There are few spas in Santa Cruz that “bring the level of skill and commitment to excellence to their clients” like Vital Body Therapy, according to co-owner Kelly Stoll.  Set in the coveted Seabright area next to Shopper’s Corner, Vital Body Therapy is consistently bringing clients to a higher level of well-being through Massage Therapy, [...]

  Sleep is more important than you think, and you likely are not getting enough of it.  We live in a hustle and bustle world where sleeping less and doing more is the standard.  Unfortunately burning the candle at both ends may actually shorten your life span.  You have to ask yourself then, “What is [...]

  I started suffering from migraines at fifteen.  I would come home almost every day from school with a headache, but the migraine attacks were at least once a month.  Migraines are extremely painful, and unless you are a sufferer as well, you never quite understand the pain.  For some unfortunate folks, migraines are a [...]

Santa Cruz County is surely known for its health conscious culture, but what we lack is an all-inclusive wellness center focused primarily on rehabilitation and fitness. Well… until now! Visionaries and doctors of physical therapy and fitness rehabilitation James Vegher, DPT, NCS and Chris Christensen, DPT, CSCS, partnered 4 years ago to move forth on [...]

                                Zach Morell: I got hit in the face by my board and had a big black eye and small gash. I just iced it and had to deal with looking like a boxer for a couple weeks. However, the [...]

I’m not a vain person, I swear. My body confidence levels teeter between ashamed of excess flab and “passable” if I’m wearing black or happened to go for a run that morning. But after a full body oil massage with the Santa Cruz-based Ayurvedic practitioner Heather Nagel, a curious thing happened: I felt like the [...]

  Here in Santa Cruz massage studios are kind of like Starbucks in San Francisco in that they can be found on nearly every corner and the quality tends to be hit and miss.  Speaking for myself, I’ve tried nearly every spa and massage center in the county, oft-times paying upwards of $200. (Stupid, I [...]

    There are certain people that you meet in life that you know are special right away; teaching us and inspiring us to push beyond our own perceived limitations.  Jeff Denholm is not only an incredible surfer, paddle boarder, skier, and mountain biker, but also an active environmentalist and innovator for high-tech prosthetic arms [...]

Many of us are confused about what to do when we get an acute injury.  Do we ice it or do we use heat?  Knowing the proper ways to treat an injury can reduce recovery time, getting you back to your active lifestyle as soon as possible. Ice your acute injury!  Acute injuries are traumatic, [...]

For over 4,000 years coconut water has been a natural source for wellness and nutrition. During times of famine and war, coconut water was even used intravenously and saved countless lives. Now of course I would never suggest that someone shoot coconut water into their veins; but I do recommend that instead of choosing to [...]

Journey to Living   For the past two and a half years of my life I have been battling Cancer. Only but a mere week ago, that two and half year battle came to its long awaited end and I can finally utter the words ‘”I am Cancer free” with a delightful and grateful heart. [...]

Santa Cruz Core Fitness + Rehab- Love making you feel better with customized self-improvementEstablished only two and a half years ago by Jaimi Ellison, Santa Cruz Core Fitness + Rehab is a blooming new local business. Owner and founder Ellison had been through a traumatic bicycle accident in 2001 while riding down from UCSC.  After [...]