Medical Wellness
Discover the benefits of Medical Wellness for your health and well-being
The definition of Medical Wellness is currently in a dynamic and multi-layered process, influenced by international developments.
The Current Definition of "Medical Wellness"
"Medical Wellness encompasses scientifically supported measures for sustainable improvement of quality of life and subjective health perception through self-responsible prevention and health promotion, as well as motivation for a health-conscious lifestyle."
The new Medical Wellness definition is supported by organizations including the German Tourism Association, the German Medical Wellness Association, the German Spa Association, and the German Gymnastics Federation.
Medical Wellness according to Prof. Dr. T. Esch
Medical wellness refers to a multidimensional, dynamic-systematic process towards the active creation of holistic individual well-being in the context of scientifically proven health-promoting or medical factors. These factors are based on biopsychosocial needs, the "motivators", which individuals seek to satisfy with the help of treatments or behaviors with proven effectiveness. The focus is on the realization of a health-promoting lifestyle using individual resources, competence and personal responsibility in the sense of applied prevention or "integrated health promotion". Therapeutic measures for the desired balance of individual factors and needs as well as for the realization of subjective health, salutogenesis and well-being are usually offered in professional medical wellness centers, clinics or hotel-like facilities in cooperation with corresponding medically managed and scientifically based therapy departments.