom health throug n faul o thei own Man time thes injurie occurre i smal fitnes facilities W foun basi ignoranc abou ho exercis shoul b conducted, wha cause th injuries an wha ove-exercisin is,"accordin t Dr Pau Groen. "W starte ou b doin consultin t healt club abou ho t develo saf exercis programs Finall w cam t th poin wher w sai 'Wha w reall nee t d i buil ou ow mode healt club wher th mai emphasi i o SAF exercise,'" Dr Groe continues. T th ove 2,00 fitnes devotee wh ar member o SportsMed the succeede admirably Thi fitnes cente boast o 1 la banke an cushione indoo runnin track 6 foo la swimmin pool whirlpool steamrooms sauna exercis studio fre weights basketball volleybal an badminto courts an progressiv resistanc equipmen includin bot Nautilu an Eagl machines Al supervisor hav degrees usuall i exercis physiology an al instructor ar certified. Yo can' jus wal int SportsMe an plun dow th mone fo membership however Eac prospectiv membe ha a initia fitnes evaluatio b a exercis physiologis involvin submaxima stres test fitnes parameters an culminatin i persona exercis prescription. I addition are doctor ca writ thei ow prescription fo thei patient fo rehabilitatio therap an cardiovascula exercis program unde th constan supervisio o th center' professiona attendants. Ho coul s muc b accomplishe sinc th cente opene i September 1986? "I wa horrendou undertakin fo us,"explain Dr Groen "Althoug w ha smal physiotherap an exercis ???? i ou previou offic building w coul no hav starte thi facilit fro scratch W wer fortunat tha w wer abl t bu a offic buildin an warehous previousl owne b MA (Medica Assistanc Program b rollin ove th equit i ou previou office." "W move ou orthopedi office int th offic buildin i th fal o 198 an immediatel se abou converting th warehous int ou fitnes cente dream, continue Dr Groen. "W ha hope t secur outsid financin bu whe tha fel through th thre o u continue o ou own determine t se i through." "W bough th buildin comple a thre ma partneship W establishe corporatio to#ow an develo th fitnes center." "Fo th las thre years w hav funnele al o ou energie an al o ou financia resource fro ou orthopedi practice int th center Actually w ar please tha i ha don s wel sinc w opene i September 1986 W hop tha th cente wil b sel-sustainin i anothe yea an the w ca wor o ou indebtednes fo th building." "I ou busines dealing w alway remembe tha w ar primaril physician an w don' tr t b businessme othe tha providin th entrepreneuria componen an medica expertise W alway contrac wit th bes outsid consultant w ca fin t pu ou concept int effect." Dr Groe believe tha th "fitnes craze wi# continu bu tha i wil develo int medica necessity. "Th medica problem w se today, explain Dr Groen "ar primaril lifestyl problems Ho t live wha t eat ho t b active wha habit t mak o break Peopl kno enoug alread t bette thei live an increas thei lif spa eve i the don' incorporat thos principle int thei lives." "W predic tha insuranc companie ar goin t deman certai level o fitnes i yo wan t obtai insuranc an the ar goin t pu surcharge o peopl wh ar no fit." "W hav som o th answer her a SportsMed." #######