My story is "kind of" long. If too long, know this: for certain types of injuries such as soft…read moretissue and joint pains, Dr. Fareed may be THE doctor you want & need. He has treated professional athletes and auto accident victims. People (me included) travel long distances to receive his care. He is an incredibly nice man. His assistant is also extremely kind. SHORT STORY He is a surgeon but prefers to avoid surgery if possible. He developed a treatment for pain caused by inflammation. In my case, and several others, it worked. In short, Hydroplasty involves injecting the inflamed joint with a solution of: (i) saline, (ii) local anesthetic,(iii) steroid. The local relieves pain and allows the tissue to relax. The steroid reduces inflammation. The benefit lasts. It is expensive and insurance coverage was limited. However, I am as close to pain-free as I can be. I avoided costly and ineffective surgery. LONG STORY As a teen and in my 20s I had two injuries. At age 15, I was hit full force in the hip with a golf club. It hurt at the time but it did not affect me until about age 50; at which point it was very painful and limited my ability to do certain sports. It created lower back pain too. At age 23, I injured my shoulder and neck playing football. This injury produced severe pain and muscle tightness. At times the muscle spasms were so bad, I had to twist my neck in unhealthy ways to get a moment of relief. I went to chiropractors, massage therapists and acupuncturists for more than 30 years. I learned yoga, Pilates other forms of physical self-help. None of them cured me but, collectively, they all helped in some way. A few years ago, a chiropractor told me that my problem was soft tissue and not a spine problem - this confirmed what I had believed for more than three decades (but no one was able or willing to say). Less than a year ago, visiting a friend in London, he told me about a treatment he received for frozen shoulder. In his case it was successful and he walked away pain-free after 45 minute office visit. A few months later I related the story to my brother-in-law. He told me about the same treatment and remarkably, that the man who had invented the treatment was in Santa Barbara. It was December 24 and I called Dr. Fareed's office. The response was, "The doctor can see you on the 26th, what time would you like to come in?" Dr. Fareed listened to my history. He prodded and poked my shoulder, neck and hip. He explained that his treatment was worth a try. That morning I received about ten separate injections. Both sides of the neck and various locations of my shoulders and upper back. I was exhilarated by the pain relief (also the steroid made me slightly manic in a good way). I estimate that I was 80% improved on that day. Over the following week, some but nowhere near all of the relief faded. I had four follow-up appointments over the next few months. Six months later my neck pain is almost gone. My hip pain is almost gone. My shoulder pain is mostly gone. I carried pain, extreme at times, for nearly 40 years. Today, my pain and tightness are less than they have ever been over those years.

Everyone is super friendly, facility is very clean, and the equipment is extensive. This is a great…read moregym!

I'm an older client and have been an enthusiast of The Training Room and Mark Brisby owner and…read morechiropractor for years. Mark trained me for my first sprint triathlon when I was in my early 60s. Now, whenever I have a physical challenge or when I need advice and treatment and can't get into a Medicare paid physician or therapy for weeks or months! - I go to Mark Brisby. His experience, knowledge, training and services have been invaluable over many years. Even after I've received all the help I can from Medicare paid physical therapy - and it just takes me to functional - I go to Mark and The Training Room for the next level = excellent! It's my "Go To"place for the very best physical care & training. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Doctor Gallivan is a great doctor, and an excellent surgeon, office wait times are forever. Every…read moretime.

I just had a hip replacement operation at the Orthopedic Institute of Santa Barbara with Dr…read moreGallivan and the great staff and I am already walking perfectly in just over a week after the surgery was completed. The entire procedure was a breeze with very little pain in my case. The Orthopedic Institute of Santa Barbara is very high tech with a very comfortable waiting area and the wait times are very quick. And Dr Gallivan and the entire staff are very kind and caring. I really have a new lease on life with the hip replacement surgery Dr Gallivan performed and I am able to do more every day with the help of the physical therapists Dr Gallivan recommended. I highly recommend Dr Gallivan and the staff at Orthopedic Institute Of Santa Barbara

When I sustained a bad knee injury, Urgent Care told me it was broken but that I should see an…read moreorthopedist to determine whether it would need surgery. I got a recommendation from my PT to see Dr. Yau, and when I called for an initial appointment, they were able to squeeze me in immediately to check me out! After examining me and my x-rays, Dr. Yau determined that my knee wasn't broken after all, and recommended that I follow a PT regimen in order to speed recovery and minimize atrophy and loss of mobility/flexibility. Thanks to his diagnosis and advice, I got back to 100% and am now back to distance running and my regular workouts with no trace of pain or weakness. Dr. Yau was kind, knowledgeable, and you could tell he wants the best outcome for his patients. I always saw athletes in the waiting room, which is just another indicator that this is the place to go if you are active and want to have the best results.

It has been almost 2 years since i broke my fibula and became a patient here. I was a triathlete…read moreand equestrian and never slowed down after an injury happened and healed. But the lack of care i received here basically crippled me. I first saw Dr Yau (who didnt even look at my xray and just read the interpretation from Radiologist) then I saw Dr Thomas who left on maternity leave shortly after telling me to give it more time. Both dr's were NICE but didnt successfully treat my injury.I kept returning to tell them it still hurts and i am not healing/walking right and they kept telling me not to worry and let the broken bone naturally heal and keep walking on it in walking boot. Forget about running again. I am still in pain walking almost 2 yrs later. I went to another dr who said this injury needed surgery at the time. I am so depressed about how much this has affected my life and lifestyle.

My daughter and I were involved in a high impact car accident several years ago. We were in a…read moreparked car when another vehicle totaled ours with us in it while going an estimated 45 mph. Tom Walters became our guardian angel. We were both treated by Tom post accident for an extended period of time. He helped us tremendously with his extensive knowledge, skilled hands, and genuine compassion. Tom provided much welcomed relief to our pain and suffering. We enthusiastically recommend him!

I love the cutting edge, high standard of care I receive from Dr. Tom Walters. He is a manual…read moretherapist who diagnoses and treats with his hands. He is an educator and is delighted to educate his patients about how to participate in their own healing. He is very science and research based. He has some uniquely specialized skills and equipment which are of high value to me such as Redcord and the technology he has available at the Arthrokinetic Institute which allows patients to see their own muscles firing (or not as the case may be) in real time as they are working out, to facilitate the re-training of the brain for proper muscle activation as I understand it. He is all about helping patients move without pain. Dr. Walters is a Redcord therapist and educator which is the reason I sought him out in the first place. I am fascinated by my work with him using the Redcord Suspension System of kinetic chain testing, corrective exercise and neuromuscular activation for injury prevention and performance enhancement. I am a nationally ranked performance athlete, seeking pain free movement and peak, optimal performance. Dr. Walters is helping me with these endeavors. I am a Certified Personal Trainer and NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist, looking forward to taking Redcord education from Dr. Walters to enable me to offer Redcord Active training to my clients.

Wow. First of all, Marcie Ramirez, who manages the front desk is absolutely lovely. She is so…read morekind and welcoming. My first visit I was so taken how she greeted repeated clients as if they were all friends from way back. After several visits I became one of them. Dr. David Salas, the Physical Therapists I was assigned to is marvelous, as well as his assistant, David. Personable, kind, extremely knowledgeable, he is taking the non-operative, minimally invasive, calculated approach, recommended by so many orthopedic doctors, medical doctors and PT's I have consulted, who understand to such depth, the L4/L5 herniated disk issues and protocol. David is extremely hopeful that I will fully recover and avoid surgery, for the best outcome. HOPE is infectous, and I am so grateful for them all.

Does anyone answer their phones anymore This office does not! They don't return calls either…read more trying to get our Insurance to approve a procedure and they denied it. The doctor asked my husband why are you here? Follow up. We will call you once we get the approval. It's been a few months and we are getting no where. This has been so frustrating and in the mean time my husband is suffering and can't feel his hands.

This is a 5-star review (but I want to give 10 stars) of Dr. Brooke Phillips at Hayashida Physical…read moreTherapy in Goleta, CA. If you know anything at all about myofascial pain syndrome, or MPS, it's this: if you suffer from it, you just want it gone. (I had endured it in my neck for over two decades.) Maybe you've tried physical therapy already with little to no results. Or you've been attempting self-manipulation techniques such as a Theracane or a foam roller. I now use these tools for maintenance in addition to physical therapy because no one technique could achieve what Dr. Brook Phillips has done for me in a relatively short period of time. In January 2025, Dr. Amit Nathani performed a reverse total shoulder replacement and bicep tenodesis on my right side. Both of these procedures were highly successful, way beyond my expectations. However, taking into consideration my age of 67, and this not being my first joint replacement, coupled with Rheumatoid Arthritis and a lifetime of bad posture, the recovery from this has been absolute hell. I'm now at 10 months post-surgery. I fully intend to reach '100%' again, but I can't say when. I still have some weakness. Recently, I pushed it too far and had to stop everything completely, but the therapeutic devices. Dr. Brook anticipated my needs and pain relief goals not only in the hands-on therapy but for post-therapy management as well. I'm positive that without his excellent care, I would not have progressed this far so successfully. When I say "so successfully", I mean with so much reduction in the pain department. It literally improves every couple of days and rarely regresses. When I say "progressed this far," let me tell you what that really means: I now have perfectly relaxed shoulders, my back is straight, my hips are tucked in, and I walk with a normal gait. Before this, if you take every physical aspect I just mentioned and imagine it at its worst, that is what I had. And along with all those conditions came a lot of pain. But as Dr. Brook addressed my physical limitations and, one by one, removed them, I was able to restructure how I carry myself. And along with the lower back pain that was always in the background, and the painful left knee scraping that required injections, the punishing MPS- all of these painful limitations are gone now. And it started really with the therapy for the shoulder recovery, but he just naturally moved into addressing anything else that was causing me pain. You wouldn't believe how back pain affects other parts of your body! I am immensely grateful for Dr. Brook. You must believe me when I say I know physical therapy: I was in a devastating car wreck 40 years ago, and I've had a lot of PT since then. Recently, I asked him, "Are foam rollers new? Because with all my issues, why did no therapist ever suggest using one? It has helped me tremendously." He said, "No, they aren't new." Then he confessed that every therapist has a different technique... But I know what is really going on here. It's the DPT and OCS after his name that give Dr. Brook distinction and are the reason for my success. I went in for a bit of therapy after surgery, and ended up addressing nearly every other issue that was currently giving me pain. Being able to manage the pain with tools that I now have at my disposal is something huge for me. Thank you, Dr. Brook

This review pertains to the practice, not the therapist. My physical therapist is wonderful, but if…read moreI need PT in the future I will go elsewhere. The issue is administrative - Sutter dictates that you can only make two appointments in a row instead of scheduling further out. The problem is that very often there is no availability. My therapist has instructed me to return weekly, but, for me, half the time the appointments end up being every two weeks. That has made it more difficult for me to meet my treatment goals - the therapist says we will add something new next week, but it ends up being two weeks later. That not only means that it takes much longer to complete your treatment, but the long gaps can lead to a less successful result. Update: I found this note in my Sutter chart: This patient got all rude as soon as she couldn't get an appt when SHE wanted. She is non post op and doesn't understand why Sutter Health has a policy of only 2 appts at a time when SHE needs to get in. She said she wrote a bad review about our practice and will continue to talk bad about our practice, but not the therapists. She is very unhappy and says she will probably look elsewhere. It is not like it was a matter of my convenience and I insisted on mornings when they offered afternoons or I wanted a Monday and they offered a Tuesday. I was trying to comply with my therapist's instructions to return weekly - it had nothing to do with what "I" wanted - but it is true, I don't understand why they only make two appointments ahead. I have had lots of PT over the years and they have always scheduled multiple appointments at the start of treatment and sometimes even all of the appointments for the duration of the treatment plan. In addition, I absolutely did not say that I talked "bad" about the practice. What I said is that I could not recommend it to others because of the way they schedule appointments. I stand by that opinion, and I should I need PT in the future I will absolutely seek care elsewhere.

I was in rehab at Stillwater I stayed the whole 30 days and it was so amazing I did groups,…read moreoutings, massage, acupuncture, chiropractor, yoga, etc. I want to give a huge shout out and A Special thanks to: case manager Sherrie, Tammy, Gram Techs: Thomas, Brianna, Dani, Leah, Phill, Dylan, Avalon, Joe, Johnny, Chris, Randell. Chef John: his meals finger licking good i sure do miss his food. Therapist: Natalie I also had the pleasure of meeting the owner very humble person Nick.

Stillwater saved my life. The staff were wonderful and so caring and loving. Leah, Tammy and Brian…read morehelped me beyond belief, and Justin gave my dog so much love and attention and always worked hard and made sure that everyone was happy. Chris is also one of the kindest techs I have ever met! He always put a smile on my face. I also loved getting my nails done with Christine. She is awesome! Johnny was an amazing tech that inspired me to get in shape when we went on our gym outings and the massage therapist was incredible! I also loved doing yoga with Mike. He was a fantastic yoga teacher! Sound Bath with Jade was awesome and seeing the incredible chiropractor was always something I enjoyed. Also, I had an amazing therapist! Michelle helped me so much. Grant, Joe, Graham, and Katie were very helpful, sweet and professional. Josie and Marina were the best nurses I have ever met. When Josie would come in, she would spend time with my dog when I was in Group, and she was so fun to talk to and would listen to me when I was having a difficult time, and she was so attentive to all of my needs . Randall and Brian made such great coffee and I always felt comforted when I would see them working the Night Shift. I wanted to give a special shout out to Brian for making me laugh when I was having a hard time and for caring so much about my Recovery. Everyone who works at Stillwater is genuinely so kind, caring and compassionate. I cannot say enough great things about Stillwater! I feel so confident in my sobriety and I know it's because I did the full program and Leah was the best case manager ever! I also want to give a special shout out to Leah because she went out of her way to make sure that I was doing well and taken care of. I definitely recommend Stillwater, and Gibson was the best chef ever and such a great guy! The food was absolutely delicious and the facility is absolutely gorgeous! Thomas is incredible and he would take us on really fun outings for the weekend and he would always make me laugh. I wanted to thank Ezra for doing my intake over the phone before I officially checked into the facility, and for making me feel so comfortable, and Avalon was wonderful, and I am so grateful to Kelly for helping me get into Stillwater!

This place sucks! Can't speak to a live person to make an appointment. Left 3 messages and no…read moreresponse.

I went here for a hip replacement by Dr. Peus and later low back surgery by Dr. Kahmann back in…read more2019 and 2020 respectively. Dr. Peus misread pain symptoms I had and ordered another surgery which was found out to be a wrong decision. I got Heterotopic Ossification because of that second unnecessary surgery. Dr. Kahmann did low back surgery on me and only made me 20% worse. Between the two of them I have no longer been able to run. Now years later, I limp when I walk and have constant medium level pain all during the day. Dr. Moore did neck surgery on me and that went (mostly) well. Dr. Peus did apologize for his huge mistake, but Dr. Kahmann seemed to not care that his surgery did nothing for me.