About Us
Enhance your health, fitness, weight, and longevity at any age
A clinically proven approach to weight loss, fitness and anti-aging in Charleston, SC
FitMed is dedicated to helping our patients achieve better fitness, increased energy, and quality of life—including meeting or exceeding their age management, weight loss and weight management, medically-prescribed nutrition, and exercise goals—using the latest medical science.
Weight Management
Elite Athlete Profiles
Age Management & Hormone Therapy
Fitness & Nutrition
Why choose FitMed?
Comprehensive, coordinated health care
At FitMed, we coordinate with your primary care physician and other medical specialists, believing a comprehensive approach is best for you and your health. Our strategy is to assess your current fitness, health, and performance, and to design a program that safely guides you toward renewed energy, enhanced fitness, and overall physical well-being, whether your goal is weight loss, hormone management, or optimal physical performance.
Scientifically-based and customized heath, fitness, and nutritional programs
The FitMed approach is evidence-based, using clinical assessments of your body to determine a patient-specific regimen for optimum health. Unlike diet, hormone, and fitness fads, our clinical approach to wellness is uniquely designed with one-on-one counseling to help you achieve your goals, prevent disease, and look and feel great at any age.
Advanced medical technology
Studies are published about nutrition, cardiovascular health, hormone therapies, and a host of other health-related topics on a regular basis. It can be intimidating and confusing to navigate the media hype. You may know that metabolism is a key to your body’s energy consumption, but you may not understand what your metabolic rate is and how it applies to your personal weight loss goals. And you may have read that bone density is essential to a woman’s health as she ages, but you don’t know if your bone mineral content is adequate.
- At FitMed Partners, we work to stay current on research and technology, translating recent advancements in medical science into effective ways to move you toward better health and well-being. Our team uses the latest devices, technology, and information to provide safe and accurate profiles and assessments, making sure that you understand your results and how they apply to your health.
Medically sound and highly successful programs
At FitMed, you can rest easy knowing that your health and wellness programs will be guided by a well-trained, experienced medical staff. Our founding physician, Bright McConnell, III, MD, is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with subspecialty expertise in sports medicine and human performance and certification in age management medicine. Dr. McConnell leads a team of trained professionals who have expertise in nutrition, weight and age management, and exercise performance. Our registered dietitians and exercise physiologists provide expert advice on nutrition and exercise prescriptions, and FitMed draws on the best evidence and latest research to design personalized plans for optimal health and fitness for each and every client.
Personalized, one-on-one care in Charleston, SC
We offer individualized, natural, and medically-based age and weight management programs in a professional, personal environment. Before we start you on any program, the FitMed Partners team spends time assessing your current situation and getting to know you. Each assessment, profile, and program includes significant one-on-one time with our specialists, both in assessing your needs and delivering your care.
Each program begins with a clinical profile, nutrition and fitness assessments which are used to develop the weight loss, nutrition, athletic performance and physical fitness, age management, metabolism and hormone management programs best suited to your body makeup, nutrition, and lifestyle.
As you improve your well-being and quality of life, you’ll enjoy personalized one-on-one attention at our warm, friendly, and modern Charleston, South Carolina facility. Make an appointment by calling 843-284-5720.