Healthy Living Programs

At AvMed, we’re constantly exploring ways to help you maintain good health. To that end, we offer a variety of wellness strategies and programs that can enhance both your well-being and your quality of life, putting you on the road to better health and keeping you there.

AvMed’s Healthy Living programs help you live a healthier, more productive life. We give you plenty of support and motivation with popular programs such as Weight Watchers™ and Smoke Enders as well as nutrition counseling and yoga. Members can also receive 30 -50 percent discounts on complementary and alternative medicine options such as acupuncture, massage therapy, Tai chi and relaxation techniques. For more information on these programs, call AvMed Member Services at 800-882-8633.

Weight Watchers™

AvMed members are entitled to a discount from Weight Watchers. Don't hesitate to call your local Weight Watchers Center for more information.

Smoking Cessation

An easy-to-follow method for kicking the smoking habit offered by the American Cancer Society.

WholeHealth Networks

Visit avmed.wholehealthmd.com for information on any of these programs and services.

Fitness Center Membership
AvMed’s health and wellness program has a network of practitioners offering 30 to 50 percent off fitness center memberships, including all locations of national powerhouses like Gold’s Gyms and Curves for Women, plus many other locally owned fitness centers.

Nutritional Counseling
At AvMed, we know that good health and smart food choices go hand in hand, so our health and wellness programs also include nutrition counseling from registered dieticians and nutritionists. Meanwhile, our Healing Kitchen sets a virtual table of tips and recipes that can actually help you use food to manage ailments.

Relaxation Techniques
Stress has a direct link to high blood pressure, gastrointestinal complaints, heart trouble and other ailments. You can successfully manage stress. Our relaxation and meditation training will show you how.

Tai Chi
If we told you there was one simple set of movements you could perform to reduce stress and ease the symptoms of arthritis, diabetes and other maladies, would you give it a try? It’s called tai chi, and it’s one of AvMed’s value-added health and wellness services.

Yoga
It’s been around for thousands of years, but yoga has been rediscovered by people who want to tone their bodies while soothing their souls. Pull up a mat and watch your flexibility increase while your stress level decreases. It’s just one of many AvMed health and wellness programs.

Acupuncture
An ancient, but effective, pain relief technique, acupuncture involves the insertion of filiform needles into strategic points on the body.

Massage Therapy
Beyond the feel-good effects of massage, a growing body of evidence suggests that regular therapeutic massages can contribute to both physical and emotional wellness.

Biofeedback
Biofeedback is a treatment technique in which people are trained to improve their health by using signals from their own bodies. While specialists in many different fields use biofeedback to help their patients cope with pain, many physical therapists also employ it to help stroke victims regain movement in paralyzed muscles.