Woburn, MA Health and Fitness

At Smile & Skin Aesthetics, a talented staff boosts patients' self-esteem with a host of dental and skincare services. According to Damian D. Meola, DMD, a second-generation dentist with more than 20 years of experience, "there is a synergy between the smile, the skin and a sense of confidence that having both in great shape brings." He tackles the dental side of services with specialties including smile makeovers, full mouth reconstruction, and successful mediations with tooth fairies. Board-certified aesthetician Stacey Powell, alternatively, enhances the skin with nonsurgical treatments such as facials, microdermabrasion, and waxing services.

The practitioners at Skin to Soul create a welcoming sanctuary where their guests are free to improve their bodies and spirits in any way they wish, whether it's through meditation, yoga, energy healing, or ache-erasing massage. In a room the color of toasted marshmallows, licensed massage therapists undo bodily tension through Swedish, deep-tissue, and myofascial-release techniques, while the spring-hued green room inspires students of yoga and Pilates to expand their physical abilities and center their minds. The spa’s classes and events encompass multiple healing modalities, including Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programs and Playshops, which cast off the work aspect of workshops to cover such topics as chakras, feng shui, and self-hypnosis and give clients a psychological edge on their mirror-dwelling doppelgängers.

With more than 11,000 successful LASIK and refractive procedures performed to date, Dr. Nilesh M. Sheth continues to practice his vision-boosting craft with well-honed expertise. Famous public figures have restored their sight under his steady hand, including Law & Order actor John Fiore, U.S. Senator Scott Brown, and Boston Celtics superstar and two-time elementary-school class president Jo Jo White. Together with TPA-certified optometrist Dr. Audra Rowse, Dr. Sheth honors the Sheth-Horsley Eye Center’s half century of high-quality eye care with treatments ranging from senior eye care to cosmetic procedures to repair droopy eyes and wrinkles and corrective surgeries to sharpen vision without the need for glasses or contacts. The good doctors are aided in their fight against astigmatism, cataracts, nearsightedness, and farsightedness by an arsenal of high-tech tools including excimer lasers, microkeratome blades, femtosecond lasers, premium IOLs, Alcon toric IOLs, and STAAR ICLs.

The dentists at Seaport Dental Associates keep patients relaxed and comfortable, using the latest technology and cultivating a calming office environment replete with an elegant rock garden and bamboo plants. Patients can watch television during their visit, which might include a treatment with the innovative Waterlase device—a noise- and vibration-free hydrokinetic system that removes hard and soft tissue with laser-powered water droplets, making cavity-removal and gum procedures virtually painless.

The orthodontics-focused practice also specializes in Invisalign treatments, providing an average of 560 patients each year with the clear, smile-straightening aligners. They also perform quick and convenient teeth-whitening sessions to brighten the smiles of bridal parties or teams of competitive blueberry-pie eaters.

Every aspect of Down Under Yoga's design sprung from the minds of practicing yogis. They drew up the layout for the many-windowed, earth-toned studio, created the art and photography on the walls, and cultivated the potted bonsai trees. A team of seasoned teachers, girded with extensive yoga training, shepherds students through sequences that range from gentle flow to physically demanding poses in classes that draw from Hatha, Vinyasa, and heated traditions.

They also serve up side dishes of Pilates, world dance, and Iyengar yoga, in which they take participants through physically intensive poses, handing out detailed instructions on alignment and how to bend their bodies into the shape of their own initials. In workshops, teachers and guest instructors discuss specialized topics, such as the role yoga plays in building core strength or ameliorating back pain. Ensuring that their moral compass points due north, Down Under Yoga refuses to sell overpriced apparel or environmentally damaging water bottles, or to accept corporate money to promote products.

At each of HealthSource Chiropractic and Progressive Rehab's hundreds of locations throughout the country, chiropractors, licensed massage therapists, and physical therapists work together to treat and prevent chronic aches and pains. By combining chiropractic adjustments with strengthening therapy in a technique the center dubs "progressive rehab," specialists can both ease pain and take steps to ensure it doesn't return. This body-care methodology also incorporates whole-body wellness, which focuses on prevention of pain and maintaining a nutritious lifestyle. Therapists not only assist clients in achieving optimal health, but also tend to back pain, neck pain headache, sciatica, fibromyalgia and other common concerns.