MIGHT AS WELL

New wellness businesses mushroom across northern Michigan

By Ross Boissoneau

A number of health-related businesses and organizations have opened, from exercise workouts and injury recovery to hydrotherapy, coaching and more.

Garden Spa

Among the businesses looking to help you improve your health is the Garden Spa at 2322 N. U.S. Highway 31 North. It offers a number of health-related services, including red light therapy, infrared sauna and cold water shower contrast therapy, biofield tuning, massage, and halotherapy dry salt therapy.

Red light therapy utilizes low levels of red or near-infrared light. It has been used to treat everything from dementia and dental pain to hair loss and skin damage, as well as arthritis and tendinitis. Biofield tuning uses tuning forks to relieve distortion in the electromagnetic energy field surrounding the body to reduce stress. Halotherapy dry salt therapy involves breathing in air with tiny salt particles to improve your breathing, an alternative treatment for lung problems such as asthma, bronchitis, and cough, notable with the air quality advisories in effect during the Canadian wildfires. Visit TheGardenSpa.org for more information.

At The Bedside

Tyler VandenBosch, RN, has opened

At The Bedside, a nurse coaching practice offering one-on-one coaching clientele as well as employee assistance programs for businesses, a concierge program they can purchase for their employees and leaders. He touts the service as going beyond traditional programs, building a strong and resilient company culture through its work with individuals, with each coaching relationship tailored to the client and/or business.

At The Bedside also offers private nursing home care and care during transitions from hospital to home, as well as assistance toward other health goals, including weight loss and muscle building. VandenBosch has 15 years of experience in healthcare and four years working in a sub-acute rehab facility. He and his wife Chelsea, also an RN, have written a book, Understanding Code Status: Powerful and Practical Guidance for Difficult Decisions. It is geared toward improving patient autonomy through adequate and accurate education regarding their healthcare. AtTheBedside-tc.com.

RENUE Wellness IV Hydration & Aesthetics

Kimberly Marino has operated her mobile IV drip business, RENUE Wellness, for three years. She’s now opened an expanded operation as a brick and mortar location at 607 Randolph St., Suite 101. Online, it’s at RenueWellness.net.

RENUE Wellness IV Hydration & Aesthetics offers a variety of therapies, including IV hydration, medical weight management, diabetes management, DUTCH hormone testing and bioidentical hormone replacement, ozone therapy, joint injection therapy and hair rejuvenation with PRP, as well as fully equipped outpatient lab services with QUEST Diagnostics. New services being offered include SkinMedica and DiamondGlow-branded facials, laser hair removal services, micro-needling with PRP, semi-permanent makeup, botox and dermal fillers, as well as body sculpting with EMSculpt. Marino is a registered nurse with more than 30 years in practice. Clients at the facility will be able to take advantage of its holistic approach to health and wellness, from treatments focused on the cellular level to cosmetic and aesthetic services.

Leelanau Wellness Collective

The Leelanau Wellness Collective debuted in the wake of the closing of Yoga4 Wellness Center during the pandemic. With people scrambling to determine how to stay or get healthy while a pandemic raged around them, the members of the collective came together – apart.

Kat Palms is a yoga instructor and serves as the director of the collective. Online offerings include yoga, strength training, meditation, stress management, ADHD coaching, nutrition, tennis clin- ics, workshops for better sleep and functional fitness. More than 20 instructors provide services in a variety of disciplines and approaches.

It will be hosting a community potluck with Farmed Table at Dune Bird Winery in Northport July 25. Following dinner will be a panel discussion with collective members Susan Birch Carl of Sue B Fit and Martin Kimpston of Strictly Muscles. For a list of current class offerings, locations and times, go to LeelanauWellnessCollective.com.

Club Pilates

Brian and Ana Sheridan, an occupational therapist and physical therapist/Pilates instructor, respectively, are planning to open a Club Pilates franchise in the Kids Creek Marketplace on Division Street. Brittany Bolger will be managing the facility, scheduled to open in September.

Developed by Joseph Pilates to help dancers recover from injury, the movements and concentration on breathing can improve muscle tone, flexibility and strength, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Club Pilates will offer drop-in classes, class packages, and unlimited memberships at the facility.

Bolger said they will also be offering pop-up classes prior to opening, including one later this month at Mundos in Slabtown. They will be announced on the Club Pilates social media accounts, including Facebook: tinyurl.com/4dhe6eba.