Make it a self-care spring with Cosmetic Laser Dermatology, Healcove Clinic, and Activate House
Healcove Clinic
In a fast-paced world where stress, chronic pain, and disconnection are all too common, Healcove Clinic stands as a sanctuary for those seeking a deeper, more holistic approach to wellness. More than just a chiropractic and bodywork clinic, Healcove is a space where science meets soul—where evidence-based treatments intertwine with time-honored healing traditions to support not just physical health, but also personal growth and community connection.
At Healcove Clinic, chiropractic care is not a quick “crack-and-go” experience. The clinic’s approach is comprehensive, hands-on, and tailored to the individual. Each session is a deep dive into the body’s movement patterns, tension points, and underlying imbalances.
Healcove offers several different chiropractic treatments. Practitioners explore the root cause of clients’ pain, identify their movement restrictions, and help them retrain patterns for long-term relief, stability, and mobility. They also teach patients to connect with their breath to calm the nervous system and optimize healing.
Patients can opt for bodywork and soft tissue therapy, which integrates techniques such as active release therapy (ART) and myofascial release to address tightness and dysfunction, or choose to book chiropractic adjustments—precise, effective treatments designed to restore alignment and function, always customized to the patient’s comfort and needs.
Rather than offering a one-time fix, the clinic’s goal is to create long-term change—helping patients move, feel, and function at their best. After all, Healcove knows that wellness is a lifelong journey. That’s why the clinic offers an innovative membership model that makes ongoing care more accessible. Members receive a monthly selection of services tailored to their needs, ensuring they stay consistent with their healing and self-care practices. Beyond hands-on treatments, members also gain access to exclusive classes and workshops designed to support long-term health and well-being.
That’s what truly sets Healcove apart: Its emphasis on connection and personal growth. Healing isn’t just physical—it’s mental, emotional, and communal. Clients can participate in Founder’s Meetups, community gatherings focused on breathwork, meditation, deep conversations, and meaningful connections. These meetups cultivate an environment where people can share their journeys, support one another, and build relationships that enhance their overall well-being.
At its core, Healcove Clinic is more than a wellness center—it’s a place where people come to heal, grow, and connect. It’s a space where practitioners and clients alike are dedicated to learning, evolving, and supporting one another. Whether you’re seeking relief from physical pain, looking to enhance your mobility, or yearning for a community that values both health and human connection, Healcove Clinic is there to guide you on your journey and nurture your whole self.
5005 Texas Street, Suite 101, San Diego, CA 92108 healcove.com
Cosmetic Laser Dermatology
For over 35 years, Cosmetic Laser Dermatology has served the San Diego community with more than 80 treatment options, more than 60 laser and light devices, and several proprietary procedures. Staff members at Cosmetic Laser Dermatology are eager and able to help clients find the perfect solution for any concern they have in mind, from health and wellness needs to aesthetic goals.
Cosmetic Laser Dermatology is home to eight board-certified dermatologists—three of whom were named among the top 10 on Newsweek’s list of the top cosmetic dermatologists in the country. Whether you are ready to get started on preventative measures, want to address problem areas, or are longing to laser away unwanted hair or scars, Cosmetic Laser Dermatology will help you navigate the world of aesthetics. The practice’s mission is to deliver natural, undetectable results to ensure that every patient looks as vibrant, youthful, and beautiful as they feel.
You can refresh your appearance with popular injectables like Botox, Jeuveau, Dysport, and Juvéderm, designed to smooth out wrinkles, relax muscles, and plump up key areas of the face. Or explore lesser-known alternatives to cosmetic surgery, like “liquid” rhinoplasties, which uses filler to subtly change the shape of the nose, and volume-restoring Sculptra collagen injections. The team offers a “liquid facelift,” combining dermal fillers and Botox to melt years off your face without requiring you to go under the knife.
Perhaps you want to make tweaks below the chin. At Cosmetic Laser Dermatology, the body-contouring options are equally diverse, with everything from fat-dissolving injectables like Kybella to liposuction to non-surgical skin tightening. Bothered by prominent or unsightly veins? Delve into procedures that reduce or remove them.
As its name suggests, Cosmetic Laser Dermatology also offers a range of laser procedures to clear scars, treat acne, and erase unwanted tattoos and body hair with state-of-the-art machinery and highly trained staff. One popular procedure is the “Take Ten Years Off” treatment, which employs three or more lasers to minimize the appearance of wrinkles, sun damage, and general skin aging in just one low-downtime session. You can book online here.
If you are unsure where to begin, try Cosmetics Laser Dermatology’s online quiz, which enquires about your concerns, desires, and age group to recommend the procedures and treatments that will help you meet your goals and feel your best. Or simply book some face time with a staff member—Cosmetic Laser Dermatology provides both free and paid consultations to help you learn more about everything the office has to offer.
9339 Genesee Avenue, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92121 clderm.com
Activate House
Time to cancel that ClassPass membership. Instead, make your way to Activate House, a local space that offers a diverse array of workouts—as well as the sense of community that comes with attending a single studio regularly and recovery-minded amenities typically found at gyms.
While typically studios are defined by the workout they focus on, Activate House considers itself a holistic “house of wellness,” providing several different classes led by engaging, motivating, and experienced instructors at the studio’s two locations in Bird Rock and North Park. And though their areas of expertise differ, each instructor at Activate House is working toward the same goal: guiding and supporting you as you develop a healthy lifestyle that transforms your mind, body, and spirit.
It’s up to you what that looks like—maybe you love a high-energy, fast-paced workout, so you sign up for Activate House’s daily 45- and 60-minute spin classes to blast your muscles and get your heart pumping (with a top-notch playlist in the background, of course). Want to tone up all over? Feel the burn at a low-impact, 45-minute, heated sculpt session; a toasty mat Pilates class; or a combination of both. Need to slow down and strengthen up? Flow through a yoga class to improve your mobility and flexibility.
Outside of fitness offerings, Activate House has a designated cold plunge and sauna area so you can re-charge and feel your best. Swing by for an afternoon pick-me-up or use the space pre or post workout.
If you need a full spring reset—or simply want to get closer with your Activate House community—join one of the studio’s retreats. The May 2025 retreat to Palm Springs includes spa treatments, hot springs, yoga and Pilates classes, and meals. Meet like-minded health and wellness seekers, dabble in a variety of offered fitness courses, and relax in an inspiring and peaceful environment.
Activate House offers single class purchases, bundles, and full memberships. So, whether you want to drop in for one yoga class a week, commit to a Pilates routine, or enjoy the perks of sauna and cold plunge therapy, there is a plan for everyone.
The Best Gym in San Diego Isn’t Really a Gym Anymore
Earlier this year, Fit quietly dropped "athletic" from its brand, from Fit Athletic Clubs to simply Fit, and started calling itself something new: a social wellness club.
There’s a version of San Diego that lives in two extremes. On one side, the 5 a.m. crowd: biohackers, marathoners, people who’ve already logged a cold plunge before your alarm goes off. On the other, the after-dark crowd, the ones chasing sunset happy hours and late dinners with friends. Everyone seems to be either optimizing or unwinding, and most of us feel like we’re failing at both.
Fit, San Diego’s reigning Best Gym for the third year running, has built its entire identity around erasing that divide.
Walk into one of Fit’s three San Diego locations on a Tuesday afternoon and the lines blur fast. Someone’s mid-set on the squat rack. Someone else has a laptop open at a café table a few feet away, half-working, half-people-watching. A group is trading plans for the weekend’s event by the recovery lounge. Nobody’s in a rush to leave.
“We’re not competing for the same people,” says Emily Waybright, Public Relations Manager at Fit, addressing the arrival of a national luxury gym chain in San Diego this year. “We don’t really feel like we’re in the gym category. It’s this unique thing.”
That unique thing has a name now. Earlier this year, Fit quietly dropped “athletic” from its brand, from Fit Athletic Clubs to simply Fit, and started calling itself something new: a social wellness club.
It’s a small wording change with a bigger idea behind it. Fit was never built around escaping the workday. It was built around the people who genuinely like what they do, and who want workouts, work, and friendships to happen in the same place instead of three separate ones. Because sometimes red light therapy with a stranger turns into weekend plans.
Fit’s philosophy traces back to its founder, who started the brand nearly two decades ago after failing to find a gym he actually wanted to belong to. He looked instead to the old-school country club, where people came for a shared interest and stayed for the community. His version was made for a younger generation, minus the golf, plus the loud music.
Which makes it a little ironic that the very award putting Fit back in the spotlight this year is Best Gym.
What does the best traditional gym look like when the definition of a gym is becoming less traditional? It’s a fair question, and Fit’s answer is that the fitness industry itself is shifting. The 45-minutes-in, 45-minutes-out model is giving way to something closer to a genuine third space, the kind of role the office and the bar used to play before remote work and changing nightlife habits rearranged how people spend their time
For Fit, community isn’t a marketing add-on to fitness. It’s the through-line. Members aren’t just paying for a treadmill; they’re paying for an entire day of social wellness that’s built on performance, recovery, connection, and a plan for the next event on the calendar. That’s a much harder membership to walk away from.
Ambition and ease aren’t opposites here, they exist side by side, where passion and play share the same morning. On September 12, Fit is hosting Sol, a full day wellness festival at Fit Social. The morning focuses on wellness classes and vendors and then the evening is a full party with multiple DJ sets and an open bar. Think of it as a kick-off to locals’ summer in San Diego.
Ready to see what a social wellness club actually looks like? Visit fitclubs.com, or follow along at @thefitclubs on Instagram.
Growing up, Laika Nur, MD, Scripps Clinic sports medicine specialist, loved watching beach volleyball when the Association of Volleyball Professionals tour came to her hometown of Chicago. A talented volleyball player herself, she remembers sitting in the stands all day, and once, even got a couple autographs. Years later, Dr. Nur was attending a professional event focused on women’s sports, and the discussion turned to a new professional women’s volleyball league. The general manager and coaching staff for San Diego’s team, the Mojo, happened to be in attendance, and Dr. Nur took the opportunity to ask them if they needed a team doctor. Flash forward to the Mojo’s inaugural 2024 season, when Dr. Nur officially became the team physician. Click here to read more about Dr. Nur and how she incorporates lessons she learned on the court into her practice.
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Your feet and ankles probably aren’t something you give much thought to—until something goes wrong. Orthopedic surgeons at Scripps Clinic are on the leading edge of foot and ankle reconstruction, treating patients with sports injuries, deformities, traumatic injuries and other conditions. That includes repairing torn Achilles tendons with a minimally invasive procedure that shrinks the incision site to less than a centimeter, and performing advanced ankle replacement on some patients with ankle arthritis. Read more about Scripps’ innovations in foot and ankle care here.
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Mai Vue was just 34 weeks pregnant when she delivered her baby. Her pregnancy had been complicated, and she’d had a recent second trimester pregnancy loss, which led to her receiving specialized care from Sean Daneshmand, MD, a Scripps Clinic perinatologist who oversees high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Daneshmand and his team took care of Mai during her pregnancy, through the birth of her healthy baby girl and beyond. Mai was part of a program Scripps launched to provide support to new moms in the weeks and months after delivery. The postpartum program, known as Scripps Health’s Fourth Trimester Continuum of Care, provides care for women with high-risk pregnancies to optimize their health after childbirth and reduce the risk of complications in future pregnancies. Click here to learn more.
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It’s estimated that one in five people in the U.S. will develop skin cancer at some point in their lives. When you factor in living in a sun-soaked city like San Diego and the outdoorsy lifestyle that comes with it, that figure can jump to as high as one in three, which makes early detection and intervention all the more important. Dermatologists at Bighorn Mohs and Dermatology Center are using innovative imaging methods and advanced surgical techniques to diagnose and treat skin cancer. For certain cancers in sensitive spots, like the face, dermatologists perform Mohs surgery, removing skin tissue layer by layer until reaching healthy, cancer-free tissue. They also use a process called immunohistochemistry to view tissue samples taken during Mohs surgery in far greater detail than previous methods. Read more about how Scripps is advancing skin cancer care here.
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When endurance athlete Isaac Sanchez learned he had cancer, he felt blindsided. He was healthy, surfed often and was training for an Ironman triathlon. But he had to put that on hold to undergo treatment. His physicians at Scripps Cancer Center developed a plan to treat the cancer in his tonsil and lymph nodes that included six-and-a-half weeks of near-daily radiation and weekly chemotherapy. He also worked with a Scripps Cancer Center dietitian to enhance his nutrition to promote strength and healing. Today, Isaac’s back to doing what he loves. Read more of his story here.
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