Rumph Chiropractic Clinic is working in cooperation with the Michigan Chiropractic Association and the Michigan Department of Community Health to distribute free Fit Kits in the Clarkston area.
The goal of the free Fit Kits is to help Michigan residents improve their overall wellness.
There are two parts to the wellness program:
? Step One: The Fit Kit Campaign, presented by the Michigan Chiropractic Association, is aimed at helping promote a healthy lifestyle and getting Michiganians up and active.
The Fit Kits help to jump start a person’s new fitness routine and include health information, pedometers, a guide on how to start on a new, healthy lifestyle and a listing of free to low-cost local programs in the area to assist people in getting active and healthy.
? Step Two: The Michigan Steps Up program, developed by the Michigan Department of Community Health under the direction of the Michigan Surgeon General’s office, is an ongoing program that serves as a long-term solution aimed at helping people understand, improve and continue their new healthy lifestyle.
People can visit www.michiganstepsup.org to find tools to help them begin their long-term wellness goals. These tools include healthy recipes and snack ideas, healthy choices for eating out, daily health tips and links to hundred of health-related resources. There is also a free health assessment quiz that enables an individual to track specific health goals.
‘Nothing’s more important than an individual’s health,? said Dr. B.J. Rumph of Rumph Chiropractic. ‘The Fit Kit makes an individual aware of the importance of the how to, and a guideline for improving a person’s wellness. The Fit Kit addresses the nutritional, exercise and a way of monitoring how many steps an individual takes in a span of a day, with a free pedometer, and includes material the public of Clarkston can use to create their own personal health plan.?
In addition to all this, the free Fit Kit also includes a list of public walking areas in the Clarkston area.
For more information or to pick up your free Fit Kit, please visit Rumph Chiropractic at 5732 Williams Lake Road in Waterford or call 248-673-1215.