Common causes of chronic pain
Back Pain
Discomfort or stiffness in the spine or surrounding muscles, often impacting mobility.
Knee Pain
Shoulder Pain
Soreness or discomfort in the shoulders with or without range of motion issues.
Arthritic Pain
Nerve Pain
Brings tingling, shooting sensations, often due to nerve damage or conditions affecting the nervous system.
Pelvic Pain
Discomfort in the lower abdominal area, often stemming from reproductive, urinary, or digestive issues.
Repetitive Stress Pain
From frequent, repetitive movements, causing discomfort or injury in muscles, tendons, or nerves.
Fibromyalgia Pain
Involves chronic, widespread muscular discomfort, often accompanied by fatigue and heightened sensitivity.
Massage + Bodywork
The massage therapists at CORE have been voted best in the county, year after year. At Santa Cruz CORE Fitness + Rehab, our practitioners communicate with each other ensuring that you have the best experience no matter who you see.
Personal Training for Fitness
Our individualized programs are molded from the experience and knowledge of all of our practitioners, a knowledge base that produces timely and healthy results. achieve your wellness goals.
Sports Chiropractic
The Sports ChiroTherapy™ protocol allows identification and alleviation of incorrect compensations, restores structural symmetry, provides proper muscle firing, and establishes proper core communication.
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese Medicine offers holistic healing through acupuncture, herbal remedies, and balance restoration, promoting wellness, alleviating pain, and supporting overall health and vitality naturally.
Regenerative Medicine
Bold new treatments for pain, injury, and wellness from Prolotherapy, PRP, and Stem-Cell therapies, Our regenerative medicine offerings can help you achieve your goals for health.
Therapeutic Exercise
Use exercise to help heal your body, while staying consistent with your fitness goals. Our therapeutic exercise fitness trainers are available to help you exercise your way to health. Therapeutic exercise is even covered by some insurance.
CORE45 Group Fitness Training
CORE45 is scientifically designed to increase function, strength, and endurance. These circuit-style classes include high-intensity interval training with body area alternations throughout the week.
Osteopathy
Osteopathic Manual Therapy (OMT) is holistic hands-on care performed by an osteopathic physician. Through a functional medicine approach, the doctor diagnoses, treats, and works to prevent injury or illness.
Nutrition
CORE nutritional counseling is a fun, interactive helping process focusing on the individual. Learn and gain insight about your diet, body and potential. We're happy to cater to your needs and create your perfect plan.
InBody
Your weight is made up of muscle, fat, and water. The key to effective weight loss is losing excess body fat, not overall body weight. Instead of tracking how heavy you are, use body composition analysis to track how healthy you are.
Vasper
Vasper stands for 'vascular performance.' Experience accelerated fitness gains with Vasper's low-impact exercise system—enhanced strength, increased endurance, and quicker recovery for optimal performance and overall well-being.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) involves placing a patient in an environment of pure oxygen under increased air pressure. This allows for an increase in oxygen uptake by the lungs and oxygen delivery to healthy or injured tissues.
TENS Unit Therapy
TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator) is a device that transmits electrical pulses via the skin to activate your body's natural painkillers. Endorphins and other chemicals can be released by electrical pulses to block pain signals in the brain.
Cold Laser
Cold Laser Therapy uses concentrated beams of light, placed over specific points or areas of the body, in order to stimulate healing. Cold laser therapy has been approved for the treatment of aches and pains, localized inflammation, minor injuries, sprains, and much more.
Shockwave
Shockwave therapy is a medical treatment that has been around for many years. Shockwave is an acoustic wave that carries high energy to points of pain and musculoskeletal tissues with subacute, sub-chronic, and chronic conditions.
Core One Live
Get private 1:1 personal training from our CORE trainers, right in the private comfort of your own home, gym, or office. Experience the difference of professional, live training anywhere on the go.
Articles & Resources
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