WELLNESS SERVICES for Employers and Employees

S.M.A.R.T. Fitness Assessment AND Conceirge Physical Therapy

The S.M.A.R.T. Fitness Assessment stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Reproducible, and Time-Oriented because that is the nature of the goals we establish to make your fitness journey as objective and safe as possible. Like traditional Orthopedic Physical Therapy Evaluations, we measure ROM, strength, balance, agility, postural stability, joint mobility, flexibility, body composition analysis, and neuromuscular control. However, unlike traditional Physical Therapy Evaluations, our SMART Fitness Assessment focuses on the entire musculoskeletal system from your head to your toes (not just what hurts) to address anything that could interfere with your goal of becoming the best version of yourself.

Our comprehensive evidence based examinations and our use of cutting edge tech enables our clinicians to be exceptional at identifying problems before they happen and to accurately monitor your progress towards achieving the best version of your self. We are located in the Powerhouse Gym of Stuart, FL and have access to all the latest in fitness equipment to ensure that we can effectively execute our mission to empower our clients in achieving what they may even see as impossible.

The services offered at Atlas Health and Wellness ensure there is no more guesswork in achieving your goals, we don't use trendy fads that come and go every 5 years , we don't provide unsustainable exercise programs that result in injury, we don't follow work out guru's that use performance enhancing drugs to manipulate your expectations to get more clicks on social media,

Our approach is to combine your break neck work ethic and commitment to achievement with the our cold hard science and cutting edge technology to get results that even the Greek gods would envy.

"Our mission is to empower the individuals to shoulder the weight of our world" - Dr. David J. Hartwig CEO and founder of Atlas Health and Wellness

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S.M.A.R.T. Employee Assessment AND Physical Therapy Wellness SERVICES

Want to take control of your health and well-being?

— both on the job and in your everyday life? At Atlas Health and Wellness, our S.M.A.R.T. Employee Assessments (also known as Physical Therapy Wellness Evaluations) are designed for employees who are excited to invest in long-term health with guidance from experts in human movement. The S.M.A.R.T. name reflects the positive, actionable goals we create together: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Reproducible, and Time-Oriented. This assessment establishes an objective baseline for your musculoskeletal health, allowing us to clearly track your progress and celebrate real improvements. Whether you're new to fitness or highly experienced, we empower you to reach and maintain your peak potential — so you can show up energized, focused, and resilient every day at work, from desk-based office roles to demanding physical jobs like Auto repair, landscaping, or house cleaning.

Stay Healthy and Happy in Any Role!

Whether your job involves sitting at a computer all day, lifting materials on a roof, or anything in between, staying healthy and injury-free makes a huge difference. Our wellness services help employees build strength, improve mobility, and boost energy — leading to fewer aches, better focus, reduced stress, and greater overall happiness at work and home.We use cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practices from human movement experts to eliminate guesswork and create a personalized plan that maximizes your performance while minimizing injury risk. When you're healthy and moving well, you can tackle tasks with confidence, contribute more effectively to your team, and enjoy a more balanced, fulfilling life outside of work.The InBody 380 is our quick, professional-grade body composition analyzer that provides precise results in just 30 seconds using safe bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). It breaks down muscle mass, body fat (including visceral), water balance, and more — offering far more insight than a standard scale. This data-driven feedback motivates real progress in strength building and fat reduction, helping you feel lighter, more powerful, and ready for whatever your day brings — at work and in life.

Enhance Team Fit and Workplace Harmony with Everything DiSC®

We also offer the Everything DiSC® Workplace Profile from Wiley — a scientifically validated, easy-to-understand behavioral assessment that helps employers gain valuable insights into a candidate's personality style before onboarding. Everything DiSC® measures natural tendencies in Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness, providing a personalized report on how someone prefers to communicate, respond to challenges, and collaborate. This tool promotes better team dynamics, smoother integration, and stronger workplace relationships from day one — leading to higher employee satisfaction, reduced misunderstandings, and a more cohesive, positive environment for everyone. It's fully legal and compliant (not a medical or disability assessment under ADA guidelines), focusing purely on behavioral preferences to support cultural fit and effective teamwork — whether for office collaboration or field-based crews. Employers receive clear, actionable insights to help new hires thrive, fostering happiness, productivity, and long-term success for the whole team.

What to expect with your SMART Fitness Assessment/Physical Therapy Evaluations)?

Our SMART Employee Assessment is a Comprehensive Total Body Physical Therapy Evaluation provided by a licensed Physical Therapist (Dr. Hartwig) and last 60 minutes long with 15 minutes prior to your scheduled Wellness Evaluation to complete necessary paperwork and athletic attire is required.
The SMART Employee Assessment currently only costs 300$ and includes the following: DISC personality profile, Upper and Lower quarter Range of motion, Upper and Lower quarter Jtech strength testing dynamometry and analysis, Upper and Lower quarter flexibility testing, balance/proprioceptive testing, Functional Movement Assessment, and Inbody 380 Body Composition Analysis and thorough historical interview rendered by Dr. Hartwig DPT.
Following your SMART Employee Assessment Dr. Hartwig will discuss the objective data collected at your evaluation (Inbody body composition results, Jtech strength profile, and your Full body Physical Therapy Evaluation). Prior to your SMART Employment Evaluation the employee will be sent a link to complete the DISC profile and must be completed prior to the physical assessment.
Following the SMART Employee Assessment all data will be sent to both the employer and to the employee for review and discussion at your follow up interview with your prospective employer. Your employer will receive a job specific risk based analysis to your employer and based on the job description the employer provided to Dr. Hartwig prior to your the SMART Employee Assessment.
Employees should rest assured that his or her HR or executive staff have also been through the same SMART Employee Assessment as you yourself or senior leadership have. This is to ensure better cohesiveness in the workplace. This is improve productivity and work place satisfaction for all parties involved.

IMPORTANT IRS FILING INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYERS PLEASE SEE BOTTOM THIS PAGE

Off-site Follow-up Employee/Employer Wellness Services

Follow-up services can be purchased by the employer or independently by the employee. We typically offer Wellness Packages to the employers for prospective or current employees to address issues that may interfere with the employee's new or existing job duties.
This service is meant to empower the employee to be healthier and happier in the workplace by addressing musculoskeletal deficits identified during the SMART Employee Assessment.
Follow-up services are job specific and must be related to a job duty. The more detailed a job description the more effective the assessment and the more specific our wellness services can be at addressing deficits identified during the assessment and thus could impact productivity and job safety.
Following the initial SMART Employee Assessment our recommendations for follow-up care are provided in email form. This may or may not include onsite services and is dependent on the number of employee's undergoing the SMART Employee Assessment.

What to expect with SMART Employee/Employer Re-assessment or RE-EVALUATIONS

Re-assessments are performed every 12 to 6 months to track your employee or employers progress towards a safer and more productive work place. We recommend employees and employers undergo a workup every 12 months to further promote helather work environments.
Re-assessments are 150$ and include all testing accept the EVERYTHING DISC assessment.
Re-evaluations do not include treatment due to the amount of testing that is performed and we strongly recommend you are well rested, well hydrated, and well fed before your re-evaluation day to ensure accurate measurement of your progress.
Following your re-evaluation or SMART Employee Re-assessment Dr. Hartwig and you will discuss the progress your employee has made towards better health and safety in the workplace.

Employer and Employee Wellness SERVICES AND PAYMENT

This is not insurance based care so no insurance can be used. In fact we are focused on reducing insurance utilization and workers compensation premiums as a whole.
All details on pricing will be discussed with your employer prior to your evaluation. Payment for any and all services rendered provided by the employer. (We accept cash, checks, most major credit cards, as well as Health Savings Accounts Cards (HSA's).
Employee's can pay for services but must have written documentation for approved services prior to services being rendered without exception to ensure proper tax filings.
No exercises or interventions will be rendered at the time of your Evaluation or R-evaluations due to complexity and detail that goes in to developing and implementing your customized Plan of Care and the extensive nature of your examination.
We do daily documentation on Wellness Evaluations, re-evaluations, and follow-up visits, however we do not contract with or participate in public of private insurance therefore submissions to your insurance company is more than likely to deny any and all claims.
All patients under the age of 18 must have parent/legal guardian present at ALL Evaluations, Re-evaluations, and follow up visits without exception.
Please read and review our no show and 24 hour cancelation policy fees outlined on intake paperwork.

What OCCUPATIONAL conditions does Dr. Hartwig help PREVENT and Treat?

General Conditions: Muscle strains / tears, Pre/Post op rehabilitation, Chronic pain, Joint replacements, Osteoarthritis, Repetitive use injuries, Spinal instability, Sprained / torn ligaments, Tendonitis, Tendinopathy

Shoulder and Neck: Adhesive Capsulitis (frozen shoulder), Degenerative disc disease, Disc bulges / herniations, Headaches (migraine, chronic tension, sinus), Neck pain, Rotator cuff tears / repairs, Shoulder impingement, Shoulder instability, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Whiplash, Cervical Radiculopathy

Elbow and Wrist: Carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain's tenosynovitis, Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), Pronator Teres syndrome, Medial Epicondylitis

Back and Hip: Degenerative disc disease, Disc bulges / herniations, Femoracetabular impingement, Low Back Pain, Radiculopathy of the lumbar and sacral spine, Spondylolistheses (slipped / fractured vertebra), Trochanteric Bursitis

Knee: ACL tears / reconstruction, Iliotibial Band (ITB) Syndrome, Meniscus tears / repairs, Knee instability, Patellofemoral Pain syndrome

Ankle and Foot: Achilles tendonitis, Plantar fasciitis, Posterior Tibialis Tendon disfunction, Peroneal Tendonitis, Ankle instability

Other: Balance disorders (fall risks), Fibromyalgia, TMD disorders, Vertigo/Dizziness (BPPV, unknown / cervicogenic)

What we don’t treat:

Women’s/Men’s pelvic floor disorders

Moderate to severe progressive neurodegenerative disorders (Dementia, Parkinson’s, etc.)

Lymphedema

Wound care

Lacerations or post operative interventions of the hand, wrist, or fingers

Cerebrovascular accidents (Strokes, TBI)

Cardiac rehabilitation

Prosthetics/Amputees

Here are the primary Internal Revenue Code (IRC) sections that employers rely on to justify tax write-offs for workplace wellness and injury prevention services (such as job-specific physical therapy evaluations, ergonomic assessments, or related services by a physical therapist), especially when clearly tied to job duties:

IRC Section 162 – Ordinary and Necessary Trade or Business Expenses

This is the foundational deduction for employers. It allows a business to deduct all ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred in carrying on a trade or business.

How it applies: Costs for job-specific wellness/injury prevention (e.g., PT evaluations to assess lifting techniques for warehouse staff or posture for repetitive desk work) qualify as “ordinary” (common in the industry) and “necessary” (appropriate and helpful for operations, productivity, and reducing downtime or claims). This includes direct payments to a physical therapist for evaluations tied to job descriptions.
For the business owner/employer: Full deduction as a business expense (reported on the appropriate return, like Schedule C for sole proprietors or corporate returns).
Documentation tip: Link the service explicitly to job duties, performance, or risk reduction (e.g., via job descriptions, pre/post metrics, or notes showing it prevents strains from required tasks). General “wellness” without a job tie is riskier.

IRC Section 132(d) – Working Condition Fringe Benefits

This allows employers to provide property or services to employees tax-free (excluded from the employee’s gross income and not subject to payroll taxes) if, had the employee paid for it personally, the cost would be deductible under Section 162 or 167.

How it applies: Job-specific PT evaluations, ergonomic services, or injury-prevention therapy qualify as a working condition fringe when they help the employee perform their current job duties (e.g., maintaining or improving skills/ability to handle physical demands listed in the job description). Regulations (26 CFR § 1.132-5) emphasize that the benefit must relate to the employer’s business and be substantiated.
Key IRS note (from Pub 15-B and regs): A broad physical examination program is not excludable as a working condition fringe (even if mandatory), but targeted, job-related services like therapy for diagnosed job-induced strains or preventive assessments tied to specific duties often do qualify.
Employee impact: Nontaxable to the employee (no W-2 inclusion) when properly structured and documented.
Employer impact: Still fully deductible under Section 162.

Supporting/Related Sections

IRC Section 213 (Medical Care Definition): Defines qualified medical expenses as those for the “diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease” or affecting body structure/function. Job-specific PT for injury treatment or prevention can fit here if routed through an accident and health plan (e.g., HRA, group health), making employer contributions deductible and benefits generally nontaxable under Sections 105/106. However, purely general wellness (not tied to a specific condition or job risk) does not qualify
Publication 15-B (Employer’s Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits): Details the treatment of working condition fringes and explicitly states that services qualify if they would be deductible by the employee under Section 162. It reinforces that on-premises or job-related safety/prevention programs are favored when substantiated.

Important Caveats for Job-Specific Services

Strongest case: The service must be directly tied to job duties (e.g., evaluation based on the physical demands in the job description, such as repetitive motion, lifting, or posture requirements). Motive to reduce insurance claims (workers’ comp or health premiums) helps demonstrate “necessity” under Section 162 but is not required—the IRS focuses on ordinary/necessary business purpose.
Weak case: General wellness, broad physicals, or services not linked to job performance (e.g., optional “feel better” sessions) are often treated as taxable fringes or nondeductible personal expenses.
Substantiation is critical: Keep records showing the job link (job descriptions, therapist reports, business purpose memos). Without it, the IRS may reclassify as taxable compensation.
Owner vs. Employees: For the business owner (especially self-employed or S-corp), it’s usually a straightforward Section 162 deduction. For employees, Section 132(d) provides the nontaxable fringe treatment.
Other potential tools: Section 179 or bonus depreciation for related equipment (e.g., ergonomic setups); accountable plans for reimbursements.

These rules come directly from the IRC, Treasury Regulations (especially Reg. § 1.132-5), and IRS Publication 15-B. Always document thoroughly—job-specific tying is what separates deductible business prevention from nondeductible personal wellness. Tax law is fact-specific, so consult a tax professional or CPA for your exact setup, as audits focus on substantiation. The IRS generally supports measures that keep employees productive and reduce business risks like claims or lost time.