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Santa Cruz CORE Fitness + Rehab is an integrative wellness center working to help people treat pains and injuries, lose weight, and increase performance in order to create deeper enjoyment in daily life and overall wellness. We combine various scopes of therapeutic practices to help clients remain pain and injury free. CORE practitioners specialize in massage therapy, acupuncture, trigger point therapy, corrective exercise, chiropractic manipulations, nutrition counseling, Vasper exercise machines, and many more ways to support you.
PAIN = MYALGIA
Myalgia (or muscle pain) is a common discomfort experienced by many Americans. Myalgia can result from a variety of causes including emotional stress, physical injury, and other medical conditions (like auto-immune). Santa Cruz CORE is determined to help individuals who wish to live free of pain, we can help with pains stemming
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BACK PAIN
Back pains are most common amongst hard physical workers due to the increased physical demand. Lower back pain (lumbar spine) especially is an issue if the individual is sitting on a desk or performing manual labor most of the day. Such repetitive motions usually lead to muscular imbalances due to the overuse of certain joints and muscles as opposed to others. This can often result in various forms of pain throughout the body (since it’s all connected!) but more than often, the lower back. Here are a few causes of back pain that Santa Cruz CORE can help you with…
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LOWER BODY
Lower body injuries are a common source of pain among athletes that use their lower body extensively for a sport. Running, biking, soccer, basketball, soccer, and football are good examples of such sports. This does not mean that the average american isn’t affected, lower body injuries are also common for those who work physical labor jobs like in construction or maintenance. Lower body injuries often throw other muscles or parts of the body off balance as much of the force we use to carry on daily tasks originate in the lower body. Whichever the case may be, we are fully equipped and ready to help you regain full lower body function and prevent future injuries.
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NECK PAIN
For many the neck is the meeting center for all tension. As a result, neck and shoulder pain is often stems from both emotional and physical stresses. Stress has a very unique physiological effect of the body, this response leads to the tightening of many neck and upper back muscles. When these muscles are being simply stimulated without proper use to relieve the built tension, discomfort can follow.
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UPPER BODY
The upper body is used extensively by every individual. Our arms, wrists, shoulders, back, and chest to name a few all are part of what is considered the upper body. Upper body pain is common amongst individuals who work a lot with their hands especially when these motions are repetitive. Untreated minor injuries or tissue tear on is performing structures can to a build-up of scar tissue and thereby discomfort. Muscular imbalance is also an issue for the upper body, our chest muscles tend get very strong due to us performing activities directly in-front of us.
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WEIGHT LOSS
Excess weight contributes to an increased risk of injury during exercise and other daily activities. The body is under higher levels of physical stress in individuals who have a BMI above normal, this is because the body must expend extra energy to keep up with the extra weight. A healthy body mass index (BMI) is essential for optimal health and greatly reduces morbidity of chronic conditions like arthritis, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. Santa Cruz CORE is here to help shed those extra pounds and keep healthy. We are experienced in various aspects of nutrition and exercise.
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INJURIES
Treating and preventing injuries is an active process. Some major traumas like car accidents can’t be predicted of course, but injuries related to everyday physical demands can. Injuries can happen anywhere including home, school, and work. Preventing an injury starts by getting your body to its optimal state, this will help ensure that the body is prepared to handle physical demands. If an injury does happen, proper physical and manual therapies can be applied to help remain pain free.
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REHABILITATION FOR PERFORMANCE
Injuries of any kind require proper recovery. This can be hard for those who have to go to work and carry on with daily physical demands. Furthermore, residual chronic pain can linger on for years and may never go away. Lifestyle changes are key to dealing injury recovery and a whole team to support your recovery is just what you need. Many Santa Cruz CORE staff members have suffered major injuries and are successful recovery stories.
For athletes, strict recovery plans are necessary to regain optimal performance. Pain interferes with athletic performance and injuries can become more severe if untreated. Inflammation, for example, can get in the way of range of motion if this affects joint and ligaments and greatly limiting athletic performance.
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