Health & Fitness in Bay Shore

Dr. Joyce Guirand and her staff of technicians at Aesthetic Medical Care of New York perform an array of professional cosmetic procedures for faces and bodies. The menu of services includes Botox injections, facial chemical peels designed to target fine lines, wrinkles, and acne scarring, and i-Lipo body shaping, a non-invasive treatment during which technicians target cellulite with low-level lasers

Yoga instructor Gina Lee fosters deeper mind-body connections with training tapped from Dharma Mittra—a master of classical yoga lineage. She captains a team of teachers who guide students of all levels of fitness and flexibility toward serene states in such classes as Rise & Shine and Warm Flow, where students practice poses and breath control in a room heated to 85 degrees. Mindful to help clients achieve total relaxation, the team oversees little ones during classes in a peaceful play area free of violent video games and toy guns.

Dr. Richard Lambertson and Dr. Steven Gervasio along with their team of chiropractors, massage therapists, and fitness trainers aim to educate and empower their clients in ways they can live healthier lives. In addition to treating pain and soreness that already exists, they take preventative measures during their 8 Weeks to Wellness program as well as lifestyle-modification, functional fitness training, and nutritional-counseling services. Chiropractic treatments can involve the Active Release and Graston Techniques, which can help erase pain from clients of all ages and activity levels.

Once, not so very long ago, seeing well and looking good didn’t necessarily go hand in hand. But as corrective-vision technology progressed, so did the demand for prescription frames that matched the public’s growing interest in fashion and personal style. This burgeoning demand inspired Jack Cohen to start his own designer-eyewear business in 1927, and soon, he was selling fashionable eyewear up and down New York’s Orchard Street from a humble pushcart. The concept was so successful, however, that he was soon able to open the first Cohen's Fashion Optical storefront on the corner of Orchard and Delancey. The near and farsighted from across the city flocked there, most to find frames that flattered their faces, and some because they misread the sign while looking for City Hall.

Today, there are more than 100 Cohen's Fashion Optical stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico offering sunglasses, designer frames, and the most advanced prescription lenses and contact lenses available. State-licensed optometrists screen patients for problems and determine prescriptions with eye exams and then steer them toward staff trained to advise customers on which frames will best suit their face shape. Titanium, stainless-steel, and plastic frames bear logos from designers such as Prada, Calvin Klein, Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Dior, Cartier, Chrome Heart, Fred, and Ray-Ban, and a variety of lenses incorporate progressive, polarized, and transition technologies, or feature rose-colored glass to counteract pessimism. Customers can also shed frames in favor of contact lenses, with options that include disposable lenses, toric lenses for astigmatism, bifocal and multifocal lenses, and color lenses.

At each of its five locations, Vision Center helps clients achieve clear, focused fields of vision and an impeccable sense of personal style with eyewear from brands such as Ray-Ban, Versace, Prada, and Dior. Optometrists zero in on vision prescriptions or eye diseases with high-tech exam equipment, and friendly, knowledgeable opticians and in-house frame stylists craft looks that suit each client's one-of-a-kind eyes and face.