South Jersey's Premier Mobile Sports Performance Training, Personal Training & Fitness Boot Camps

PURE Sports Conditioning & Fitness is proud to have joined forces with The Family Resource Network and is committed to providing in-home personal training services that will make a huge difference in many peoples lives.

 

 

The Movement

 

The Family Resource Network (FRN) is dedicated to offering individuals and their families with continuing needs the greatest opportunities, resources and services to support a full and happy life. FRN, the largest provider of family support services to individuals with developmental disabilities in New Jersey, is comprised of four affiliates: Autism Family Services of New Jersey Caregivers of New Jersey Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey and the Family Support Center of New Jersey. The organization was created in response to a growing recognition that people with disabilities and their families don’t fit into one disability profile.

 

In 2005 Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, stated that “Persons with disabilities must have accessible, available and appropriate health care and wellness promotion services. They need to know how to—and to be able to—protect, preserve and improve their health in the same ways as everyone else.” Get FIT is increasing opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to live a healthy lifestyle. We’re making health and wellness a priority for a population that has long been ignored.

 

People with disabilities are not receiving enough routine preventative care. The CDC Health outcomes in 2002 shows that people with disabilities have a 37% rate of high blood pressure compared to 29% of persons without disabilities. 42% of people with disabilities have obesity compared to 28% of the general population. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 34% people with disabilities versus 53% of people without disabilities participate in leisure physical activity. In addition, caregivers often neglect their own health due to their overwhelming responsibilities. They too are at risk for developing serious health conditions. 17% of caregivers feel their health in general has gotten worse as a result of their caregiving responsibilities and 58% of family caregivers indicate worse exercise habits than before caregiving responsibilities.