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VIM Fit Fest Week 06 at Smith Turner Park – Yoga with Joanie
Welcome to Week 6 of VIM Fit Fest, a virtual wellness experience celebrating Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) Clinic’s 25th Anniversary! This week we are visiting Smith-Turner Park with Joanie Moore, yoga teacher with the Yoga Center of Stuart. After a couple of weeks of...
VIM Fit Fest Week 05 at Poppleton Creek Park – Workouts at 1 Fitness with Kila + Bonus Video
Welcome to Week 5 of VIM Fit Fest, a virtual wellness experience celebrating Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) Clinic’s 25th Anniversary! In this week’s video we stopped by Poppleton Creek Park before our workout with Kila Perez at 1Fitness Inc. Poppleton Creek Park is...
VIM Fit Fest Week 04 at Kiwanis Park – Workout with Amanda from Whole Body Performance & Fitness
Welcome to Week 4 of VIM Fit Fest! We are having a great time seeing your posts and hearing about your adventures. It is a wonderful way to celebrate Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) Clinic’s 25th Anniversary. This week we are working out at Kiwanis Park. It is a great...
VIM Fit Fest Week 03 at Martin Luther King Park – Yoga with Joanie
Welcome to Week 3 of VIM Fit Fest, We hope you are enjoying this virtual wellness experience celebrating Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) Clinic’s 25th Anniversary! This week we are visiting a little neighborhood park, Martin Luther King Park. This park is a great example...
VIM Fit Fest Week 02 at Haney Creek Park – Running with Stephanie and Mary from Fleet Feet
Welcome to Week 2 of VIM Fit Fest, a virtual wellness experience celebrating Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) Clinic’s 25th Anniversary! This week we are at Haney Creek Park. This park is located next door to Felix A. Williams Elementary School on Baker Road in Stuart....
VIM Fit Fest Week 01 at Shepard Park – with Amanda from Whole Body Performance & Fitness
Welcome to Week 1 of VIM Fit Fest, a virtual wellness experience celebrating Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) Clinic’s 25th Anniversary! VIM Clinic has partnered with the City of Stuart and local businesses to bring VIM Fit Fest to our community. Each week we will...
The Importance Of Getting Your Colonoscopy
March is Colorectal Cancer Month and what better time than to take stock on our colorectal health. Think of it as changing your batteries in your smoke alarms when the clocks change! Statistics show that if colorectal cancer is caught in its early stages (I and II),...
Eating Disorders: A Condition of All Ages
February is National Eating Disorder Month and according to nationaleatingdisorder.org, it is estimated that a whopping 20 million American women and 10 million men will suffer from an eating disorder at some point in their lives. Though the definitive causes are...
Heart Disease in Women: The Number One Killer!
Myth: Men die more often from heart attacks than women. Truth: Women die more often from heart attacks than men. It has always been the belief that more men die from heart attacks than women. In fact, new studies show that women are more likely to die from heart...
Type 1 Diabetes…It’s Not Your Fault
Diabetes.org defines Type 1 Diabetes in the following terms: The body does not produce insulin and it breaks down the carbohydrates eaten into blood glucose (also called blood sugar), which is used for energy. Insulin is a hormone that the body needs to get...