From personal trials to transformative care—how the WOW Clinic is giving patients a reason to hope, heal, and thrive.
In a world where online fitness trends and overhyped but understudied health fads or supplements seem to dominate media, for many, the health and wellness space can feel unnavigable and daunting. The Wasatch Optimal Wellness Clinic or WOW Clinic strives to change this, taking a personalized and proactive approach to its treatment of patients. But what exactly does this clinic offer? And who are the minds behind this well-oiled machine? Learn all about this Heber establishment and how the WOW Clinic helps people achieve their fitness, health, and wellness goals.
For Meredith Salmon (RN-BSN) and Bryant Salmon (PA-C), what began as an idea tossed out in casual conversation over dinner with partner Ben Fogg (MD) became realized in September 2024 when the WOW Clinic opened its doors in Heber Valley.
“We had kind of talked for years like, you know, what if we did something together?” said Meredith when asked about the origins of the WOW Clinic. “But it didn’t really start to become a legitimate possibility in our minds until we had a son who struggled with ADHD secondary to some head injuries, and we took him to the Amen clinic.”
For those unfamiliar, the Amen Clinic is a mental wellness and brain health clinic with multiple locations in the United States founded in 1989 by psychiatrist and author Daniel G. Amen. Meredith found Dr. Amen through his novels published on the treatment of ADHD, and was eager to take her son, Caden, to the clinic.
We’re unlike any other place in the Wasatch… we’re unique, we’re proactive, and we’re trying to flip the script on health care.
After performing brain spec imaging and analyzing the results, the Amen Clinic’s physician recommended something that would build the foundation for the idea of the WOW Clinic.
“It was very evident on Caden’s scans that he had had previous head injuries,” Meredith explained. “And, so, his doctor recommended as a primary part of his treatment plan: hyperbaric oxygen therapy.”
Known broadly for treating ailments like carbon monoxide poisoning, sudden hearing loss, and decompression sickness or “the bends,” hyperbaric oxygen therapy works by increasing the “delivery of oxygen to the body by providing pure oxygen in an enclosed space with higher-than-normal air pressure.”
Outside of treating more serious sickness or injuries, though, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is shown to have positive impacts on the human mind and body. However, upon searching for hyperbaric chambers in the Salt Lake City and Heber Valley areas, the Salmon’s discovered that these tools can be difficult to find or access, and clinics that offered the treatment most of the time had inadequate information.
This sparked an idea in the Salmons that would later change the trajectory of their careers:
“If we are looking for this therapy, there have to be other people looking for this therapy, and if they aren’t looking for it, they should be… This is huge and can help so many people,” said Meredith, recounting the origins of the WOW Clinic.
“We started to think: ‘What if we opened a clinic and we did hyperbaric oxygen therapy? The original idea was just hyperbaric. That’s how it started.”
Though hyperbaric oxygen therapy sparked the idea for the WOW Clinic, the sleek white walls and a calm yet inviting atmosphere of the clinic invites guests to experience a multitude of treatments designed to both optimize performance and help patients feel better.
The offerings of this clinic range from more relaxing treatments to more active or performance-based testing. Enjoy replenishing IV therapy with a tranquil backdrop view of the Wasatch Mountain Range, detoxifying sauna and cold plunge therapy, a full boxy DXA Scan to measure bone density and fat distribution and VO2 Max assessments to measure cardiac health, all from the comfort of one encompassing space.
In addition to singular or one-off treatments, the WOW Clinic offers a membership program using a point system for those looking to consistently use the facility and specialized packages.
The point system in the WOW Clinic memberships is ideal for people who’d like to use the facility and its amenities frequently by offering a discounted price, in points, for services.
Packages at the clinic are designed to help patients achieve their personal wellness goals and include items such as the clinic’s current body re-composition or weight loss program—which is focused on helping clients lose weight and gain muscle through nutrition and exercise lifestyle changes dictated by DXA Scan, VO2 Max assessments, bloodwork, and additional testing— and the upcoming addition “blood sugar boot camp,” which is still in the works but will focus on metabolic dysfunction.
“Metabolic dysfunction is the cause of so much disease, so many things can be traced back to metabolic dysfunction,” said Meredith. “There’s a huge demand out there right now, a lot of people who are like ‘I want to feel better, but I want to know why I don’t feel well.’ They’re sick of these band-aids and so we’re hoping that this can help with that, with really getting to the root of why people don’t feel well.”
However, what makes the WOW Clinic extraordinary isn’t the treatments, equipment, or the packages, but the dedication of the entire team to bringing an engaged and personalized approach to the care of each patient.
“It’s not like your traditional clinic setting, where everyone’s just kind of pushing you through and trying to get you out the door,” said Bryant Salmon when asked about what he would want prospective patients to know about the WOW Clinic. “We take a very personal approach to each person that comes in to assess, you know, what they’ve wanted to do, and try to figure out what goals to set with them and how to reach those goals. You know, we’re not successful unless we have success stories walking out the door.”
“We’re trying to spark hope in people who haven’t felt well… and let them know that they can feel better,” added Meredeth. “We can help them do that.”
More Information: 1716 Hwy 40, Heber wowclinic.com | @w.o.w.clinic
