I have benefitted from Mr. Dore's skills for many years. He helped me after a couple of car wrecks left me with aches and pains in my back and neck. Now he keeps me from having a minor problem grow to become a major pain.
I can highly recommend him to anyone with problems that are unresolved by medical therapy, are too minor for medical intervention, or just for a tune up to the usual aches and pains from the stress of life.
He continually updates his varied skills with new courses and techniques beyond his existing vast array of techniques and a very effective massage skill. His walls are filled with diplomas from the techniques he has learned over the years. I think he doesn't have enough wall space to put them all up.
I have found that sometimes his new methods don't produce the results he hopes for, but many times they are very effective. I consider that a sign of his dedication to continually expanding his knowledge and skill for his patients. That is a sign of a true professional and their dedication to their field.
If your only interest is a simple massage, then tell him that before you begin. His instinctive drive is to help the whole person, not just massage a sore spot.
Many times he has found and worked on a part of my back, foot or leg, when my symptoms were in another part of my body. I used to be surprised afterwards when my original complaint was gone, but now I'm used to letting him trace out the complex path that leads to my aches and work on the source area.
He doesn't push vitamins or any other things for profit. He finds what he feels is the best solution to a problem he detects in your body. He'll tell you what he thinks will help and you can usually get the pill at the supermarket, drug store or health food store's vitamin section. For convenience, or when he thinks a special formulation is best, he has a small inventory of special vitamins, minerals and herb blends available.
To answer the strange review with one star:
I never noticed that the building is loud. It's an office building with varied tenants including a school of massage. There's no bar or nightclub or martial arts school there to make a lot of noise.
He always keeps the light off or dim for me, and he has a lot of soothing music available (but I think his 10th CD player may have broken and is awaiting repair/replacement.) I like the quiet of the room without it.
The door to the massage room is normally kept partially open for air circulation. Since the door comes is at one corner of the room, and doesn't look directly into the room or at the massage table from the short hallway, I don't see the problem. You can always close it yourself when dressing, if you like.
Wiping a hot towel around your back is a type of massage, and very enjoyable, I think.
His intuition is often very accurate but he doesn't diagnose medical problems. He just points out areas he feels are a problem. He'll tell you to seek a doctor's advice for anything medical that he feels might be a serious problem.
"Poking and prodding" is also called an "examination", and is useful for detecting the relationship between the parts of your body. (e.g., A problem in your leg can throw your hip or shoulder out of alignment and make for muscle aches there.) Most first visits to a healing professional should be like that. Massages are just a preplanned physical manipulation with no thought to the cause or remedy of aches and pains. Consider whether you need a professional or a technician. Mr. Dore is a professional.
People who avail themselves of this man's skills secretly wish that others not find out about him, since it might make getting an appointment with him even harder. We do however, sometimes tell dear family and friends to seek him out. When I heard that someone had given him a bad review, I couldn't let that pass without a reply. I hope this doesn't drive so many people to him that I won't be able to get in to see him. read more
