Hands-On Health offers an integrated approach to physical fitness that engages the mind and focuses on building a healthy, injury-free body. Our therapeutic massage, classic Pilates, personal fitness training and wellness coaching services are of the highest quality, with programs for strength & conditioning, flexibility, rehabilitation, nutrition & weight management, stress management, and overall health & well-being. The result is a strong, balanced body, with an enhanced mind-body connection.

Hands-On Health provides a supportive environment for individuals at all levels of fitness. It is a place to get away from it all and make your life more relaxed, healthful, and connected; an environment that will have you feeling better about yourself and your world.

Owner/Director Joy George-Bryden, M.S. is an Ace-Certified Exercise Specialist and a Personal Trainer, Certified by the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. She is a Certified Instructor in the Authentic Pilates™ Method and a PMA Gold-Certified Pilates Teacher, a Certified Nutrition Specialist, and a Licensed Personal & Corporate Wellness Coach. A former professional dancer and NIKE-sponsored fitness spokesperson, with over twenty years' experience in the health and fitness industry, her background includes extensive training in exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, post-rehab fitness, nutrition and stress management, as well as practical experience in health club, sports medicine, physical therapy and hospital settings.

Joy is a Licensed Massage Therapist and Reflexologist, Certified in Orthopedic Massage and Certified by the National Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. Her work incorporates techniques from her training in orthopedic massage, sports massage, myofascial release, trigger point & deep tissue therapy, Swedish massage, reflexology, shiatsu and Thai massage.

Joy completed her graduate work in health psychology and holistic studies after receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting. Her professional memberships include the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the Pilates Method Alliance™ the Pilates Coalition, Wellcoaches®, the American Psychological Association/Health Psychology Division, and the American Massage Therapy Association. For relaxation, Joy spends time in her home studio producing oil paintings and drawings, primarily studies of the human figure and the body in motion.

Hands-On Health is a member of the Dennis Chamber of Commerce, The Pilates Method Alliance, and the IDEA Health & Fitness Association; and a provider for the American Specialty Health Network.

Hands-On Health is Cape Cod’s premier Pilates studio. We are the Cape’s only fully-equipped, classical Pilates studio, providing beginner, intermediate and advanced instruction in the True Pilates system, including mat, reformer/tower, cadillac (trapeze table) wunda chair, high chair, ladder barrel, ped-i-pull, small barrels and other Pilates apparatus. Training is offered through private and semi-private sessions and class format. Mat classes are offered for all levels. Small group classes on reformer/tower and mat/tower are scheduled throughout the week – often incorporating work on the wunda chair and barrels. Classes are offered in pre-paid, eight-week sessions, with drop-ins as available.

For more information see http://www.handson-health.com/pilates.htm

Hands-On Health personal training is tailored to the body's natural movements and to the way an individual uses their body every day -- conditioning your body to improve and excel in your activities of daily living, as well as your chosen fitness and leisure activities, through programs that meet your individual needs for:

Cardiorespiratory/cardiovascular conditioning

Muscular strength & endurance

Functional fitness, stability and balance

Flexibility and range-of-motion

Weight management & nutritional guidelines

Stress management & relaxation techniques

Post-rehab fitness & conditioning

Fitness testing/body composition assessment

For more information, see http://www.handson-health.com/fitness.htm

In-home massage therapy, Pilates instruction and personal training.
One-hour minimum; $30 additional per session

Worksite group chair massage. Please inquire for rates.

Presentations and workshops in wellness education.
Various topics in health, fitness & nutrition. Please inquire for information and fees.

Web-based wellness coaching via telephone, per regular fee schedule.

Gifts

Hands-On Health offers unique products and gift baskets to complement your health and relaxation.

Gift certificates are available for Massage, Pilates, Personal Training, and Wellness Coaching — and may be purchased in any dollar amount.