The body keeps score. We work with it too.
Substance use depletes the body. Recovery has to restore it. Wellness programming at Pines — yoga, meditation, mindfulness, nutrition, fitness — supports the clinical work so the whole person heals. Complementary, never a replacement.
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Complementary. Not alternative.
There is a vocal fringe of the treatment industry selling wellness as the answer — crystals, ungrounded therapies, and promises that don’t hold up to research. Pines does not do that. We do wellness the way hospitals do it: evidence-informed, clinically supervised, delivered alongside the medical and psychological care that is the core of treatment.
What the evidence actually supports: mindfulness-based relapse prevention shows moderate efficacy as an adjunct to SUD treatment (Bowen et al., JAMA Psychiatry 2014). Yoga and aerobic exercise improve mood and anxiety alongside standard care. Good nutrition restores what years of substance use depleted. We do these because they work — in the ways they actually work — not because they sound good.
What we offer, and why.
Yoga
Adapted for stage of treatment. Seated breathwork in early detox; gentle hatha in stabilization; full practice in later residential. Supports autonomic regulation and reduces anxiety.
Meditation & Mindfulness
Guided sittings, walking meditation, mindfulness-based relapse prevention skills woven into groups. MBRP has randomized-controlled-trial evidence for reducing relapse in SUD.
Fitness
Graded movement programs. Strength, cardiovascular, and flexibility work. Exercise has independent mood-elevating effects that pair well with behavioral activation.
Nutrition
Assessment of nutritional status; anti-inflammatory meal planning; education about substance-induced deficiencies (thiamine, folate, B-vitamins). Restores what has been depleted.
Scheduled, not optional. Adapted, not forced.
Wellness blocks appear every day on the residential schedule. Patients rotate through modalities so they experience the full range. A patient who hates yoga discovers fitness; someone skeptical of meditation finds mindfulness through a different doorway.
Dr. Litvinov and the clinical team match wellness programming to medical status. A patient in acute alcohol withdrawal is not doing fitness — they are doing seated breathwork under monitoring. Progression is clinical.
Physician-led, accredited, and built for unhurried care.
The choice of where to receive wellness programs matters. Patients and families weigh credentials, environment, and continuity of care alongside cost and coverage. Here is what consistently brings people to our 18,000 sq ft private clinical campus in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Medical Director Sergey Litvinov, MD — a board-certified psychiatrist — directs clinical care. Every patient is reviewed by an attending physician, not a counselor signing off on a protocol.
Independent accreditation by the nation’s most recognized healthcare standards body. Surveyed against rigorous safety and quality standards.
LegitScript certification is the standard required by Google, Microsoft, and Meta to advertise addiction treatment. It signals an audited, transparent operator.
Depression, anxiety, trauma, and ADHD frequently co-occur with substance use. Psychiatric assessment and care run in parallel with detox, not after.
Most commercial and military plans are accepted. Verification is free, confidential, and typically completed in under 60 seconds.
Private bedrooms, dedicated medical detox wing, therapy rooms sized for real clinical work, outdoor grounds. Not a strip-mall storefront.
Authoritative references and related resources.
Clinical authorities & sources. ASAM — Clinical Practice Guidelines · SAMHSA — National Helpline · CDC — Overdose Prevention
Related Pines resources. Medical detox · Residential inpatient · Dual diagnosis · Admissions process · Insurance carriers · For families
From the first call through aftercare.
Care at Pines is delivered along a coordinated pathway, not as a one-off appointment. Coordination begins on the admissions call and continues through detox, residential, and the handoff to aftercare partners. Each phase has named accountabilities — the admissions counselor, the attending physician, the primary therapist, the case manager, and the alumni coordinator each carry specific responsibilities documented in the patient’s chart.
Family members are supported in parallel. With patient consent, our family liaison provides regular updates, schedules family therapy sessions, and helps prepare for visitation weekends and aftercare. Without consent, family education programming, crisis-line referrals, and Al-Anon and Nar-Anon resources remain available so families are not navigating alone.
Aftercare is planned during residential, not at discharge. The case manager identifies suitable step-down providers (PHP, IOP, sober living, outpatient therapy, MOUD prescribers) based on home location, insurance, and clinical recommendation. Pines maintains working relationships with vetted partner programs across our priority states to ensure continuity rather than handing patients off to a generic directory.
Throughout the entire pathway, all communication, charting, and data handling is HIPAA-compliant. Substance use disorder records receive additional federal protection under 42 CFR Part 2, which limits redisclosure even within healthcare settings. Patients and families can request specific privacy preferences in writing at any point in care, and our team honors them across the admissions, clinical, and alumni systems.
Included in residential care. Verify today.
Wellness programming is delivered within the medically necessary residential program, typically covered under your plan’s residential rate.
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Reviewed by Sergey Litvinov, MD — Medical Director, board-certified psychiatrist. Updated April 2026.
Citations: Bowen MBRP (JAMA Psych) · SAMHSA · NIDA
