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. […]
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 […]
What Makes a Good Massage?
For those who are new to massage or don’t what to look for in a massage, it is important to keep a few questions in mind. What do you want to get out of it? How comfortable do you feel? Are there any specific areas you want worked on? What will make it worth your […]
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 […]
Sports ChiroTherapy Versus Traditional Chiropractic
At Santa Cruz CORE we have a unique chiropractic program that offers additional modalities that traditional chiropractic does not. The Sports ChiroTherapy program aims to treat pain at multiple levels and to make these alleviating effects long-lasting. The program consists of three treatment modalities – Hanson Muscle Therapy (HMT), chiropractic treatment and Selective Functional Movement […]
Benefits of Tens Unit and E-Stim
By Jaimi Jansen The use of the TENS Unit (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator) and E-Stim (Electrical Stimulation) machines greatly enhance recuperation rates of physical therapy patients, as well as the common everyday worker. It has an overall sedative effect on chronic pain associated with inflammation and edema (swelling). These two forms of electrode-based stimulation represent […]
The Difference Between Deep Tissue and Swedish Massage
By Jaimi Jansen Massage is a form of physical therapy that manipulates the soft tissues of the body using varying degrees of pressure. Massage therapy is a medically approved approach to dealing with muscle and connective tissue discomfort. Swedish and Deep Tissue Massages Swedish massage is one of the most commonly known types of massage, […]
How to deal with Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain Management Chronic Pain is often complicated because it can involve not just a physical sensation, but an emotional one as well. This feeling or sensation can present itself in many different forms, and in varying intensities, depending on the source and the individual. Components of Pain Pain is complex in that it can present […]
