Prunedale, CA Health and Fitness

Emory-trained dentist Dr. David J. Montgomery keeps chompers in smiling shape with nearly 30 years of dental experience. He stays up to date with the latest in pain-free dental practices through continual training, with the hope of fostering enjoyable visits for patients of all ages. The former president of the Monterey Bay Dental Society also keeps convenient early morning hours, allowing patients to keep smiles healthy without having to miss work, Price Is Right reruns, or valuable time with their families. Eclectic music and a bright, open interior greet visitors at his modern office, manned by a team of friendly, experienced hygienists and assistants.

Pristine fairways gently rise and fall across 6,664 yards of undulating terrain at Pajaro Valley Golf Club's 18-hole course. Located a mere Goliath's drive from the Pacific Ocean, golfers can smell the crisp sea air and hear the hushed whispers of heist-planning pelicans throughout the picturesque par 72, once the verdant kingdom of 1930s golf legend Olin Dutra. The club’s E-Z-Go golf carts ferry about the arsenal of woods and irons needed to triumph over the transition from shorter par 3s and 4s to the lengthy fairways at the 1st, 4th, 15th, and 17th holes, all par 5.

After looping the horticultural haven, golfers can retreat to the club's full-service restaurant, where frothy beers and hamburgers refuel weary bodies and famished 9-irons. Spiky-shoed journeymen can place their order ahead of time at the 9th or 18th tees, ensuring their meal will be ready for them at the turn or shortly after the round.

Gymnastics Learning Center's experienced instructors engage energized tots with an array of challenging athletic activities that aid children in motor- and social-skill development. KinderGym, JuniorGym, and parent-assisted MiniGym courses teach tots younger than age 6 the fundamentals of muscular movement and how to finally earn their cat's respect. Sixty-minute beginning gymnastics or trampoline classes imbue older pupils with stretching and bouncing basics, and 90-minute intermediate gymnastics or trampoline courses explore more advanced balancing and bounding techniques. Small class sizes ensure that enthusiastic staff can safely escort whippersnappers as they navigate beams, spring from vaults, dangle from rings, or employ the silent treatment on disobedient pommel horses. Customers should check Gymnastics Learning Center's schedule to determine the most appropriate class time and fit.

Students walk out of Body in Motion just a little bit taller than when they came in. The studio’s classes—Pilates and Xtend Barre—serve to tone and lengthen muscles for a stronger, sleeker physique. Instructors teach two styles of Pilates: mat classes, which rely on gravity to turn bodies into their own weight machine. In apparatus classes, students perform moves with the famed Pilates tower adding an extra challenge, like solving a Rubik’s Cube while defending yourself against a bear attack. Both classes rely on precise, repetitive motions to tone the core and make the spine more pliable and resistant to injury. Similarly, Xtend Barre classes blend Pilates moves with cardio dance steps and sculpting exercises. All classes scale to accommodate and challenge students of all skill levels. For a completely customized workout, clients can also opt to enlist in personal training.

At Aqua Body Cleansing, certified colon hydrotherapists shower large intestines with water to ward off disease and promote efficient organ function. During an initial session, a specialist explains the emulsifying process and touts its potential health benefits, which may include relief from constipation, irritability, lower-back pain, and ancient gum wads.

The compassionate practitioners at People's Integrative Medicine & Acupuncture perform holistic wellness services with integrity and humility, frequently collaborating with one another in the open clinic setting. Inside a sunlit studio, they help sooth sore muscles and straightened misaligned qi through massage, craniosacral therapy, naturopathy, and acupuncture treatments, which place all patients in the same quiet space rather than in private treatment rooms. They also outline plans to achieve long-term health goals and prescribe ethically harvested herbs and supplements to accompany these plans. All of these efforts chase a company-wide mission to help patients navigate the path to personal wellness, since it has yet to be added to the databases of most GPS systems.