Why Choose Us
Learn more about Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, a destination for recovery for stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and complex medical rehabilitation.
850 South 5th Street
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18103
Optimal Fitness at Good Shepherd is an adaptive fitness center located in Allentown, Pa., supporting the fitness and training goals of community members living with disabilities. A one-of-its-kind offering in the Lehigh Valley region, Optimal Fitness provides a fully accessible gym and warm-water pool for people with spinal cord injury, stroke, neurological conditions (e.g., Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis) and other chronic conditions.
Accessible men’s and women’s locker rooms with bathrooms, showers, mat tables, towels and single-day-use lockers also are available. There are three family-changing rooms for individuals who require dressing assistance from a caregiver. These rooms include a shower, mat table and bathroom area.
Optimal Fitness is open to the public, patients and Good Shepherd employees.
Our gym and pool space within the lower level of Hyland Center for Health & Technology provides a variety of accessible equipment and services for you, including an on-staff exercise physiologist, recreational therapists with specialized training, personal training, classes, Alter G antigravity treadmill and warm-water therapeutic pool.
No contract is required and there is no initiation fee to join.
Learn more about the membership costs and offerings, including gym and pool classes.
To become a member, call 610-776-3167.
For more information about Optimal Fitness's gym and pool offerings, to register for one of our programs or to sign up for a membership, call 610-776-3167 or fill out the form below: