Pontecorvo Wellness Center
Natural Effective Integrative Healthcare
Your Path to Wellness Begins Here
Welcome to Pontecorvo Wellness Center, where we combine acupuncture and biomedical care to improve your overall experience and recovery.
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Healthcare is a team effort and we put ourselves as the leader of Orthopedic/Sports medicine and Pain management in Northern California. We look forward to being able to give you the best care in Northern California.
Services
Our list of services can extend past the large banners below. We provide customized care to each and all of our patients. This includes appropriate evaluation for structural integrity, range of motion of limbs, referred patterns of pain as well as explanations as to why or potentially how your injury or complication has migrated.
Our nutritional therapy is bespoke meaning that we provide non-fad based dieting habits formulated by your lifestyle and goal outcomes. Nutrition and diet is difficult due to our absolute dedication to food habits. In order to progress with diet and nutrition we look at your relationship with food, realistic goals, fitness and activities as well as food restrictions.
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Kinetic and Neuro-reeducation which we will provide directly with you within some participating gyms. We recommend a free phone consultation prior to booking this service. Why would you need this service? This service helps with fitness enthusiasts that either have recurring injuries, muscle imbalances, long recovery time, or not seeing muscle or flexibility gains. We work directly with your coaches to help work on a plan of action to improve this condition and improve your fitness outcomes. This is also a service provided within the clinic to all of our acupuncture or active muscle release/cupping patients for improved relief from prior or current injuries.
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We also work in conjunction with In Harmony Within who provides Hypnotherapy.
We also work in conjunction with In Harmony Within, an independent practitioner providing hypnotherapy services. Hypnotherapy offers a supportive approach to help patients reduce stress and emotional triggers that may contribute to discomfort or hinder their progress in life. This collaborative care can complement treatments for sports and orthopedic-related challenges, support resilience in the face of trauma or fear, and help address long-term stress, self-doubt, and more.
Please note that hypnotherapy is a non-insured wellness modality. While it is referred within our clinic to align with our holistic philosophy, it is provided by an independent practitioner who works cohesively as part of our overall care approach. Hypnotherapy is not a substitute for medical or psychological treatment.
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Our goals and services are to provide the best to all of our patients regardless of age or condition.
Workplace Wellness is a strong passion of ours. This allows us to openly review your workplace and assist in maintaining ergonomics, nutrition, wellbeing, and preventive care to help reduce workers compensation risks. Keeping your staff healthy increases workplace morale, reduces employee sick time or workplace leave. Call us for pricing and time. This service is not scheduled on our regular patient portal and requires a phone consultation for Tuesday or Thursdays.
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*We are OSHA 10 certified.
Our Clinic Philosophy
Pontecorvo Wellness Center is dedicated to enhancing your recovery or prevention of physical ailments with the fewest possible treatments as possible. As an athlete and a person that works with his hands, Dr. Robert understands and puts first the importance to return to fitness and work quickly and efficiently. He also works on preventing injuries in his own life and institutes this preservation towards all of his patients.
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Proper care is a team effort which is why we evaluate our patients to determine any and all structural changes to adapt to your progress of care. We value your time and understand the burden of paying for healthcare. Our goal is to work with you as a team to reduce the amount of visits as much as possible by continuously using new stretches, new exercises, and new formed habits in order for a better recovery.
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Healthcare is already expensive, we do everything we can to bring value to what your care so you spend less in your future.
About Dr. Robert R. Pontecorvo Jr.
Dr. Robert comes from a biomedical background working in various medical centers including orthopedic, sports medicine, Emergency Medicine/Trauma and occupational care. In the late 1990's Dr. Robert had the opportunity to expand his knowledge with medical care by studying under Dr. Adriana Wu who was a neurologist and Tung Style acupuncture student in Taiwan, prior to coming to America in 1977. Due to his experience from her training he was able to extend his knowledge of acupuncture by studying in Taiwan and then Beijing under medical fellowships.
When he had returned to America he returned to work in nursing and office management before being encouraged to become licensed in American Acupuncture. From 2007-2012 Dr. Robert completed schooling at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego while working full time as a biomedical professor which took longer for him to finish his Masters Program. Five years versus the average 3.5-4 years. This longer time of schooling allowed him to take work experiences from various specialists like California Orthopedic Association, providers for San Diego athletic teams, occupational physical therapists and doctors and finally more neurology based acupuncture specializing in stroke care.
Soon after his Masters Program completion Dr. Robert completed his PhD in Longevity health with a pain management emphasis at Yo San University where he completed his dissertation research in Lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Since graduation in 2014 with his PhD Dr. Robert had a successful clinic in San Diego prior to accepting a position in Lodi, Ca to live a less stressful life and provide care to the underrepresented in Northern California. Since being in Lodi, Ca he has had the privilege of being able to help multiple veterans, work injured, athletes from some minor league and college teams as well as your regular patients for preventive care. Dr. Robert believes heavily in preventive care and has happily participated in work events educating company staff on ergonomics and preventive health. This includes working with unions of all sorts to keep staff healthy and preventing injuries as best as possible to allow people to live life to the fullest. Living in pain should not be an option with age, living life in Northern California is filled with many potential experiences and activities. Let's keep Northern California healthy, Let's make this as a true family clinic.
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