The Complete Guide to Sustainable, Whole-Body Relief in Santa Fe
Feel like you’ve tried every manual therapist, chiropractor, or “miracle” stretch—and you’re still chasing the same aches and limitations?
You’re not alone. Most people seeking relief are handed generic exercise sheets, told to see yet another provider, or bounce back to square one because insurance refuses to cover the care they actually need.
At SolCore, there’s a better way:
Osteopathic Manual Therapy (OMT) isn’t just about fixing what hurts today—it’s a whole-body approach that unlocks your body’s own ability to feel great, move well, and stay that way. We work outside the restrictions of insurance checklists, using hundreds of hands-on techniques plus cutting-edge movement re-education tailored entirely to YOU.
This guide is different. You’ll get a clear look at:
Start at the top, or jump to the section you care about most using the table of contents below. And if you’re ready to move past endless appointments and get back to the life you love, your next step is right here.
Imagine if your healthcare didn’t just treat the pain, but the whole chain that created it. That’s the principle behind osteopathy.
Osteopathy isn’t just another therapy—it’s a philosophy. The body isn’t a collection of separate parts, but a dynamic, living system. That means how you move, sit, and even think ultimately shapes how you feel.
Key guiding truth:
When your structure (think posture, muscle balance, joint position) is off, your body is forced to compensate. Over time, this wears you down—not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. True health means restoring both structure and function together.
Osteopathy’s roots reach back to 1874, when physician Andrew Taylor Still challenged the “patch and pill” mentality of his time. Since then, visionary practitioners like Littlejohn, Stoddard, Barral, and Guy Voyer have refined it into a system that serves real, modern lives.
What does this mean for you?
At SolCore, our founder Ekemba Sooh trained for over 15 years with Guy Voyer—a globally respected osteopath and movement innovator. That means you get advanced care grounded in tradition and modern best practices, right here in Santa Fe.
Nervous about starting something new or worried you’re “not flexible/fit/young enough” for this approach?
See how we make OMT and holistic exercise beginner-friendly in the FAQ ›
If you’ve heard about “bodywork” or “manual therapy,” you probably picture someone working your muscles or maybe stretching your limbs. But the real secret to deep, lasting change lies in something even more fundamental: fascia.
Fascia is your body’s connective tissue network—a continuous, intelligent web that surrounds and weaves through every muscle, tendon, ligament, joint, and organ. Far more than just a “wrapping,” fascia is what links all your soft tissues together, allowing your body to move, adapt, and heal as a unified whole. Tendons and ligaments? They’re actually specialized forms of fascia, too.
That’s why true change requires more than just working on a tight muscle or mobilizing a restricted joint. You need a therapy that considers and treats this entire, integrated system.
Osteopathic Manual Therapy (OMT) is a hands-on approach focused on “normalizing” your body’s soft tissues—muscles, fascia, ligaments, and more. Normalizing means restoring them to their natural, healthiest state, so your posture, movement, and comfort improve in ways that last.
Heads-up:
OMT is not the same as Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment performed by many doctors. We don’t crack joints or do quick pops. Instead, we calm down or activate the right tissues—especially through the fascial web—so your bones and joints realign themselves. This gentle, systemic approach brings you comfort, mobility, and performance improvements that truly last, not just a temporary “reset.”
What’s in it for you?
Curious why we focus so much on fascia?
Here’s the simple science behind it in our FAQ ›
When we say “soft tissue,” we mean the truly dynamic web of living straps, sheets, and envelopes that make up everything in your body that isn’t hard bone—including, and especially, fascia.
Fascia isn’t just “the stuff around your muscles.”
It exists at multiple levels and in multiple forms to connect, support, and organize your body. Here’s how:
But that’s only part of fascia’s story. It also forms:
In short: Fascia is everywhere—organizing, stabilizing, and allowing every movement and adaptation in your body. When even one link in this soft tissue system is restricted or damaged, the effects can be felt nearly anywhere else.
Healthy fascia means smooth, pain-free movement, steady posture, and a nervous system that’s able to communicate and respond. Tight, stuck, or scarred fascia disrupts the whole network—leading to pain, compensation, and chronic dysfunction.
This is why Osteopathic Manual Therapy doesn’t just focus on muscles and ignores nothing:
Every session addresses—and restores—your body’s interconnected fascial layers, giving you relief and resilience from the deepest level out.
Imagine if seeing your body feel better didn’t end with a treatment table—what if every improvement you gained with hands-on therapy was built upon, not lost, with every step you take after?
That’s the power of combining Osteopathic Manual Therapy (OMT) with a whole-body, holistic fitness approach.
Here’s why it matters:
What’s in it for you?
The real upgrade isn’t just less pain—it’s getting “unstuck” and living on your own terms again.
Not sure if you need therapy, training, or a combination to finally get lasting results?
See how we combine both for real change in our FAQ ›
If you’ve already tried PT, chiropractic, or countless massages—only to end up back at square one—you’re not alone. The truth is, while all these therapies can help in certain situations, most are missing a crucial piece of the puzzle: a system that treats you as a connected whole.
Physical therapy typically focuses on restoring basic function after an injury or surgery—think walking, bending, or regaining strength. Most PTs operate within strict insurance rules and are often forced to rely on protocol-driven exercises, sometimes at the expense of a whole-body perspective.
What’s missing? PT often stops when you’re “functional,” not when you’re at your best.
Chiropractic care is best known for spinal adjustments—quick, sometimes frequent “pops” meant to realign joints. While these adjustments can feel relieving, they often overlook the underlying issue: tight, imbalanced, or restricted fascia and soft tissues that pull bones and joints right back out of alignment.
What’s missing? Adjustments alone rarely address why your body keeps getting stuck in the first place.
Massage is a great tool for relaxation and temporary pain relief. Good massage therapists can work out tension and boost circulation. But most general massage is designed for comfort, not long-term correction—meaning true restrictions, scar tissue, or postural problems can go untouched.
What’s missing? Massage rarely targets the root cause of structural imbalances or teaches your body how to maintain change.
Osteopathic Manual Therapy is both broader and deeper:
What’s in it for you?
Not sure how OMT compares with chiropractic adjustments or manual manipulations?
See our answer in the FAQ ›
Short answer: No—we don’t “crack” or pop your joints like a traditional chiropractor.
Instead, we honor a simple physical reality: in the battle between bones and soft tissue, soft tissue always wins.
Imagine your kitchen floor is uneven, and every time you nudge your refrigerator into place, the door keeps swinging open. You can keep adjusting the fridge’s feet and door all you like, but until you fix the floor itself, you’ll never get the door to stay put.
That crooked floor is like your body’s fascial and soft tissue system. You can “adjust” a joint repeatedly, but if the foundation—your fascia, muscles, tendons, and ligaments—is still out of balance, your bones and joints will always be pulled back to their old, stuck positions.
What happens when you skip the soft tissue?
With Osteopathic Manual Therapy, we work with your body’s “floor”—the entire fascial and soft tissue network—first. With gentle, skilled hands-on work, we help your tissues release strain and rediscover balance, so your bones and joints naturally return to healthier alignment on their own.
But real change isn’t complete until your body learns how to keep this new foundation. That’s where corrective movement and exercise come in: they “train” your body to trust and maintain its new, healthier “floor,” so you finally break free from endless fixes.
Why does this matter?
A common question—and a completely understandable one.
Short answer: No. At SolCore, our Osteopathic Manual Therapy and holistic fitness services are not billed through insurance.
In New Mexico, our services fall under the Health Freedom Act. We’re fully certified to do what we do, but because we aren’t physicians and don’t claim to be, we can’t bill insurance. That said, it means no red tape telling us how to treat you.
What’s in it for you?
We know not billing insurance is a big decision for many. But if you’re tired of hitting walls with standard therapy, and ready for a truly customized, whole-body approach, you’ll directly experience why so many of our clients say it’s worth every penny.
When you walk into SolCore, you’re never just another appointment slot. Every session is intentionally structured to help you feel understood, respected, and empowered—whether it’s your very first time or you’re a returning client.
What’s in it for you?
There’s no one-size-fits-all answer—because there’s no one-size-fits-all body, history, or goal. At SolCore, your plan is always built for you.
Curious how quickly you’ll see results or when you’ll need to come back?
You’ve read what truly integrated, fascia-driven, whole-body therapy can do—how Osteopathic Manual Therapy at SolCore is designed to address your unique patterns, remove long-held barriers, and put you in control of a life that feels free, confident, and strong.
Whether you’re brand new to hands-on therapy, burned out from the “same-old fixes,” or looking to deepen your results with holistic movement—there’s a path here for you. At SolCore, you’ll never be “just another client.” You’ll be listened to, guided step by step, and supported for the long haul.
So—are you ready to finally get unstuck? To feel the way you know you could?
