5 Amazing Benefits to Diaphragmatic Breathing Can Make Your Life Stress Free and Improve Airway Functions! Health Benefits of Diaphragmatic Breathing It is no surprise that how we breathe can affect our body and mind. If our body and mind are relaxed, for example, the breathing rate tends to be slow and not forceful. If we […]
Avoid 3 Types of Soft Tissue Injuries and Lower Back Pain with 2 Solutions
Stop these 3 types of soft tissue injuries and lower back pain now! You might be causing chronic pain without knowing, we have 2 solutions for you. Soft Tissue Injuries Soft tissue injuries are a common cause of low back pain. The vertebrae of the lower back are supported by many soft tissues including […]
1 Outstanding Little-Known Tiny Habit Can Change Your Life
When it comes to developing habits and creating change, Tiny is Mighty and this 1 Tiny Habit Can Change Your Life. Practicing tiny habits and behaviors is essential to improving health and maintaining happiness throughout one’s life. Small habits can begin with flossing once a day, completing one push up, drinking a full glass of […]
New 6 Ingredient Lung Repair Elixir
Craig’s New 6 Ingredient Lung Repair Elixir is a well recognized herbal remedy that assists the lungs in the healing process to stay healthy with medicinal properties. The new 6 ingredient elixir contains a mixture of herbs that have been traditionally used to treat lung infections and promote health and nutrition. This includes mullein leaf, […]
33rd Annual Paddlefest Competition
Paddlefest: a Palooza of Surfing, Paddling, and Racing! CORE was ecstatic to participate (again) in this year’s 33rd Annual Paddlefest! This was a 3-day event highlighting Steamer Lane competition and Cowell’s classic. Paddlefest went out with a bang on the last day with a 5k/ 10k. The race was presented by Covewater Paddle Surf. What Competition! Every year Steamer Lane […]
Stress-Free UCSC Wellness Event
Engaging with Student Life to Optimize Health The Student Union Assembly reached out to CORE to collaborate on a private event for coping with mental and physical health stressors surrounding finals and test taking. On the sunny mid-morning of March 13th, talented massage therapist Juan Alvizar offered five-minute chair massages to UC Santa Cruz Students. […]
HBOT and Healing
HBOT, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, is a treatment in which a person is exposed to pure oxygen at increased atmospheric pressure. The increased oxygen and pressure saturates red blood cells and blood plasma with more oxygen than normal. This treatment is commonly used to treat decompression sickness (“the bends”), air embolisms, and carbon monoxide poisoning. HBOT […]
Combining Services at Santa Cruz CORE
At Santa Cruz CORE our services complement each other. Personal training and nutrition counseling, for example, go hand-in-hand when it comes to weight-loss. Corrective exercise, massage therapy, and acupuncture together can achieve greater results for treating pain. Thanks to our wide range of services, a client can combine many of our treatment modalities to better […]
Stem Cell Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy is an injection-based regenerative treatment whose aim is to repair soft tissue and restore its function. Soft-tissue comes in many forms including muscle, tendon, ligaments, fascia, nerves, and synovium. Soft tissue injuries are major sources of musculoskeletal pain both acute and chronic. Prolotherapy types are different because of the solution being injected into the […]
Acupuncture Treatment for Pain
Acupuncture is an effective alternative treatment for pain. For generations, acupuncture techniques have been used in Chinese Medicine to treat a range of ailments from the common cold to circulation problems. Now, Acupuncture is recognized as an effective treatment for pain and is even beneficial in some operating rooms as an anesthesia alternative. Given that […]
