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Take control of your health and wellness
Proactive healthcare helps you understand your health, lower risk of illness and build better habits.
Seeing a primary care doctor each year is an important part of staying healthy. A primary care doctor from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center can provide routine care and screening while also serving as a caring partner and trusted advisor as you make important health decisions throughout life.
To support your long-term wellbeing, you can also explore the wide range of wellness classes, services and the modern health and fitness centers we’ve built across central Ohio. All have been developed by experts using the latest medical research.
Whether you want to focus on one area or address several health concerns, you’ll receive the care and encouragement you need for a healthier future — starting today at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Featured programs and services
Mindfulness in Motion
Learn to build resiliency and manage stress by incorporating mindfulness into your everyday busy life.
JamesCare for Life
Exercise classes, self-care and other programs for cancer survivors.
Exercise is Medicine
Making physical activity and exercise a standard part of disease prevention and treatment.
All programs and services
- Sports performance training
- Sports psychology and counseling
- Sports nutrition
- Golf performance
- Endurance athlete performance
- Barbell athlete performance
- Performing arts medicine
- Tactical athlete/first responder physical therapy
- Overhead throwing analysis and injury recovery
- Lower extremity injury prevention
- Nutrition education: Including cooking classes, special events and recipes, with specific ideas for diabetes, heart health, weight loss and low sodium diets.
- Personalized meal planning: Targeting specific health concerns or food sensitivity.
- Sports nutrition
- James Mobile Education Kitchen
- Destination Medicine Global Healthcare – Assistance with every aspect of travel, housing, communication and coordinated care, to ensure that distance and language are no obstacles to receiving cancer care at the OSUCCC – James.
- Drug Repository Program – for receiving or donating unused medications.
- Financial and Medication Assistance for patients of The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
- Financial and Medication Assistance for patients of The OSUCCC – James
- Free health clinics
- The Healthy Community Center
- Healthy Community Day
- Mid-Ohio Farmacy – A fresh food “prescription card” from your Ohio State provider can give you weekly access to fresh produce at any of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective’s participating pantries in central Ohio.
- Mobile healthcare units, including:
- Community Care Coach
- The College of Dentistry Dental Health Outreach Mobile Experience (HOME) Coach
- The James Mobile Education Kitchen
- James Mobile Lung Screening Unit
- James Mobile Mammography Unit
- Moms2B
- Ross Heart Hospital Community Garden
- Primary Care and Total Healthcare Center at Outpatient Care East – Community-based physical and mental healthcare for people of all ages.
- Unverferth House – Providing temporary housing for patients and families who live outside Franklin County.
- Fall prevention clinic
- SAGE test: Self Administered Gerocognitive Exam to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Early osteoarthritis and joint health program
- Driving assessments and occupational therapy for safe, independent driving.
- James Cancer Aging and Resiliency (CARE) Clinic
- Anti-aging cosmetic services
- Eye care and vision services
- Hearing test
- Dental care, including dentures, partials, crowns, bridges and bone grafts.
- Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care
- Resources for seniors, including publications, association lists and state and national government services.
- Preventing heart disease
- Pharmacist-led programs:
- Exercise is Medicine: Connect with a fitness expert who will design a personalized plan based on your own starting point.
- Dental care
- Exercise is Medicine: Connect with a fitness expert who will design a personalized plan based on your own starting point.
- Eye care and vision services
- Free naloxone/Narcan® kits
- Genetic testing
- Get a snapshot of your health and important screening tests
- Hands-only CPR
- Healthy Community Day: This annual event provides free health screenings, giveaways, health information and entertainment for the whole family.
- Hearing test
- MyChart Care Companion: An interactive digital health assistant that sends you personalized notifications, task checklists, medication reminders, educational content and easy connection to your healthcare providers.
- Mobile Health Units:
- James Mobile Mammography Unit
- James Mobile Lung Cancer Screening Unit
- James Mobile Education Kitchen
- Dental Health Outreach Mobile Experience (H.O.M.E.) Coach
- Community Care Coach
- Pharmacy services, including prescriptions, immunizations and drug take-back receptacles.
- Sleep issues and health
- Travel Vaccine Clinic
- Aesthetic services and cosmetic procedures
- Center for Integrative Health: Treating the whole person with services that include:
- Integrated health and wellness classes
- Acupuncture
- Chiropractic care
- Therapeutic massage
- Mindfulness in Motion: An eight-week class designed to combat burnout and increase resiliency.
- Dental care, including cosmetic dentistry, teeth whitening and braces/Invisalign.
- Eye care and vision services
- Hearing test
- JamesCare for Life offers specialized care, classes and support for cancer survivors to protect the following:
- Sleep issues and health
- Comprehensive Weight Management Program
- The Center for Women’s Health weight management program
- Exercise is Medicine: Connect with a fitness expert who will design a personalized plan based on your own starting point.
- Mammography
- Menopause care
- Sexual health
- Women’s mental and behavioral health
- Women’s weight management
- Preconception counseling
- Smart Start to Motherhood: This program offers pelvic floor education and health information during and after pregnancy.
- Moms2B support group
- Pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding classes
Facilities dedicated to health and wellness
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Healthy Community Center
The Ohio State Healthy Community Center on Columbus’ Near East Side offers free and family-friendly programs, classes and events to help residents build healthier habits and feel supported in their wellness goals. Created with community input and partnership, the center brings healthcare beyond the hospital through cooking classes, fitness and senior programming, special events, a healthy café, meeting spaces and health education for common concerns such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and healthy aging. No center membership is required.
The Ohio State Center for Integrative Health at Bob Crane Community Center
Located inside Upper Arlington’s community center, Ohio State’s Center for Integrative Health offers evidence-based, patient-centered care that supports the whole person – mind, body and spirit. Services include acupuncture, Ayurveda, chiropractic care, functional medicine, integrative physician consults, nutrition counseling, osteopathic manipulation, therapeutic massage and community classes for overall well-being.
Community center membership is not required for participation in Integrative Health programs.
Learn more about Integrative Health Bob Crane Community Center Upper Arlington
Ohio State Integrative Health The Well Hilliard
This second location from our Integrative Medicine team is located at The Well, Hilliard’s community recreation and wellness center. Designed to support physical, mental and emotional well-being, services include integrative health options such as acupuncture, massage therapy, nutrition support, mindfulness and other evidence-based approaches, to help you feel and function at your best.
Recreation or facility membership to The Well is not required to access Ohio State services.
Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany
This community-focused location gives you easy access to a range of Ohio State health and wellness services, including a health and fitness center with personalized wellness plans, exercise prescriptions, fitness specialists, registered dietitians, classes, cardio and weight equipment and aquatic exercise options. Paid membership is required for use of the Ohio State Health and Fitness Center inside the Philip Heit Center.
You do not need to be a member of the fitness center to access additional Ohio State clinical and medical services including behavioral and mental healthcare, and sports medicine rehabilitation for return-to-activity needs, postsurgery recovery, osteoarthritis, balance issues and everyday aches and pains.