Heed my warning if you genuinely care about your body and "what's happening and why." I met Paul and he instantly gave me hope to get out of pain/discomfort and start thriving again. I'm only 39 and I manage psoriatic arthritis, Rhumatoid arthritis, cervical stenosis, scoliosis, nerve damage and carpal tunnel. He was confident in his abilies and told me, "I get to cherry pick my cases. I don't take on all new patients but you I wanted because you're going to test all 39 years of my experience" and w'll get you in here 3x/wk and see where you're at- either 75% better or 10% better and we'll re-assess and see where we're at." Perfect, I thought! I'm so excited! so excited I was sharing this news with everyone I encountered. I went twice, two days in a row, and was scheduled for a 3rd day in a row but I canceled due to new pain. I have never had lower back pain until he said my lower back was mid-aligned and I trusted him and his professional opinions and I laid in his hands. That night, after day 2, i was on the floor crying. I felt like the wind was knocked out of me and like I was going to throw up. throbbing pulsing pain. chat gpt told me to go to the emergency room. I messaged the office about my new pain, asked how to get out of the pain and went to bed instead of the ER. the following day, i called to get communication on this. she recommended I come in to be adjusted- keep the appointment. alarm bells in my head were going off- no-this is wrong- don't go. I was trusting they knew what was best for me. (5 days later to today-it still hurts btw...it shouldn't hurt more than one day) and I had an appointment today that I just came from. I just tried asking him well, maybe it didn't need to be aligned and you did and so it got angry and needs to heal. he reccomended that I come back tomorro. I tried pushing the opinions of others out of my head. as I was sharing my excitement about this new journey, I was warmed-NO. PAUL IS A FARM. he gets people in and out in and out, in and out. today i tried understanding what was happening and why he was suggesting multiple days in a row- even when working out you need to rest those muscles to let the body heal. adjust. I was mentioning this and he got defensive. arms went up and across his body giving closed off body language and he started getting labored breathing. I apologized for questioning his experience however at the same time I only get one body and I'm just trying to get information and do what's best for it. I need to communicate to better understand. this upset him. he didn't like my questiones and responded very condescending. told me "ok fine don't come tomorrow, don't get better" i was shocked at how he was handling my questions about pain. not once did I say he aligned me incorrectly but he was defensive regardless and even said I didn't do it wrong. I had to explain I never thought that, only maybe my lower back didn't need an alignment. again-he only smiled and continued to cross his arms. I felt like he just wanted my insurance money. this interaction solidified that concern. I then tried better understanding the situation at the front desk, lisa, she couldn't care less that I had new pain, caused from the alignmen. not to mention I said my left collarbone was funky. he aligned the right collarbone. when I asked about ok what about the left side where it hurts? he said, "oh. I thought you said the right-good thing this isn't surgery" read more
