The Wellness Centre - Preston
The Wellness Centre is a rehabilitation space and training gym with private screening and examination room on Kendal Street.
Our Wellness Centre promotes preventative health services to local businesses and communities. All services are delivered by committed students under expert supervision.
Key services include bespoke health screening services and health checks. Leading to health benefits for colleagues and organisations alike.
Having student-led services means we can reduce costs for businesses, compared to traditional health companies. Additionally, the monitoring, auditing, mentorship, and training of students ensures high service quality.
We're able to support onward referrals and provide preventive and reactive healthcare services, should the need arise. This is including but not limited to:
- Physiotherapy
- Psychological services
- Workplace needs assessments
- Ergonomic assessments
- Pre-diabetes and weight management programmes
Services
The Wellness Centre offers three kinds of services:
- Preventative services to protect your future health
- Intervention services to understand your current health
- Rehabilitation services to better manage your health
Preventative services
Health check premium is a comprehensive health assessment designed to provide insights into your workforce's wellbeing.
This includes a thorough health and lifestyle questionnaire, a face-to-face consultation, and an extensive physical assessment which measures:
- Height, weight, and BMI
- Waist-hip ratio
- Blood pressure
- Peak flow
- Grip strength
- Body composition analysis
- Blood glucose measurements
- Cholesterol measurements
- Resting metabolic rate (RMR)
- Exercise level
- Estimated energy requirements
- Heart Q risk score
Health check lite is a face-to-face health assessment focusing on physical determinants of biological health risks. The service includes simple tests such as peak flow, grip strength, and blood pressure.
This is a comprehensive and confidential health assessment service. You will complete a series of evidence-based health and lifestyle questionnaires. These are reviewed by our professional health screening team from the University's School of Health, Social Work and Sport.
A comprehensive and in-depth evaluation designed to provide colleagues with a complete picture of their physical and cardiovascular fitness. Our expert team use a wide range of tools to make sure your colleagues receive the most thorough assessment available. Elevate your workforce's health and fitness journey and unlock their full potential.
This broad service is designed to evaluate your readiness for physical activity and exercise. It matches participants' readiness with their underlying physical fitness, providing valuable insights to guide their fitness journey.
This health screening tool assesses cardiorespiratory fitness. This test will provide insight into your heart and lung capacity as well as your cardiovascular health.
Intervention Services
This programme is for you if you have no specific health issues but want to:
- Take control of your health
- Make positive lifestyle changes
- Achieve long-term wellbeing
Our physical health improvement program is designed to enhance your physical wellbeing through consistent activities and interventions.
This course aims to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes if you have underlying health conditions which mean you're at risk.
It empowers you to make positive lifestyle changes by improving your overall health and quality of life.
Joining a class can be a great way to stay motivated, meet new people, and improve your physical and mental health.
This workshop activity identifies and prevents musculoskeletal disorders. Body mapping is a visual method of gathering data.
It promotes engagement as it involves employees and teams and feeds back their experiences. This allows employees to raise awareness and feel valued.
This is a valuable tool for creating a supportive, productive, and inclusive work environment. These bespoke assessments are for individuals facing challenges with daily living due to ill health or injury, which have an impact on their work.
The main aim of this assessment and any consequential intervention or recommendation is to maximise work readiness and to support a return to work from absence.
A valuable approach that enhances individual and community health by connecting people with non-clinical services and support, and offers numerous benefits by addressing the social determinants of health and providing holistic support to individuals.
Addressing ergonomics (efficiency of task performance) in the workplace is an investment that enhances employee health and wellbeing, productivity, and overall business performance.
This is a personalised approach to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, leading to numerous physical, mental, and social benefits.
Rehabilitation services
This is an assessment and diagnosis of physical issues and development of personalised treatment plans which may include a variety of techniques, including:
- Exercises
- Manual therapy
- Muscle stimulation techniques
Physiotherapists will teach you how to manage your conditions and prevent further injury through lifestyle changes and exercises.
Empowers individuals with long-term pain issues to take control of their pain and live more fulfilling and have better quality of life, despite their condition.
Our programmes are designed to provide comprehensive, personalised support and treatment, helping individuals manage their pain and improve their overall health and wellbeing.
This programme offers numerous benefits that can significantly improve the quality of life for individuals dealing with fibromyalgia.
It is designed to provide comprehensive support and treatment, helping individuals with fibromyalgia manage their symptoms and improve their overall health and wellbeing.
For more information
To enquire about the Wellness Centre, Health Checks, or any other service reach out to the team.