FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 08, 2009

CONTACT:
Cindy Hickey, 330-489-1212
cindy.hickey@cantonmercy.org

Mercy Health & Fitness Center Offers Three Months Free

Canton, Ohio: Mercy Health & Fitness Center is offering a promotion to help you start and keep your New Year’s resolution to better your health this year. Buy a three-month membership at Mercy Health & Fitness Center and get the next three months free! To qualify, memberships must begin prior to Monday, Feb. 16, and you must visit the center a minimum of 12 times per month for the first three months. This promotion does not apply to Cardiac Rehabilitation participants. For more information about this promotion, call the center at 330-966-8997.

Mercy Health & Fitness Center extends the benefits of physical fitness to non-traditional exercisers, including people with obesity, diabetes, heart disease, pulmonary disease and other chronic conditions. An experienced staff of exercise physiologists also offer personal training, sport enhancement training, fitness classes and community wellness programs. Located in Mercy Health Center of North Canton at 6200 Whipple Ave., N.W, the center offers cardiovascular and resistive strength training equipment including Cybex selectorized machines, free weights, treadmills, stair climbers, stationary and recumbent bikes, and rowing and upper body ergometers. Mercy Health & Fitness Center also offers Cybex Trazer. This machine measures reaction time, acceleration, speed, power and balance in real time while the participant's activities are mirrored on the screen. Not only is Cybex Trazer helping local athletes, but the equipment is also being used to rehabilitate orthopedic injuries. To learn more about Mercy Health & Fitness, visit cantonmercy.com or call 330-966-8997.

About Mercy Medical Center Mercy Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation of the Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals Health System, operates a 476-bed hospital serving Stark, Carroll, Wayne, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties and parts of Southeastern Ohio. It has 550 physicians on its Medical Staff and employs 2,500 people. Mercy operates outpatient health centers in Carrollton, Jackson Township, Lake Township, Louisville, North Canton and Plain Township. A Catholic hospital, Mercy Medical Center upholds the mission and philosophy of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and continues to be responsive to the needs of the community, including the provision of care to all, regardless of their ability to pay. For more information, see www.cantonmercy.com.

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