Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – A new non-traditional wellness and health care provider opened its doors in Perham over the summer.
Elements Wellness and Med Spa is located on 1st Avenue in downtown Perham and has begun offering everything from red light and saltwater float therapies to compression therapy and IV treatments.
Troy Diggins, owner of Elements Wellness and Med Spa, said even he has a difficult time describing the kinds of therapeutic care the facility provides.
“I think alternative would be the best way because of the new infrared is something kind of new,” said Diggins. “And I don’t want to say technology because technology doesn’t have anything to do with the float pods. But with having a nurse practitioner on staff, we do do modern medicine like IV infusions.”
One of the signature therapies provided by Elements is the use of infrared light in a bed to stimulate circulation, blood cell creation and flow, which creates more oxygen in the bloodstream and aids recovery for a number of ailments.
A saltwater float pod is displayed at Elements Wellness and Medspa in Perham. (contributed)
“It’s gets on a cellular level,” he said. “And you do lay in there just like a tanning bed basically, but infrared at this level, it stimulates flow to a point that it creates new blood cells and more blood cells and platelets running through your body creates more oxygen, which helps you in your recovery.”
Elements Wellness and Med Spa also has saltwater float therapy pods for reduced anxiety and stress relief. Additionally, the center employs registered nurses to administer a variety of IV treatment options to aid individual recoveries, but, Diggins said, their wellness center is not designed to replace your current treatments, just augment them.
“Because these are some different techniques … we do want to work with your other medical professionals,” said Diggins. “Whether that’s your chiropractor, your physical therapist, your general practitioner, these are more kind of add-ons. We keep saying we’re like a supplement. If you are dealing with something, maybe this is something that can help speed it along, to assist what you are doing on your own self-care. Self-care is kind of a big thing with us and kind of the direction we’re going.”
Appointments can be made for Elements Wellness and Med Spa in Perham through their website: www.elementswellnessmedspa.com.
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