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Chiropractic & Physical Therapy
Chiropractic & Physical Therapy of your neck and back are minor movements of vertebrae in the spine, that serve to realign and increase overall movement due to inactivity or trauma. Our Chiropractors and Therapists are gentle, comprehensive, and use the latest techniques.
Spinal Decompression Therapy
Non-surgical spinal decompression utilizes a specialized decompression table to relieve debilitating pain due to fixated, bulging, degenerating, or herniated vertebral discs, subsequently enabling surrounding tissue to freely move back into place and heal.
Acoustic Sound Wave Treatment
Holistic Injury Rehabilitation
Whole Body Vibration
Nutritional and Fitness Counseling
You are what you eat, how you move, what you think, and even how you sleep. Working in conjunction with Chiropractic, our comprehensive nutritional counseling program addresses your overall well-being, guiding you back on track to a vibrant, fit, and rejuvenated you.
Rejuvenating Therapy Spotlight
- Chronic or Acute Musculoskeletal Pain
- Poor Circulation
- Limited Range of Motion
- Soft Tissue Injury & Damage
The best part? Treatment with non-invasive acoustic sound wave results in little to no side effects and no downtime. This means you are able to quickly resume daily activities and lifestyle. No more worrying about post-treatment side effects.

The 5 Major Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
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Habits around eating affect your life in more ways than you can imagine. This book gives you specific steps, including a 7-Day Meal Plan and recipes to get you started on your leading-edge path to discovering a new approach to the way you think about and behave around food.
This relatable and reader-friendly book is a compilation of analyses, professional perspectives, personal experiences, observations, and academic research. Three generations and a Ph.D., encompassing a wide array of places, faces, towns, cities, cuisines, and innovative family recipes, come together to form this refreshing work. A theme running throughout each generation and dovetailing into this book is how common sense and intuition become our guide, influence, and major ally in the choices, decisions, and ultimately, our daily habits which determine the quality of our life. All this is possible only when we stop and pay attention.
With a focus on food, mental and emotional well-being, and physical movement, you will be guided through concrete steps with a meal plan, recipes, and journaling instructions to shift your current state into one of balance, ease, and dignity.
Melanie D. Larinde, Ph.D., has a particular passion for human health in the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual realm of daily living.

“Dr. Larinde, a ’96 graduate of Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, specializes in Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention, helping guide patients to make a complete and long lasting recovery”
Mark Larinde, D.C.
Chiropractor

“Dr. Reichardt, an ’83 graduate of National College of Chiropractic, opened his first office in Malibu in 1984 and was one of the first Certified Chiropractic Sports Physicians in the U.S. in 1986.”
Christian Reichardt, D.C.
Chiropractor

“Melanie D. Larinde, Ph.D. in Holistic Nutrition, uses a comprehensive and straightforward approach to wellness, integrating science with common sense to achieve vitality and balance in her patients’ lives.”
Melanie Larinde, Ph.D.
Nutritionist
About Us
Our mission is to help you achieve and maintain long lasting health and vitality. Our purpose is to give you results lasting long into the future, enabling you to live a life without the need for drugs and surgery.
As holistic doctors, we place a strong emphasis on prevention of disease. Our goal is to help you achieve vibrant wellness by promoting healing on all levels–physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
We work with many patients who experience pain and a variety of other health issues. Taking a holistic approach to each of our patients, we evaluate your physical, mental and bio-chemical state. Our comprehensive assessments and treatments are personalized for you and take into account each patient’s uniqueness and lifestyle stressors.
Each treatment program utilizes a variety of effective and affordable therapies, with periodic re-assessments to determine how your system is responding and then tailored to reach and maintain your optimal outcome.
When you choose the Santa Monica Center for Health and Longevity as your health care facility, you are assured of receiving the finest quality care through the use of modern equipment, technology and a solid wellness philosophy. Utilizing the principles of chiropractic and healthy living, our approach has had a significant impact on more than 13,000 patients.
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Our Location
1514 10th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(Located on 10th street just south of Broadway)
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Center for Health and Longevity
1514 10th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Office: 310.829.0453