About Dr. Tina Navarifar

CorePoint is Dr. Tina Navarifar's practice, and she is its entire clinical staff. Every history taken in this clinic, every exam, every adjustment, needle, cup, and massage stroke is hers. Before deciding whether to put your spine or your health questions in someone's hands, you deserve to know exactly whose hands they are.

Licensing and verification

The three qualifications themselves are listed on this page, each with the institution that granted it and the year it was earned. Verification matters in health care, and California makes it free: the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the California Acupuncture Board each publish a license lookup that anyone can search by name, and what those return is the state's own record rather than this page's account of it.

Three credentials, in the order they were earned

The sequence of those credentials tells you more than the credentials do.

Massage came first: a therapy license earned in 2008, eleven years before any doctorate. Most chiropractors add soft tissue skills after their degree, as a supplement. She assembled her training in the reverse order, with hands-on work as the foundation and the doctorates built on top of it.

Chiropractic came second, with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree finished in December 2019 at Southern California University of Health Sciences. The degree added what massage cannot supply: differential diagnosis, orthopedic and neurological examination, and the training to know when a problem belongs to a medical doctor instead.

The 2024 doctorate in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine came third, from the same university, and it was the unusual step. Plenty of clinicians take a weekend certification in needling. Committing to a second full doctorate, in a second complete system of medicine, is a different order of decision. It is also what allows this clinic to offer herbs and acupuncture with the same depth as its chiropractic care, including a focus on women's reproductive health that runs through the whole practice.

Her story, in her own words

My journey into chiropractic and Chinese medicine began with my desire to better understand the body and help people heal naturally.

I started my career as a licensed massage therapist and spent more than ten years providing hands-on care. During that time, I saw how much the body is connected and how pain, muscle tension, stress, and structural problems can affect a person's overall well-being. That experience inspired me to continue my education and become a Doctor of Chiropractic.

After becoming a chiropractor, I loved being able to help patients, but I also realized that I wanted more tools to support them. I didn't want to look at someone's health from only one perspective. I wanted to understand the body more completely and be able to offer different approaches depending on what each patient needed. That led me to pursue my doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine.

During my Chinese medicine training, I developed a particular interest in women's reproductive health. I became interested in the connection between hormonal health, stress, the nervous system, digestion, and fertility, and I wanted to help women approach these concerns naturally and more holistically.

Today, I combine my training in chiropractic, acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and my years of hands-on experience to provide personalized care. I don't believe every patient should receive the exact same treatment. I want to understand the individual person, what they are experiencing, and what their goals are.

Most importantly, I want my patients to feel heard and cared for. I want them to leave my office feeling that their concerns were taken seriously, that they understand their treatment, and that we have a plan moving forward. I want them to feel that they were treated as a whole person and not just a symptom or a diagnosis.

What a solo practice asks of you, and gives back

Choosing a one doctor clinic involves a real trade, and it is fair to name both sides.

What it asks: patience with a finite calendar. One clinician means one schedule, so the 24 hour notice policy is real (appointments canceled on shorter notice may be charged), and a popular time slot may take longer to land.

What it gives back: continuity that group practices talk about and rarely deliver. Nothing about your case gets lost in a handoff, because there are no handoffs. The person deciding whether today calls for an adjustment, needles, or neither is the person who has watched your body respond since the first hour. And when something falls outside her scope, the referral out comes from someone with two doctorates worth of perspective on where scope actually ends.

There is a quieter benefit too, one that only shows up over time: you never have to re-explain yourself. Every handoff between providers costs a patient a retelling, and details drop out with each repeat. Here the retelling never happens, because the listener never changes. Bring up a symptom once, in passing, and it stays part of your story.

What she treats, and where to read more

General care centers on the spine and muscles: sciatica, back pain, headaches, and neck pain. The reproductive health side of the practice supports menstrual health, hormonal balance, and fertility through acupuncture and herbal medicine, in cooperation with patients' medical providers. Each linked page explains what the evidence supports and what remains uncertain, because overselling is not part of the job description here.

Meet her in person

The practice occupies 25411 Cabot Road, Suite 204, on the Laguna Hills side of Interstate 5. First visits are unhurried by design: a full hour for initial chiropractic ($240) or acupuncture ($220) appointments.

Dr. Navarifar sees patients in English, Farsi, and Spanish. If describing a symptom is easier in one of those than in another, use the one that gets it across.

Call (949) 377-4707 or book a first visit. To gauge whether this is the right fit before committing, call with your questions. The person the questions are about is the one running the practice.