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3 Fun Ways to Sweat it Out this Summer
1. ORGANIC SWEAT SHACK'S SUMMER SWEAT PASS
Organic Sweat Shack's Summer Sweat Pass gets you dripping and detoxing all of June and July for less than $11 bucks per sweat! Your pass is valid twice a week, Monday through Friday, for only $169. Keep your health on track as you pop over for 30 minutes of "you" time while the kiddos are on summer break. Contact the Sweat Tribe to reserve your pass now. 678-0880

2. DRENCHED'S HOT NEW SPECIAL
Score a 30-day Membership for only $79 and take advantage of Drenched's steaming classes like Hip Hop Yoga, Warrior Conditioning, Cadio Dance, Barre, Pilates and more. Thanks to their infared heaters, you'll burn more calories and get every fiber firing. 713-2601

3. MOTIVATE'S ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY
Haven't taken a spin on Motivate's cutting-edge Megaformer yet? If not, here's your chance. Their one-year anniversary party is Saturday, June 9. Classes will be held at 9, 10 and 11am with a live DJ, special treats, instructor team-teach classes, new moves and challenges and much more. Want the deets? Sign up for their monthly newsletters on their website (motivatestudios.com) and follow them on social media. Register your spot now for first dibs on the fun! 713-8099




Get Healthy, Save Money
Nosh on Plate Therapy's delicious weekly Chef Specials like Taco Tuesdays, Burger Fridays and Soup Sundays - for less! Right now, you can take inches off your waist - and $5 off your bill - when you use the coupon for your first Grab N Go meal, found on page 65. Plate Therapy is Santa Clarita's addicting, super-fresh, super-yummy organic/sustainable pre-prepped meal solution. Try it - and you'll see why we love it!
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95 Percent Success Rate with PRP for Pain
Platelet-rich plasma injection therapy is a cutting-edge treatment touted as a medical miracle, replacing cortisone shots, drug therapy and surgery. This amazing procedure is currently the rave in sports medicine. Kobe Bryant, Cliff Lee, Tiger Woods, Bartolo Colon and more are among the many professional athletes who have seen dramatic results with this procedure. Simply put, this is a natural way to heal - not mask - acute or chronic conditions without any side effects. Ailments currently being treated with the PRP therapy are arthritis, tendonitis, muscle sprains and tears, neuritis and ligament injuries. Phenomenal results have been experienced by SCVians struggling with plantar fasciitis, achilles tendonitis, joint pain, neuritis, neuromas and various other chronic conditions, too.

Platelet Rich Plasma, or PRP, is blood plasma with concentrated platelets and other growth factors. The concentrated platelets found in PRP contain huge reservoirs of bioactive proteins, including growth factors and signaling proteins that are vital to initiate and accelerate tissue repair and regeneration. These growth factors number at least a dozen different factors. These bioactive proteins initiate connective tissue healing in tissues such as meniscus (knee) and rotator cuff tissue, bone and articular cartilage regeneration and repair, promote development of new blood vessels and stimulate the wound-healing process. The PRP signals the body to send in stem cells to repair the area of injury by generating new tissue and formation of new blood vessels.

The way this process works is a small amount of blood is taken from the patient's arm. The blood is then placed in a centrifuge, which spins and separates the platelets from the rest of the blood components. The specially-prepared platelets are taken and re-injected into the affected area. The entire process takes less than 15 minutes and increases the concentration of platelets and growth factors up to 600 percent.
At Valencia Foot & Ankle Center, the success rate so far has been 95 percent.
Valencia Foot & Ankle Center 288-2321

Chill Out with Cool New Treatments that Speed Recovery
"Fast, thorough recovery is essential to my Pilates and yoga practices, as well as when I'm prepping for competition. I eat well, am kind to my body and I do my research - which is why I'm such a proponent of treating myself and others to the natural, proven method of cryotherapy and compression treatment. I've witnessed the healing, pain reduction, inflammation reduction and immunity boosting qualities of cryotherapy myself - and it's now a vital, regular part of my self-care plan. I'm able to perform better, feel better and engage each day with more energy and joy when I spend those three minutes once a week in the cryotherapy chamber at Mend! Adding their NormaTec compression treatments is icing on the health-and-wellbeing cake." Ashley Howard
Mend Cryotherapy 294-7898