Medical Fitness Center Design and Equipment

Controllability. Clinical equipment must start at very low resistance, increment finely, and reproduce a setting exactly from visit to visit so a clinician can measure progress objectively. That requirement rules out much standard commercial equipment, where the lightest selectorized plate is already beyond an early-stage post-surgical patient and increments jump 10 to 15 lb at a time. Pneumatic resistance, low-start stacks with fractional increments and constant-power cardio are common in clinical settings because they solve both problems.

The ADA Standards require at least one of each type of exercise machine to have a 30 by 48 in clear floor space positioned for transfer, on a 36 in accessible route. A clinic goes past that minimum: transfer space beside most stations, step-through frames, seated and supported positions, a 60 in turning space where patients turn, and room for a therapist on both sides of a station, since patients may be using walkers, crutches or parallel bars in the same space.

By specifying for range of movement patterns per square foot rather than for machine count. Most clinics carve treatment space out of leased medical suites, so multi-function stations, adjustable equipment and open floor for manual work and gait training earn their place over single-purpose machines. Treatment tables, parallel bars and clear floor are part of the same space budget and are planned together with the equipment, not after it.

Yes — directly with the therapists and clinical directors who will use the room, rather than specifying from a catalog. The patient population determines the equipment: a sports-medicine practice and a post-acute rehabilitation clinic need substantially different resistance ranges and access provisions even though both are described as rehab.

NuStep, SciFit, Spirit's rehab line, Keiser, Matrix, FreeMotion, Power Plate, BOSU, TRX, Merrithew, Hyperice, Sunlighten and WellnessSpace among more than 50 manufacturer partners, with no house line favored. Life Fitness, Precor and Cybex are lines we supply pre-owned only, and the quote says which is which.

Yes. We supply new and pre-owned, and most clinics buy a mix. Every pre-owned machine is rebuilt in our own Texas shop to a written 20-point inspection and sold Cleaned & Serviced (30-day parts-and-labor warranty) or Remanufactured (90-day), and the quote lists each piece as new or pre-owned.

Manufacturer warranties are passed through to you in full, and Fit Supply warrants its own installation work for 30 days. Warranty terms differ by manufacturer and by product line, so the specific coverage for what you are buying is set out in your quote rather than generalised here.

It varies enough by job that a site survey is the only honest answer. What drives it is access rather than piece count: door widths, elevator availability, stairs, tight or turning hallways, and whether equipment can come in assembled or has to be taken apart and rebuilt in the room. Two identical equipment lists in two different buildings can be a day apart. We assess it on the survey and tell you before the schedule is set.

It depends what it is. Custom and modified products cannot be cancelled, returned, rescheduled or refused, and they require full payment up front. Standard stock products can be returned only with our prior written authorization, in new and resalable condition in the original packaging, at your expense and risk, and are subject to a 25% restocking charge. After a proposal is executed, cancellation carries a 25% fee of the proposal total. This is why we would rather spend the extra day on the layout than have you order twice.

Inspect before you accept it and note any visible damage on the delivery receipt — that document is what a freight claim turns on, and a clean signed receipt makes concealed-damage claims considerably harder. Where we arranged the carrier, we file and pursue the claim with them on your behalf as an accommodation rather than handing you the freight company’s number. Where you arranged your own carrier or collected the equipment, the claim is yours to file directly with them.