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About Pismo Beach Holistic

A love story of how a devoted husband and father became an expert at health and wellness to help family members overcome debilitating chronic health issues.

Good health is a behavior, not an outcome

What is a
Holistic Health Practitioner?

What Holistic Health Practitioners do:

  • We are wellness experts, trained to use a natural, functional approach to overcome dysfunction.
  • We don't treat a specific diagnosis or disease. We treat the whole person (body, mind, spirit), building up reserves so it can do its thing at its best. And the results are remarkable!
  • We are obsessed with finding ways to improve quality of life for those suffering.
  • We fill in the healthcare gaps where doctors have no time or desire to pursue.
  • We research everything from ancient practices to current science, gathering and sharing what is working in the real world with other like-minded people who are making a positive difference.
  • The good ones (like us) have personal experience overcoming chronic health issues. We walk the talk.

Holistic Health Practitioners are not doctors:

  • We don't want to be doctors.
  • Their treatments are limited to medication and surgery which work well for life threatening emergencies but not so much with chronic issues.
  • And because of limitations on what is covered by insurance, there is no room to think outside the box.

If you want to see a doctor, go see a doctor.

When you are feeling worse not better, it's time to start working with us.

We are here to educate and guide you forward on your health journey. We'll work to discover the root causes of chronic symptoms and create a custom made for you plan to get your life back.

Our Story

As we started to feel much better, there was a temptation to ride off into the sunset...

It was our turn to live. Time to make up for the many lost years had gone by. An attempt to re-live everything we missed.

Years, actually decades of pain and suffering wiped us out. Hundreds of thousand dollars spent on medical bills for a doctor road show throughout the state of California. Many doctors and specialists. Top doctors, a well-known LLMD, Stanford Medical. None could help. No one brought any relief.

It was an education on what not to do.

This was our darkest time. We realized no one was coming to save us.

We had to dig deep. Do the research ourselves because there was no one to help.

Finally... after a long period of time... eventually, success. After overcoming many chronic health issues, my desire to run away from everything health related was strong. Yet it only lasted a brief period.

My thoughts would drift to all the other children who suffer and their parents who can’t get any answers.

Soon came the vision of opening our practice where we could help others. “Let’s get them the help in the beginning so they don’t waste time and money like we did”. A clear vision that could not be ignored.

We opened our doors in January 2025 doing telehealth by phone or Zoom calls. One of the best decisions I have ever made. This got me connected to many leaders in the healthcare world. In pursuit of aging well, I am energized to become one of the best holistic healthcare practitioners around.

In the future, we’ll continue to add helpful packages, courses and group programs. This includes the addition of staff to minimize time on the wait list.

We understand what you are going through.
We have been there.
We believe you can feel better when taking a targeted approach to dysfunction.


Jerry Martinez, HHP, AFDNP, MBA

Founder, Lead Practitioner

Jerry Martinez HHP, AFDNP, MBA

Jerry is the lead practitioner who meets with and works with clients coming into the practice. His background is vast and varied, making him easy to work with. If you have a problem, Jerry is the one to fix it.

On his spare time, Jerry has invested much time coaching football, volleyball, basketball and softball. Spending time with kids is the fountain of youth! He keeps his mind sharp by playing the drums. Research shows that physical exercise and cognitive exercise done at the same time dramatically reduces the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's, which is why there is a drum set in the office.


Karri Martinez, DPT

Founder, Lead Clinical Advisor

Karri Martinez DPT

Dr. Karri does not meet with clients. At the moment, she continues to work as a physical therapist. Her involvement at PBH is participating in case studies when we want her input on various client cases.

Karri is one of the top breeders of Flemish Giant rabbits in California. Many of her bunnies have earned Grand Champion status. In addition, she raises them to be amazing therapy pets. Many owners have traveled great distances to pick theirs up from the rabbitry. Currently Karri is taking a break from breeding as we transition to the next phase of life, finding our next adventure!

Achieving lasting health is a journey.

Core Values

Providing experience you can trust:

  • ✓ Focused to be the best practitioner you have ever met.
  • ✓ Over 20 years of experience in holistic health
  • Rigorous training completed and board certified to work worldwide
  • ✓ Member of the Association of FDN Professionals
  • ✓ Weekly participation in continuing education, going over the latest in Functional Medicine from top doctors and practitioners around the world
  • ✓ Case studies regularly completed with doctors, clinical advisors and peers to review the latest protocols that make a difference
  • ✓ Certified Mold Literate Practitioner
  • ✓ Experienced with many modalities including DNRS, PQ, Prepare-Enrich.
  • ✓ Served in leadership and pastor staff at Christian churches.

We walk the talk. Everything we ask our clients to do, we have already done to achieve optimum results.



Taking the time to listen:

Our appointments are longer than 10 minutes giving you time to share what is important to you.

Compassion rules our office. No judgement. No belittling. No quick dismissals without any thought. We hear you and understand your pain.

Those enrolled in our programs get access to free messaging to ask questions between appointments.

Questions asked on our social media pages and groups are answered when we have time.

Committed to helping all who seek help, regardless of budget:

  • ✓ Having spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on medical bills for our health, we understand that you may not have unlimited resources available.
  • ✓ Paying for our top programs will get faster results. If you don't have the funds, we will work with you to get the most bang for your buck.
  • ✓ Many practitioners sell medical grade supplements at full retail price. We offer them to you at the biggest discount allowed by the manufacturer which is up to 20% off most brands.
  • ✓ And for those without money available for healthcare, we provide our Free stuff page that has great content that can move the needle in a positive direction. These were the hacks we wanted back in the day but were nowhere to be found.


Partnering - Your effort matters:

We have the skills and experience to help you overcome health issues but this only works with clients who do their part.

Therefore, we only work with those 100% committed to make improvements. It's one of our core values. Your level of success will depend on many factors such as environment and compliance with the program which are out of our hands.

Free Discovery Call:

Let's have a quick 15 minute chat to see if we are a good match to work together.

- Share your main health complaint.
- We answer questions about our process.
- No suggestions on managing your health are made.

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