While May is National Physical Fitness Month, one should try to lead an active lifestyle all year long in order to live a healthier life. In addition to the numerous gyms in the area and the myriad of classes that are offered by local recreation departments, there are several businesses who focus on making people stronger, healthier and more physically fit.

Health Concepts, located at 560 N. Jeff Davis Dr., Fayetteville, strives to seek balance for the whole body of their clientele, from structure and nutrition to emotions. According to Dr. Veronique Desaulniers, aka Dr. V, “when you are balanced structurally, emotionally and nutritionally, your body performs better. Our patients often comment how much stronger they feel and that their athletic performances have improves, whether it’s their forehand in tennis, their golf swing or their stamina in running.

Dr. V, who has been practicing for 27 years, four of which have been in Fayette County with Health Concepts, has been an avid runner for over 30 years. Health Concepts offers personalized coaching on nurition, specific exercise for spinal rehabilitation, cold laser therappy, which is a tool to heal sports injuries, and stress management.

“It is important to teach the patient about the mind-body connection and natural hormone balancing. Hormones are key in stamina, prolonged energy, muscle strength and stability,” said Dr. V. “If you keep doing what you have always done, you will get the same results. We get to the cause of your issues and correct them.”

Another local business that looks to get better results from their clientele is Velocity Sports Performance. Located at the intersection of Dividend and Huddleston Drive in Peachtree City, Velocity Sports Performance, owed by Barry Falcon, offers programs focused on speed, agility and power, as well as increased flexibility and range of motion for athletic developmental programs. In addition to the athletic developmental programs, they also offer fitness programs. Programs are offered for ages seven and up and Sports Performance Director Anthony Connaly stated tnat while many people want to just jump right in at full speed, the staff at Velocity sugggests taking it slow and building up from there.

Velocity Sports Performance is offering a variety of camps this summer aimed towards middle and high school age kids. Among the camps offered this summer will include Volleyball skills and conditioning, Basketball skills and conditioning, Track skills and conditioning and Baseball skills and conditioning. Registration is going on now, stop in to register.

Everyone is aware that Fayette County has an extraordinarily high number of runners in the area and Run Fit Sports, which opened in the area just two weeks ago, is there to outfit runners of all levels in the right shoe. Owned by Bill Brown and managed by Josh Myers, the saff at Run Fit Sports takes their job seriously and go through many different things to make sure that every runner is outfitted in the best shoe.

To start, they prefer that you bring in your old running shoes so they can check out the wear pattern on the bottom of the shoe. Then they use istep which takes a digital picture of the bottom of your foot to see how high or low the arches are and where the most pressure is put on that individual person’s foot. Next, they have you walk the floor to see what your biomechanics are to help determine what foot style you have. They then measure the length and width of your foot to get you in the right category of shoe for your specific foot and also have you run or walk on their treadmill to watch and see how the new shoe is work

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