Christopher Vafiades PT, MS, ATC

I have seen him for multiple rehab issues including shoulder, neck, hip. I have an unfortunate amount of sports injury and orthopedic surgery experience. I have use PT for several decades, and he is one of the best ever. Highly recommended.

Christopher Vafiades and his colleague Adriana Mesa are both wonderful physical therapists! I’ve never learned so much and seen so much improvement in my body working with other therapists. Christopher is a very caring and thorough physical therapist. He makes sure to do the right thing for the patient, even if it means spending more time than the allotted appointment. He is very honest and transparent in helping patients to understand where he can help, and where other professionals may be better suited to help. His concern is the overall well-​being of the patient!
Christopher has done body work and manipulations to help with my neck and back and gave me exercises to help with a shoulder injury caused by surfing. Adriana did an extremely thorough assessment in order to identify the source of my knee pain, and gave me exercises to address muscle issues in my feet, glutes and hips to correct the «mechanical issues» causing pain in my knees. The exercises, and her educating me on the root causes of my knee issues really gave me an awareness of things I needed to work on and also helped to correct things pretty quickly.
In addition to the two wonderful physical therapists, their Office Assistant Keri Winger is a delight to deal with! She is so professional and friendly! She is always smiling and eager to help. I highly recommend this office to anyone seeking physical therapy rehabilitation assistance!

Chris used my physical therapy sessions to carefully listen and then assess the condition of my knee each time I had an appointment. Next, he would design and implement in office massage, stretching and strengthening. In addition, he emailed me clear instructions for my home exercises. He always greeted me with a smile and had a positive and friendly attitude. I have benefited greatly from his thorough, individualized program and highly recommend his professional expertise as a physical therapist!

the best PT ever. Chris is a great guy. He has stuck with me during my ACL surgery. He has been patient and most of all made my recovery fun. I am dancing again thanks to Chris. Thank you Chris

Chris is simply wonderful! I had lower lumbar surgery April 2014 and was healing well when I slipped at work in November 2014 because it had rained, the floor was wet and someone had removed a floor mat. I twisted my low back and was very concerned that I might have injured the surgical site. I was on Workman’s Comp and the MD recommended a few places to go for physical therapy and I chose Santa Cruz Sport and Spine because I was not happy with my previous physical therapist. The moment I walked in the door I was very pleased with the soothing environment and very helpful and compassionate employees. Chris is very knowledgeable, attentive, listens to your concerns and his positive friendly manner is extraordinary. I referred Christa T to Chris and as you can read by her review, she thinks as highly of Chris as I do. If you want a kind, compassionate, professional and expert physical therapist then Chris is your go to guy!