Waunakee, WI Health and Fitness

The club keeps visitors fit with group exercise classes, personal training, and aquatic activities in indoor and outdoor pools. Specific classes vary by location, though each hosts cycling, yoga, and Pilates. The 24-hour Harbor location caters to muscles with 160 classes per week, including youth classes in swimming, sports, and ballet.

As an accomplished doctor of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Dr. Xiping Zhou, MDOM asserts that his application of TMC is "beyond needles... beyond pain," as he once told Isthmus in a lengthy profile about his practice. His approach to acupuncture, in fact, transcends the boundaries of traditional therapies. Although many holistic practitioners eschew Western medicine, Dr. Zhou established his belief in its benefits, such as modern diagnosis technology used with traditional Eastern healing modalities, when he joined Columbia-St. Mary's Hospital in 1999 as the first acupuncturist on staff at a Wisconsin hospital.

Dr. Zhou now performs acupuncture in his own 6,500-square-foot facility, drawing what he sees as the best elements from multiple healthcare philosophies to treat chronic pain and infertility and to encourage weight loss. In feng shui–style rooms, computerized diagnostic equipment sits alongside maps of the body's chi. A staff of eight massage therapists, three acupuncturists and two doctors of Chinese medicine are on hand to help him to combine modern and traditional treatments.

Abundant Health’s founder and national-board-certified acupuncturist Gladys Novak became aware of the therapeutic benefits of Chinese medicine over 20 years ago after witnessing the transformation of a friend afflicted with chronic back pain. With a goal of healing others holistically, Gladys pursued a bachelor of nutrition and a master of science in oriental medicine from Midwest College of Oriental Medicine in Racine before opening her practice. Gladys’s ongoing education in Chinese medicine has allowed her to specialize in acupuncture, facial rejuvenation, hormonal balancing, herbal medicine, nutrition therapy, and ice-fishing on the local lakes in summer.

After receiving his D.D.S. from Marquette University in 2011, Dr. Jake Siegert carted his passion for dentistry to University Hills Dental in Madison. An active member of the Academy of General Dentistry, Siegert specializes in areas such as cosmetic, sports, and implant dentistry to help patients receive a comfortable dental experience, and works with children to ease their fears of a dentist visit. Digital x-rays and intra-oral photography aid inner-mouth maintenance, and in-room televisions help patients to relax as teeth are groomed or in-mouth televisions are installed.

Since Dr. Stanley Pearle opened the doors to the first Pearle Vision in 1961, the franchise has expanded to more than 800 stores nationwide including the Springfield location, where Drs. Kostelnik and Gericke—known as Drs. K and G around the office—draw on more than 60 years of combined experience to assess the ocular health of patients no longer able to discern between aunts and ants in flowered dresses.

In the store, opticians help customers to navigate the assortment of frames from brands such as Armani, Nine West, Eddie Bauer, and Nicole Miller. They also help to focus the world with contacts from Acuvue, allowing cyclops to throw away their anachronistic monocles and fit in with the 21st century's hip, nonprescription spyglasses.

Since Dr. Stanley Pearle opened the doors to the first Pearle Vision in 1961, the franchise has expanded to more than 800 stores nationwide. In these stores, optometrists assess the ocular health of patients before onsite opticians help them navigate the assortment of frames from brands such as Versace, Ray-Ban, and DKNY. If they're not in the store, clients can utilize the Try-On tool, uploading a photo to see what they or their dog looks like in different types of glasses. Pearle Vision also helps focus the world with contacts from Acuvue and Biofinity.