What Full Benefit Friends Is — and Why Every Member Is Part of It
Not everything at The WORXOUT is for high achievers who can afford it.
Some of it is for the people who gave the most and got the least back. That's Full Benefit Friends, and if you're a member, you're already part of it.
Who We Serve
Full Benefit Friends is a nonprofit built inside The WORXOUT to serve four groups:
- Veterans. I've trained with Navy SEALs since 2015. I've seen what service costs a body and a nervous system, and I've seen how little of the care that would actually help is ever offered.
- First responders. The people who run toward it. Shift work, chronic stress, injuries nobody has time to treat.
- People who are grieving. Grief lives in the body. Sleep, appetite, pain, energy — all of it goes. Almost nobody treats it physically.
- People facing terminal illness. Strength, mobility, breath and dignity matter right up to the end. We help hold on to them.
What We Provide
Physical therapy. Chiropractic. The same wellness care our members get — the plunge, the sauna, the bodywork, the nutrition, the SIT rituals — delivered by the same practitioners, in the same building, at no cost to the people who need it.
Not a watered-down version. The real one.
Why It Lives Inside the Club
Because the people who can pay and the people who can't belong in the same room.
Every X Life member funds Full Benefit Friends by being a member. Many train next to the veterans and first responders we serve. The LOVE pillar of the SWELL Method — connection, contribution, carrying something bigger than yourself — isn't a workshop topic here. It's the person on the next rack.
That's also why the members who feel empty at the top come alive here. Success gets meaning the moment it's used for someone else.
Where It's Going
Full Benefit Friends is growing. A grant is coming, the practitioner roster is expanding, and we're building the capacity to serve more of the people in Fort Wayne who've never been offered this kind of care.
If you're a veteran, a first responder, grieving, or facing a terminal diagnosis, reach out. If you serve those communities and want to refer someone, reach out. And if you're considering membership, know that part of what you pay for is this.
Learn more or refer someone at theworxout.com/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Full Benefit Friends? Full Benefit Friends is a nonprofit operating inside The WORXOUT in Fort Wayne, Indiana, providing physical therapy, chiropractic and wellness care at no cost to veterans, first responders, people who are grieving and people facing terminal illness.
Is there free wellness care for veterans in Fort Wayne? Yes. Full Benefit Friends, through The WORXOUT, provides physical therapy, chiropractic, recovery modalities and wellness care to veterans and first responders in Fort Wayne.
How can I support Full Benefit Friends? Membership in The WORXOUT funds the nonprofit directly. You can also refer a veteran, first responder or someone facing grief or terminal illness who could use the care.
Everybody wants to change. Few will WORX.
Stay Dangerous. Erin