Tuckahoe, VA Health and Fitness

The dental professionals at United Smiles combine their expertise to cover the full range of dental services, from restorative and crown work to endodontics and cosmetic dentistry. The practice spans across four offices, though each office operates under the same philosophy of educating patients with thorough explanations of treatments and setting them at ease in a comfortable environment. This patient-centric credo extends to scheduling appointments on Saturday, as well as the practice's policy of always accepting emergency visits resulting from sudden tooth pain or strong urges to nap in a dental chair.

Never content to let a muscle group grow fallow, the trainers at Divine 24hr Fitness are always devising tactics to keep members active and engaged. They dispel the “I don’t have time” excuse by keeping the facility open 24 hours and preempt the "I left my treadmill at home" excuse by stocking the facility with free weights, weight machines, and cardio equipment by Cybex. A staff of 20 personal trainers and fitness instructors inspires trainees to sweat in a studio brimming with Trx bands, heavy ropes, and weight sleds. To complement the calorie burning, the gym provides nutritional consultations, multifaceted wellness programs, and escape pods to avoid cookie-selling girl scouts.

Owner Jason Riley, a US Marine and ISSA-certified trainer with more than 10 years in the fitness industry, prides himself on helping exercisers of all fitness levels reach their goals with attentive personal-training sessions and nutritional coaching. Riley paves the road to wellness by offering personalized fitness assessments that help determine each student’s realistic goals and favorite Rocky theme song. He then guides participants through effective workout routines during one-on-one workouts or encouraging group sessions, working to ensure that muscles achieve their full potential.

The team at Chiropractic & Family Wellness PC sets out to correct nerve pressure and pain with gentle manual manipulations. The team believes a successful adjustment will remove nerve interference that can lead to sciatica, chronic pain, and a range of other bodily ailments. By gently guiding the vertebrae back into place, nerve impulses are free to move along the spine, delivering the sealed and stamped information to muscles and organs that keep the body operating at peak performance. The center also works to alleviate much of patients' pain by addressing problems in their feet, which can send pain from the foot and ankles up to the knees to the back. Stabilizing orthotics seek to bring equilibrium to the entire body by softening strides and correcting posture imbalances.

Doctor of Chiropractic Milan Lassiter, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and a certified chiropractic sports physician, employs an array of techniques to realign backbones and improve flexibility. He specializes in treating sports injuries, soft-tissue problems, and back and neck conditions such as herniated discs and a lack of a backbone.

Dr. Lassiter soothes squished spines and oppressed pinched nerves with a computerized decompression table, which gives vertebrae some wiggle room and beckons fluids back to where they belong. While treating athletes, dancers, musicians, or anyone with tightness and tension, he uses the active-release technique to mend abnormal tissues and return them to the wild. Similarly, the Graston technique employs six stainless-steel instruments that Dr. Lassiter glides along strained sinews to uncover damaged areas and prevent scar tissue from forming. He also uses elastic cotton strips, known as Kinesio tape, to reduce swelling, stabilize joints, relieve pain, and subdue loose lips.

As they enter the training circle at Curves, female guests come face-to-face with the smiles of other women. And just as points on a circle share a common distance from the circle's center, workout participants share the experiences of those nearby by trading stations throughout the 30-minute training session. One minute is spent on a piece of strength-training equipment built for feminine frames and designed to work two opposing muscle groups with a single movement. Exercisers then move on to a recovery station, where they run, jog, or dance to maintain heart rates and keep platforms in place during momentary losses of gravity.