Health and Wellness Center

Welcome to Highmark Wholecare’s online Health and Wellness Center. Are you wondering how to be more active, eat more balanced, break a smoking habit, or support your mental health? Highmark Wholecare’s Health and Wellness Center connects you to tools and resources to help you, wherever you are, on your health journey. Here you will find free videos, articles, and more that support your goals.

Before beginning any exercise program, always discuss the program content with your physician and follow your physician’s advice. This information is not designated to replace a physician’s independent judgment about the appropriateness or risks of engaging in an exercise program.

 

Videos:

Fitness: Moving Moreopens a new tab or window

 

How to Do the Single-Leg Balance Exerciseopens a new tab or window

 

How to Do Straight-Leg Raisesopens a new tab or window

 

How to Do Heel Raisesopens a new tab or window

 

How to Do Ankle Pumpsopens a new tab or window

 

Seated Exercises for Older Adultsopens a new tab or window

 

Older Adults: Making Physical Activity a Routineopens a new tab or window

 

Articles:

Exercising While Sitting Downopens a new tab or window

 

Low Back Pain: Exercises to Reduce Painopens a new tab or window

 

Additional Resources:

National Institute on Aging Exercise and Physical Activityopens a new tab or window

 

Wholecare Fitness Please note this is a Highmark Wholecare D-SNP Medicare specific benefit

Before beginning any nutrition program, always discuss the program content with your physician and follow your physician’s advice. This information is not designated to replace a physician’s independent judgment about the appropriateness or risks of engaging in a nutrition program.

 

Videos:

Tips for Building Healthy Mealsopens a new tab or window

 

Articles:

Dietary Guidelines for Good Healthopens a new tab or window

 

Quick Tips: Making Fast, Healthy Mealsopens a new tab or window

 

Healthy Eating Basics: Cookingopens a new tab or window

 

Healthy Eating: Making Healthy Choices When You Eat Outopens a new tab or window

 

Quick Tips: Adding Fruits and Vegetables to Your Dietopens a new tab or window

 

Healthy Eating: Helping Your Child Learn Healthy Eating Habitsopens a new tab or window

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis, please reach out immediately to the Suicide Prevention Lifelineopens a new tab or window by dialing 988.

 

Videos:

Anxiety: What Is It?opens a new tab or window

 

Articles:

Mental and Behavioral Healthopens a new tab or window

 

Feeling Depressedopens a new tab or window

 

Depression in Children and Teensopens a new tab or window

 

Interactive Tools:

Interactive Tool: Are You Depressed?opens a new tab or window

 

Additional Resources:

Highmark Wholecare Behavioral Health/Addiction Resources:

 

Medicaid Please note this is a Highmark Wholecare Medicaid specific benefit.

 

Medicare D-SNP Please note this is a Highmark Wholecare Medicare D-SNP specific benefit.

Videos:

Beat Your Smoking Triggersopens a new tab or window

 

Articles:

Quick Tips: What to Do When You Crave Nicotineopens a new tab or window

 

Avoiding Smoking Triggersopens a new tab or window

 

Comparing Nicotine Replacement Methodsopens a new tab or window Chantix has been fully discontinued since its recall in 2021, but FDA-approved generic versions are available. Inhalers have been discontinued.

 

Comparing Stop-Smoking Medicinesopens a new tab or window Chantix has been fully discontinued since its recall in 2021, but FDA-approved generic versions are available. Inhalers have been discontinued.

 

Additional Resources:

Smokefreeopens a new tab or window

 

Free PA Quit Lineopens a new tab or window offers free tobacco cessation counseling services, visit the website or call 1-800 QUIT-NOW (784-8669) for support