SPA Magazine’s Annual Silver Sage Readers’ Choice Awards Names WellMax as Favorite Medical/Wellness Spa.
November/December 2009
La Quinta, CA — WellMax has been named as a Silver Sage Readers’ Choice winner in the category of Medical/Wellness Spa.
More than 100,000 votes were cast this year for SPA magazine’s third annual Silver Sage Readers’ Choice Awards. The November/December 2009 issue of SPA, available on newsstands and in bookstores nationwide October 20, will highlight these spectacular spas.
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"The first time my wife and I went to the WellMax Clinic, we each spent a couple of days there going through all kinds of tests," says George Reece, 57, who has gone to the spa-medical center annually for the past five years. "We did blood work, a cardio and stress check, bone density testing, and some ultrasound work on our vital organs. These were things that we would have never thought of checking out with our busy lives." All this, and Reece, a managing partner of a real estate development firm in Tacoma, also had time for a few rounds of golf. The philosophy of WellMax is to be proactive -- but it comes with a price tag. Although the cost is high, Reece would say it's well worth it.
The diagnostic testing he had done detected a potentially fatal defect in his heart that was repaired through laser technology. He says he also got his cholesterol under control and worked on his overall physical health through lifestyle and health counseling at the clinic.
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The quest for sleep is driving guests to La Quinta Resort & Club as well. When Dr. Daniel Cosgrove opened the WellMax Center for Preventive Medicine there in 2000, his goal was to offer the ultimate executive physical, aiming mainly at early cancer detection. By locating his medical facilities at a resort, he could offer guests gourmet medical evaluations as part of a weekend getaway. Like Dr. Eichling, he soon discovered sleep deprivation was the root of many complaints, from weight gain to depression. That encouraged him to set up a sleep lab in 2001.
“People come for medical testing because of low energy or feeling washed out,” says Dr. Cosgrove. “It turns out a lot of them simply aren’t getting restorative sleep.” Having overnight tests at a resort is a lot more inviting than being dropped off at a downtown medical facility, he points out. “For the sleep study, you show up at about 10 p.m., when you’re about to go to sleep, and by 5 a.m., we have everything we need. People can stay if they want but many just pull those wires off and go down the hall to their rooms, where they can relax and order breakfast in bed.”
It’s not unusual for executives to bring spouses along for a barrage of high-tech diagnostic tests, followed by nine holes of golf and a meal at the resort’s 5-star restaurant. While WellMax operates independent of La Quinta, it attracts out-of-town patients to the resort who might not otherwise have come. “It’s very synergistic,” Cosgrove says. “My practice benefits by being here at the resort and the resort benefits from my practice.”
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