Refreshing new Chamber member
As one of its newest members, Vital Hydration celebrated with a ribbon cutting Tuesday afternoon, June 10.
“I had been to a couple networking events that they had put on,” said Corina West, RN/CEO, of Vital Hydration, which is located at 0932 Murdock Road in West Knoxville. “John (Volpe, FWKCC executive board member) … talked to me about (the Chamber) and I definitely want to be part of this community.”
West said VH is a wellness center with a key update.
“I have an infrared and red light sauna,” she said. “It’s basically a two-in-one unit, and our newest device is called T-Shape 2 that helps with fat reduction and cellulite.
“We just launched (T-Shape 2) last month,” she added. “We’re very excited about it.”
West opened the business in December 2023, fully mobile with IVs and injections, then opened her brick-and-mortar location (at 10932 Murdock Road) in December 2024.
“When I started my business, it was heavily focused on IV hydration and therapy, just plain fluids or we mix different — I like to call them — cocktails of vitamins and minerals, targeting different symptoms for people,” she said. “We also do vitamin injections; we help people with weight loss; we do testosterone replacement therapy.
“We’re nurses here,” added West, a former emergency room nurse. “We’re licensed to be able to start IVs on people. We do just normal saline — like the fluids you would get traditionally at a hospital — and then we infuse the vitamins and minerals.
“We do all kind of mixes. We can target energy; we can target immunity. Those are the biggest ones most people ask about.”
The mixes can also target mood, athletic performance, metabolism and sleep. “Women really love our PMS drip,” West said. “It helps with relaxing our system. I’ve had a couple of women who are in menopause and they like to get that drip as well.”
Injections also are available for those who do not have an hour for an IV. “A lot of the times, people just needed vital fluids,” she observed. “Maybe they had the flu or they were out in the sun too long … but our ER wait times would be crazy long, and these people would be sitting in the ER, being exposed to so many different germs and all kinds of things just for a bag of fluids.
“When I was working in the ER, my thought was ‘how could our community alleviate our wait times in our ER and how could we take better care of our community,’” West added.
While walk-ins are welcome, booking appointments is preferred. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday; from 11 a .m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
To book an appointment, call or text 865-800-4228 or 865-282-4634 or visit online at vitalhydrationknox.com
