Pittsburg, CA Health and Fitness

Open for over 38 years, Paradise Skate Roller Rink invites skaters to roll around its Hawaiian-themed decorations. Brightly colored palm trees adorn the painted walls, adding ambiance as skaters don rental quad or inline skates. A snack bar offers beer, wine, and sodas alongside hot dogs, personal pizzas, nachos, and burritos, which patrons can dine on as they watch one of several flat-screen televisions or events such as roller derby.

Swinging around a chrome pole isn't as easy as grabbing hold and traipsing 360 degrees—there's an mélange of skills one must learn before successfully making a full revolution with seductive grace and panache. Dancers must be able to suspend themselves upside down, launch into dizzying spins, and stand-in for American flags during their paid time off after the 4th of July. The instructors at Spin Sity draw from this artistic and sultry form of choreography to help women empower themselves, tone up, and cultivate overall wellness. Within the pink studio—replete with mirrors, hardwood floors, and metallic poles—students take on Flirty Fitness and pole-dancing classes. Also offered is an unstructured open-gym practice where students can hone their newfound skills or learn new ones.

Spin Sity also puts on birthday parties and girls' nights out where women can join with friends to learn sultry dance skills, as well as lead open-gym practice. For students without a pair of their own sparkly stilettos or leopard-print platform heels, Spin Sity sells a lineup of fashionable and flirty shoes perfect for performing pole routines or putting away dishes on the top shelf.

Steered by a chiropractor with almost three decades of experience, Barton Chiropractic in Concord helps relieve patients' pain without drugs or surgery. The office is designed to be kid-friendly, because the team specializes in treating children, moms, and achy invisible friends. A no-wait policy minimizes reception-area thumb twiddling, and 24-hour emergency care resolves surprise injuries. Because the practice accepts liens, those suffering from auto accidents can wait until their cases are resolved to finance their treatments.

A division of Beyond Chiropractic, Elite Massage's certified massage therapists treat bodies to an array of stature-mending services, including chiropractic care, massage therapy, and exercise rehabilitation. For each of the office's nine massage styles, a patient relaxes on a comfy leather bed inside one of the five dedicated massage rooms, each painted in a calming jungle green and softly lit by candles, paper lanterns, and auras on break. The therapist then sets to work manipulating the soft tissue and joints of the body through hands-on maneuvering. Each structured movement affects the tissue in a different manner and can ultimately promote proper circulation and functioning of the lymphatic and nervous systems.

Dr. Michael Ruscio, Dr. Jordan Giang, and the staff of Lavoro Laser go beyond simply administering med-spa treatments, dispensing technologically enhanced services designed to help clients obtain their ideal physique. Anticellulite body wrap treatments stimulate the lymphatic and circulatory systems, triggering a cleansing of tissues that helps clients shed inches. Office technicians also use specialized i-Lipo systems equipped with focused lasers that, like their sci-fi counterparts, cause fat to vanish with a beam of light, and keep parasitic aliens from taking root in one's body. Medical-staff members meet with each patient to screen for metabolic imbalances that may hinder treatment progress before technicians saturate bodily areas to help reduce cellulite visibility. To ensure clients can maintain their results, they meet with knowledgeable associates for dietary consultations to discuss nutritional advice and practice sample exercise programs.

Forever Thin is a medically supervised weight-loss clinic. The team conducts comprehensive physical exams, blood work, hormone analyses, and metabolic-rate tests to determine the most effective weight-loss protocol for their clients. The individual protocols transform each client’s mind and matter with a combination of FDA-approved supplements, laser treatments for cellulite, and tips on nutrition, exercise, and positive thinking.