Primary Care clinician, Golfran Rivera, in Fayetteville, NC

Hi, I’m Golfran Rivera, PA-C.

I earned my Master of Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska Medical Center through the Department of Defense Interservice Physician Assistant Program. I then had the honor of serving as the Primary Care Provider for the 2-504 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division before being medically retired after 13 years of service.

I love practicing family medicine, following patients through various stages of life and serving as a partner in their health journey. I also have a background in sports medicine, using techniques like manual therapy, dry needling, and corrective exercise for management of acute injuries and chronic pain. This also includes the diagnosis and treatment of neuroplastic pain—a type of pain rooted not in mechanical dysfunction, but in the brain's improper signaling, often influenced by past or current stressors.

I’m especially passionate about the work I do with patients through Body-Brain Integration Coaching. This is a unique approach that I use with patients to help address the root cause of emotional and physical stressors that wreak havoc on our health. You can learn more about that here.

Whether you’re looking for general primary care for yourself or your loved ones, needing help getting and staying active, or wanting support in overcoming life’s challenging stressors, I would love the opportunity to serve you.

At my practice, you’ll experience medicine as it's truly intended to be: personal and thoughtful - TrueCare.

Services

  • Primary Care services in Fayetteville, NC

    Primary Care

    Holistic primary care focused on your whole health—mind and body. Services include wellness checks, chronic condition management (like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease), medication management, health education, and routine lab ordering. I also provide care for acute illness and injury, as well as DOT exams, sports physicals, and North Carolina health assessments—all with a personalized, relationship-based approach.

  • Chronic and acute pain management in Fayetteville, NC

    Holistic Pain Relief

    A comprehensive approach to managing pain that supports healing without relying on opioids. Treatments include dry needling, manual therapy, corrective exercise, and targeted exercise therapy to restore function and reduce discomfort at the root. Non-opioid pain medications to support your recovery also offered as need to support your goals.

  • Health and mindset coaching

    Body-Brain Integration Coaching

    A health coaching approach designed for peopple experiencing chronic symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, anxiousness, or hormonal concerns that haven’t improved with standard care. Built on the science of psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology (PNEI), it focuses on restoring balance in the nervous system, hormones, immune system, and emotional health—without relying on medications, diagnoses, or protocols. If your labs are normal but you still don’t feel right, this may be the missing link.

  • Hormone Health Review

    Hormones play a major role in how you feel—affecting mood, energy, weight, sleep, and more. But symptoms that feel hormonal aren’t always due to a hormone imbalance. In this visit, we’ll review your concerns, discuss your history, and order labs when appropriate to assess thyroid function, reproductive hormones, and related systems. If hormones are contributing to your symptoms, we’ll talk through your options. If they’re not, I’ll help you understand what else might be going on—and what to do next.