1 Degree Performance & Longevity

12/30/2025

We get one life, so make the most of it. 💯
Let us help.

📍Stop in our holistic and evidence-based wellness and longevity center in downtown Jacksonville, Illinois.

12/29/2025

🔊 Who can use Focal ShockWave Therapy?
Focal Shockwave Therapy is commonly used to treat conditions such as plantar fasciitis, tendonitis, tennis elbow, and other chronic musculoskeletal pain. It is a fast, comfortable, and drug-free alternative to surgery or long-term medication, helping patients recover faster and return to an active lifestyle.

Whether you are dealing with joint pain, muscle tightness, or a lingering injury, our goal is to help you move better, feel better, and perform at your best through safe and effective treatment tailored to your needs--most anyone can benefit.

🔊 What is Focal ShockWave Therapy?
Focal Shockwave Therapy is an advanced noninvasive treatment that uses targeted acoustic pressure waves to stimulate healing deep within the body. These controlled energy pulses help increase circulation, break down scar tissue, and activate the body’s natural repair process. This allows injured or inflamed tissues to recover more quickly and function more effectively.

Our Storz Duolith Ultra is considered the gold standard in focused shockwave technology. ShockWave is NEW to One Degree and patients are already getting great results! It offers a wide range of transmitters for different conditions.

Your health should be a priority, and this therapy can help!
🔸Remodel fibrotic tissue, release trigger points
🔸Reverse chronic inflammation
🔸Increase nitric oxide (NO)
🔸Activate stem cells and growth factors
🔸Reduce pain faster
🔸Improve range of motion
🔸Increase blood flow, microcirculation
🔸Stimulate tissue remodeling, neovascularization

12/26/2025

We are now carrying Earth Harbor skincare kits!

This SUNRISE TO SUNSET kit includes:
💚 OASIS Deep Pore Gel Cleanser
🩷 ANCHOR Bio-Retinol Youth Serum
💙 MARINA Biome Brightening Concentrate
🤍 MERMAID MILK Nutrient Glow Moisturize

· Replenishes · Brightens · Hydrates · Balances ·

💯We have tested, researched and trust Earth Harbor -- purely natural, ethical, sea active skin care created by the company founder, Ali, an herbalist and health scientist.

12/25/2025

Wishing you all peace and good health!

12/24/2025

12/23/2025

❄️ Feeling SAD?
Many experience the “winter blues,” but there are ways to fight it. Read on …

Health with the Hamels
Fighting the winter blues

By Justin and Clara Hamel
The Source Newspaper

A blanket of snow covers the ground and the air is crisp and cool. There is a quiet serenity in winter scenes like this. There is a stillness, a beauty and a pause brought about by the season, but for many this season doesn’t feel peaceful. Shorter days, colder weather and long stretches indoors can bring on the winter blues, making the calm of winter feel heavy rather than comforting.

Instead of snuggling into the natural rhythm of restfulness winter can bring, it can feel isolating, loaded and draining. It can feel more like something to endure rather than enjoy. This feeling, when mild, is known as the winter blues, while more pervasive cases are diagnosed as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

While SAD did not become an official diagnosis until the 1980s, recognition of the seasons’ influence on mood far predates the diagnosis. Hippocrates noted the impact of reduced daylight on mood as early as 400 BCE, and by the 1800s, physicians were already documenting and studying what was then referred to as “seasonal melancholia.”

Through the decades of research, multiple physiological and environmental factors have been found to contribute to a lower mood during winter months. For example, reduced exposure to natural sunlight can disrupt circadian rhythm and increase melatonin production, leading to an increase in fatigue and sluggishness during the winter months. Sunlight also helps regulate serotonin and without regular exposure to light, depressive symptoms can creep in or increase. Further affecting your serotonin levels is the decrease in vitamin D that comes with the change in seasons. Vitamin D can help boost serotonin production; thus, lower levels of vitamin D can equate to an additional decrease in serotonin. Also, research has shown two major contributors to mental well-being are physical activity and social engagement, both of which often decrease during the colder months.

Gratefully, the knowledge society has gained about the winter blues has led to effective treatments and supportive lifestyle adjustments. We now better understand the powerful role light plays in regulating mood, making light therapy a valuable tool during shorter, darker days. Light therapy and warming practices such as sauna use can help support circulation, aid in relaxation and assist in regulating circadian rhythm, thus supporting overall well-being. Vitamin D supplementation may help address deficiencies that often occur with reduced sun exposure.

Exercise or simply getting outside, when possible, has been shown to support both physical and emotional health. Equally important is maintaining connection. Winter can encourage isolation. Blustery days of little sunlight can make one want to hole up and hibernate, but pushing ourselves to have meaningful interaction, shared rituals and moments of togetherness help counteract the heaviness and loneliness many feel this time of year. Together, these small but intentional practices can transform winter from a season of depletion into one of care, resilience and quiet restoration.

** Dr. Justin Hamel and Clara Hamel have a combined over 30 years of experience in health fields. Reach them at 1° Performance & Longevity, located at 46 N. Central Park Plz., Suite 101, in Jacksonville, on Facebook or by phone at 217-243-6358.

12/22/2025

Extended hours on Tuesday this week!

12/19/2025

Eek! Still need a meaningful Christmas gift??

🎁GIVE THE GIFT OF HEALTH!
Purchase a One-Time Day Membership Pass at 1 Degree for someone you love! With it, they can try out some of our popular modalities to benefit their health!
🧡 ARRC LED Red Light Bed
🧡 PEMF
🧡 Infrared Sauna
🧡 Cold Plunge
🧡 Leg Compression
$100 gets this trial run!
☎️ Call us at 217-243-6358 for details and to gift a day pass!

12/18/2025

Rhyming can be hard.
Making the decision to improve your longevity and well-being is easy.

🎅🏼 Ho-Ho-Health!

Stop in our wellness facility in downtown Jacksonville, Illinois to commit to your health. It's time. 🔔

12/18/2025

🎉 We have a WINNER! 🎉
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🎁 It's the next stop in our Christmas cheer season!
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🎉 GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🎉
We love this community and ask that you help us to grow our online audience! One lucky winner will get:
🎁 $50 Gift Card to 1 Degree
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🎁 $25 Gift Card to Kindred Market
🎁 A 1 Degree gold shimmery Stanley

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📅 Deadline: Entries close at 6 pm on Monday, December 15. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, December 17!

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12/18/2025

⚡Can't laugh without leaking?? Don't let it dampen your days.

⛄EMShape Pelvic Floor HOLIDAY SPECIAL⛄
Get (6) sessions for $499*

*Must purchase by December 23, 2025 to receive the above deal. (Regular pricing is $720.)

🎅🏼 Ho-Ho-Health! 🎁Gift yourself!