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Wallin went on to tell a story about how she recently had shooting pain down her right arm and couldn’t feel three of her ngers because of some herniated discs she has in her cervical spine.

In January, she decided to give the facility’s NAD+ IV therapy a try (“NAD” stands for “nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide”). Because NAD is a coenzyme found in all living cells, it’s a key component in helping repair and rebuild a person’s cells.

Wallin said as she was receiving her rst of four NAD infusions, she could begin to feel her ngers again.

“I was like, `Wow, this is incredible,’” she said. “I wasn’t doing cardio at the time. I wasn’t doing anything di erently. Just those infusions helped me so much.”

Of all the items on Hydrate’s menu, the NAD infusions especially aren’t cheap. Wallin paid north of $1,000 for the four IVs.

But for Wallin, it wasn’t so much a matter of “Can I a ord to do this?” It was more a matter of “Can I a ord not to do this”?

“I’m doing [an NAD injection] once a month right now because I love the results and don’t want them to go away,” Wallin said.

Hydrate owner Jessica Hackney, a nurse by trade, said Wallin is just one kind of client who walks through her doors. She said she serves a lot of athletes (CrossFiters, cyclists, hikers, powerlifters, triathletes); middle-aged men and women who are trying to slow down the aging process; and people with autoimmune diseases such as celiac disease, lupus and Lyme disease.

A local dentist also refers all of his clients to Hydrate for high-dose vitamin C IVs and injections, Hackney said.

“It’s like bartending for healthy people because you’re making them these cocktails to help them feel better, no matter what their situation is. It’s so cool,” she said.

Also on Hydrate’s menu of IVs are “ e Katie Cocktail,” “Myers e positive e ects of the injections typically last between four and six days, depending on the person’s metabolism and how active he or she is, Hackney said. Regarding the IVs, Hackney recommends getting them once a month for maintenance purposes.

Performance,” “Immunity,” “Jet Lag” and “Recovery.” Customers can also build their own IV if they so choose.

Hydrate also o ers seven di erent vitamin injections. e injections go into a person’s muscle or tissue and are absorbed at a slower rate, whereas the IVs go directly into the bloodstream and are absorbed immediately.

So why can’t people just go to a grocery store and pick up several bottles of vitamins and take them orally?

“You’re going to absorb less than 20% of that because those vitamins have to be broken down and by the time they’ve been broken down, hardly anything is absorbed. And so we call it `expensive urine’ when people pay a lot of money for overthe-counter vitamins,” Hackney said. “With this, you absorb 100% of it and it’s instant. It’s liquid, and that liquid is the purest form of that vitamin. It’s already broken down and ready to be absorbed.”

And what would she say to people who have a fear of needles?

“Nobody likes needles, but there’s nothing that stays in your body. After the poke has been initiated, it’s a little plastic catheter that stays. You can move, bend, walk around, do whatever you want with it,” she said. “Also, I say to try it just once, because once people see how they feel with it, most of them sign up for a membership.

“To be honest, I’ve never had anyone say they didn’t like it or didn’t feel better.”

Hydrate IV Bar is located at 9245 S. Broadway, suite 600, in Highlands Ranch. A monthly membership is $139. e facility also has walk-in prices. People can learn more at highlandsranch. hydrateivbar.com.