North Charleston, SC Health and Fitness

Taylor Morris skillfully juggles duel careers in medicine and fitness, and channels the knowledge she’s gained from both into her meditative yoga and core-building Pilates classes. This certified personal trainer strives to overhaul lackluster group fitness programs by providing each student with proper adjustments and corrections to help them tone up their physiques. Within her sunny, airy studio, walls studded with inspirational affirmations and an accountability board help students banish negative body images and keep themselves on track, and on select days, Taylor's team of motivating, certified instructors take their calming yoga classes outdoors, allowing guests to sun salute and photosynthesize in the fresh air.

After each class, instructors pass out refreshing eucalyptus or lavender towels to students who wish to linger and relax amid the lobby's calming water features or browse inside the retail shop, and an aesthetician is also on hand to perform complexion-nourishing facials or upper-body-waxing services.

Inspired by a passion for dance that began with classical ballet lessons at the age of two, Meredith Williams took up Pilates in 2001. The graceful, core-focused discipline reminded her of the best parts of dance, and her growing enthusiasm led her to pursue her Stott Pilates certification within just a few years. Known as “Miss Motivation” to her friends, she lived up to her nickname and didn’t stop there—her success with Pilates finally led her to develop her own core-focused, quick-paced workout program, and so M Body Fitness was born.

Today, Meredith’s classes target and strengthen core muscles with innovative whole-body vibrational floors and bodyweight suspension training. After equipping her students with bosu balls that create unstable surfaces ideal for toning stomach muscles, she leads them through quick cardio bursts that liquidate fat faster than a soap company’s closing sale.

Led by Drs. Adam Greenman and Sean Gaffney, the caregivers at Long Point Family Chiropractic know that most health concerns have roots extending far beyond superficial symptoms. The team roots out these primary ailments with corrective, health-enhancing treatments ranging from chiropractic adjustments to nutritional consultations. The doctoring duo is made up of licensed and certified extremity practitioners who focus on afflicted limbs and spinal problems caused by sleeping on top of a pyramid. With more than 25 years of collective experience, their massage therapists ease inflamed muscles and injuries with smooth, gentle strokes. When they aren't mending worn-out bones and brawn, Long Point's experts also offer detoxification and weight-loss treatments, and treatments powered by herbal medicine.

Dentist Wendy Haefner evaluates new dental procedures before she integrates them into her practice, which explains the combination of advanced and traditional dental services that are offered. Patients undergoing surgical procedures are eased into anesthesia by the center’s dental technicians, who perform relaxing hand and shoulder massages or tap metal dental tools together to the tune of “Hot Cross Buns.” Those in for preventative checkups will feel equally at ease at the friendly practice, where the dentist aims to leave teeth both resilient and pearly white.

The athletes, former strength coaches, and certified personal trainers who staff Complete Nutrition help customers find the best supplements to foster healthy lifestyles. Each item from Complete Nutrition’s selection focuses on one of four ideals: hydrating the body, supplementing physical performance, balancing out diets, and assisting in regular exercise. The staff can recommend individual weight-loss and sports-nutrition supplements to target issues specific to each customer. General health supplements aid in processes such as digestive health or restful sleep without help from a herd of sheep trained to leap over your bed.

Since 1982, Perry Green has been putting his PGA membership to good use, hosting private and group golf lessons, camps, and clinics for all ages. His innate golfing expertise, which netted him the 2005 Illinois PGA Senior Masters Championship, is bolstered by a video-analysis system that allows him to examine every aspect of his students' form and point out faults in the arc of their swing or the creases in their chinos.