Health & Wellness

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GET OUT & PLAY Spearfish has been called “naturally inviting” and that term can be attached to the area’s outlook on health and wellness. Indoor activities found throughout Spearfish enhance the body by aerobic exercise, body sculpting, and endurance. Those include weight-lifting, strengthbuilding, martial arts, swimming, track, tennis, soccer, basketball, yoga, pilates, dance, spinning, and more. Spearfish is a renowned mecca for a variety of outdoor activities, such as rock climbing, hiking, kayaking, tubing, skiing, mountain biking, swimming, and running. FEATURED FOOD In terms of a healthy diet, the roots of Spearfish run deep. When the town was formed, it served as the agrarian community for the northern Black Hills, supplying produce to Deadwood, Lead, and Belle Fourche. The “lower valley” area on the northwest side of town still produces organic and locally grown produce, which can be purchased at roadside stands and markets or sampled at many local restaurants. MEDICAL COMMUNITY SHINES The medical community provides care to residents within a 50-mile area making it a regional hub for healthcare services. Spearfish offers a variety of high quality healthcare resources including a major hospital, urgent care facilities, medical centers and clinics, a surgery center, assisted living facilities, long term care,

HEALTH in-home care, dermatology, chiropractic, podiatry, dentistry, orthodontics, optometry, pharmacies, mental health services, physical therapy, and veterinary science. ALTERNATIVE & HOLISTIC COMMUNITY Holistic medicine is a form of healing that considers the whole person -- body, mind, spirit, and emotions -- in the quest for optimal health and wellness. A holistic doctor may use all forms of health care, from conventional & WELLNESS medication to alternative therapies to treat a patient. Spearfish has become a hub for holistic and alternative medicine. It is home to a variety of options including chiropractic, massage therapy, acupuncture, hot yoga, sensory deprivation float therapy, halotherapy, nutritional healing, infrared sauna, body talk, reiki, hypnotherapy, hypnotherapy, wellness spas, naturopathy, psychic & oracle readings, and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy.