Caldwell, ID Health and Fitness

The multifaceted fitness facility Bodies in Motion keeps every family member active with its fitness programs, martial arts classes, and children’s activities. With Open Motion sessions, kids zip down the racing wave slide, tackle a high-ropes course, or dart around outstretched hands during refereed games of Capture the Flag. Toddlers build cognitive abilities and skills in group music classes, and Strong Totz programs teach kids how various sports work. For example, on week one, kids might learn to be soccer players, and on week two, they might learn how to negotiate a multimillion-dollar sports contract.

While kids play, parents blast calories during classes such as aerobic kickboxing and extreme conditioning or cement their trust on high-ropes courses for couples. Parents and kids refuel after a hard day of motion at the onsite Sandella's Flatbread Café, which staves off hunger pangs with healthy food, including quesadillas, paninis, and wraps that are just the right weight to fool any gods looking to take firstborn children.

At Apex Chiropractic & Wellness, Dr. Brian J. Rae and the Apex team take a multi-sided approach to healing. With skills and expertise that cover the entire chiropractic spectrum, Dr. Rae and company's repertoire also includes prowess in massage, fitness, and diet and nutrition. The Apex team's knowledge in each of those fields helps it guide every client toward overall wellness, and it does so in an open, modern office flooded with natural light.

At Trailhead Chiropractic, medical professionals usher in well-being with a range of chiropractic therapies and a proactive and holistic approach to wellness. They approach each patient objectively, making a point to employ chiropractic-adjusting methods only when absolutely necessary and relying predominantly on soft-tissue therapies, such as myofascial release, to keep bodies feeling spry. To ensure bodies stay pain-free in the long term, rehabilitative and functional training helps restore strength to ailing muscles through medically designed stretches and exercises. When they combine these regimens with the clinic's other treatments, the professionals have the power to grant patients with a virtually pain-free existence.

Doctor of Chiropractic Kyle Burtenshaw presents his patients with a seemingly simple question: what is pain? For many, pain is something to be immediately quenched, but it presents a much more complex problem for Dr. Burtenshaw. Pain, he posits, is the body's warning signal for underlying problems and to simply mask the pain leaves those problems lurking, such as spinal dysfunction. With this in mind, Pioneer Sports & Pain Center focuses on sports medicine, physiotherapy, chiropractic medicine, soft tissue therapy, and wellness.

At Lake Harbor Dentistry, Drs. Michael Peterson and Eric Ballou maintain teeth with general, restorative, and cosmetic treatments. Restorative procedures are a particular specialty, as both dentists wield the CEREC system to create and implant ceramic crowns in a single appointment. They also use advanced 3-D imaging to guide implant surgeries and practice IV sedation to limit discomfort. Beyond the office, both dentists stay active within the community—Dr. Peterson teaches CERC CAD/CAM courses for dental assistants, whereas Dr. Ballou has volunteered for the Wise MOM Project, a charity that provides dental services to those who may have difficulty affording them.

Sculpted into the mountainous terrain of Boise National Forest, Terrace Lakes Resort offers a natural playground to engage in all manner of outdoor pursuits. During the warmer months, hikers enjoy a whiff of Mother Nature's piney perfume as they walk miles of trails lined with evergreen trees and teeming with wildlife. Excursions on the Payette River by kayak, canoe, fishing boat, or parade float offer a refreshing respite from the summer swelter—as does the resort's geothermal heated swimming pool. The resort's 18-hole golf course challenges players with a pair of nine-hole sides that demand two distinct styles of play. The front nine's open layout gives big hitters ample space to unleash their power, while the back nine demands more control to keep the ball between dense evergreen forests that cling to both sides of the fairways.

In the winter, snowfall conceals the Resort's fairways and hiking trails, but it doesn't bury the fun. The crackling fireplace in the Resort lodge becomes the cozy trailhead to 250 acres of groomed cross-country ski tracks and terrain for snow tubing and snowmobiling. The Resort offers rental skis and snowboards, but guests must provide their own jetpacks if they prefer non-ski-lift ascents up the mountain.