Dr. Castillo is very attentive and helpful in the treatment if several problems I am having with my…read morearm and hand. I would highly recommend him if you're fortunate enough to get into his very busy practice. Getting appointments are a bit difficult , but that seems to be true of all our health care providers.

Bad experience at check in. Very rude and loud lady with glasses at front desk. Yelled my name…read moreacross the waiting room. Back office staff and Dr Kasper were great, very attentive & proffesional.

The secretary was very rude. Made an appointment with Dr. Moelleken and explained what we were…read morelooking for and even told them it would be out of our personal pocket. No insurance. They had agreed to the appointment and then 2 weeks later, the day before the appointment they canceled. We called to ask why and they were being very shady. Making excuses. It was almost as if they were scared of something. I've heard plenty of rumors that certain doctors talk to each other and I feel like this was one of those situations. I'm guessing Dr. Moelleken didn't want to "step on anybody's toes." Don't waste your time with them.

A few years back, I wrote a deserved glowing review of the Santa Maria office of the Spine &…read moreOrthopedic Center. (My doctor himself is good in many ways!) But I can't give them such a good rating now! Their service has really gone downhill from the standpoint of dependability on follow through. This also applies at least in part to the Santa Barbara surgery center. Their attentiveness and attention to details now leaves a good deal to be desired as compared with years past. Not exactly what I term very "Professional." It's like their plate is overly full. I'm in hopes something will be done to raise their standards back to what it previously was!! It's needed!

Dr. Blackburn has a good reputation as a surgeon and he was there at Marian Hospital when my…read morehusband arrived via ambulance with a broken hip. Dr. Blackburn performed successful surgery within a few hours However, since the surgery the follow up appts have been difficult to get. When Blackburn says come back in 6 weeks, the office staff says no appts. available for 10 weeks. This happens every time. Then this last appt. we had to wait over an hour beyond the scheduled time.

Excellent surgeon! I had a total hip replacement due to avascular necrosis. Poor post op care…read morerelated to pain management. Not sure if it is a problem with the communication between office staff and DO and PAs. His policy is to get pain medication for 1 week at a time, but it takes 1 week to authorize the refill of the prescription; therefore, there isn't any pain control in between refills, usually for about a week.

The workers were very kind but my experience with Dr Ryu was horrible. My gp doctor recommended…read morehom for my knee replacement but he decided I had a bad attitude because I was asking questions about the upcoming surgery. I was nervous and scared but his reaction was utter disrespect and said my attitude was bad and he was not doing the surgery. Please note this was the day BEFORE THE PROCEDURE. Dr. Ryu has a GOD complex and NO bedside manner. He treated me like a lowly slave who had no business asking him questions. If you want a compassionate understanding good doctor who treats people with respect and courtesy this IS NOT THE DOCTOR TO SEE. I have worked with some rude uncaring doctors in my ER in the past but he has been the worst. He may come highly recommended but I don't do pompous doctors who treat patients like dogs. I highly suggest people go see another doctor because this one is mean, nasty and rude. I know he might have been having a tough day but to take it out on patients is despicable.

My Dx was that I had a slap tear in my left shoulder and a partially torn bicep tendon. it limited…read moreme in my ability to do my job well, and especially when it came to my fitness. At the time I was active duty in the military, and the last thing I needed was a chronic injury. weighing my options I chose to have it fixed surgically, after initially being referred to a different off base ortho surgeon, said surgeon referred me to Dr. Ryu. I had an arthroscopic repair done, and I will say I knew the recovery time beforehand and I was well informed as a patient. The surgery was well worth it in my opinion. At the time of writing this it is roughly a month and a half since I was discharged as his patient. I have full mobility, and with a semi intensive training regime my strength is about where it was before the surgery and post op atrophy. Well before I recovered, I was also unfortunately tasked with a physically intensive TDA well outside what I could physically do at the time. I worked within my limits, and was religious with my physical therapy exercises. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place when it came to my new job duties and my recovery. Looking back on it, I did risk further injury by pushing myself before I was physically recovered. When it comes down to it I attribute my outcomes post op to dr. ryus proficiency, and not luck. In all honesty I am many things, but lucky is not one of them. I genuinely do attribute my overall outcome from the surgery to Dr. Ryu's advice post op, and his proficiency as an orthopedic surgeon. I can only speak to my experience as a patient of his, and I am beyond satisfied with the outcome of my surgery. I will also say that as a service yelp caters to people that seek dissatisfaction, or a vector to complain. If I ever had a injury in my other shoulder, I would seek to be his patient again. my outcome speaks for itself.

This is the best PT around! Awesome staff and Pat is wonderful! He will fix whatever is wrong…read morewith you!

I have had 3 sessions with SPT after surgery on my achilles tendon. I'm disappointed that I…read morehaven't had more personal attention. While the assistants are very nice and knowledgable, they are spread too thin and I have been forgotten, left with no help, twice. Patrick has seen me probably less than 20 minutes total. I have been given no exercises for home, nor have I been given any long term plan for my recovery. I expected more. On the plus side, the receptionist is nice about schedule flexibility.

Normally I wouldn't waste my time with leaving a negative review but I feel obligated to inform…read moreothers and maybe help prevent some other poor soul from experiencing what I went through. My first mistake was not looking at all of Dr Pearson's reviews on Yelp and Google. I saw four stars for his Santa Barbara practice and assumed that was good enough. He's a doctor, he knows what he's doing, right? Wrong. I came to Dr Pearson as most, through a referral from my PC Doc via my HMO. He diagnosed me with a Morton's neuroma and told me surgery was the only option. After a few months, I decided to go through with the procedure. He never ordered an MRI or any imaging. The surgery went fine, but my recovery never happened. After 11 months , he finally ordered an MRI. The MRI clearly showed and described a recurring neuroma. Dr Pearson, ignored that and basically told me the pain was in my head. "Pain is pain" were his exact words. No offer to do a follow up surgery or admit he didn't do the procedure correctly. He was very elusive and dismissive in his responses to questions. After a total of 14 appointments over a 2 year period, and a failed surgery, I gave up on this guy and found another doctor. I'm now 6 weeks post Op with Dr Haggerty at Alta Orthopedic. She found the neuroma, removed it and I'm now back to hiking and walking at about 80% and hopeful to make a full recovery. Sorry, Dr Pearson, pain is not always pain. Sometimes pain is caused by the actual problem you diagnosed but failed to resolve. Dr Pearson may be good enough for simple broken ankles and sprangs, but I'd stay far away If you need surgery or have a complicated issue.

Dr. Pearson has been nothing but nasty to me. He has made several rude comments to me and does not…read moretake me seriously as a patient.

I have seen Dr. Cook many times since I broke the humerus in my right arm on Sep. 5th, 2025. The…read morelast few months I have been dealing with a frozen shoulder. He has always given me the necessary information, made referrals for physical therapy and excercise I could do at home. The last time I saw him, he suggested that I have an MRI which I am planning to have before I see him in May.

Probably the worst doctor I have ever been to. Rude, uninformative and useless. I saw him twice…read morefor painful shoulder (calcific tendonitis). He gave me a cursory interview, prescribed opioid pain meds and referred me to 6 weeks of physical therapy. When I returned after 3 weeks he said he couldn't do anything, wouldn't consider a half dosage of cortisone as he said I didn't give him information on the previous time I had cortisone (I did, brought him the paperwork from a previous doctor) and said to continue the phys therapy. Then I couldn't get into see him again for 8 weeks, AND he cancelled the day of my appointment. I need an MRI to see what is going on as I have had breast cancer in the past and am concerned about it metastisizing to my shoulder. Horrible experience, stay away.