I'm a pro-chiro girl. I've always had a go-to chiropractor in every place I've lived because my pelvis tends to rotate, and one leg tends to get longer than the other. A few adjustments and I'm back to normal... usually.
When I arrived in Wilmington as a new resident, I sought a good chiropractor to help me with neck pain that had just recently gotten worse. My back was doing pretty good; yet, Dr. Friedman's staff would not allow me to book an appt without spine x-rays. It took me about 3 weeks before I got a CD of my X-rays sent from my old chiropractor's office in California.
I'm posting to Yelp because I don't want the same thing to happen to anyone else that happened to me. I feel that Dr. Friedman has a one-size-fits-all approach to his patients. He is very witty and charming, and is able to turn a frown upside down. But, he damaged my spine, and now I am walking around with a constant knocking noise coming from my L2-L3 area. With every step, every bend, every movement, every stretch, I hear a fairly loud knock, knock, knock. It's not a severely painful knock, but it is obviously bone on bone. And I have no history of this condition prior. It is VERY alarming, and it came on right after my last adjustment by Dr. Friedman.
When I brought my concern to Dr. F's attention at my next office visit, he was so cavalier and did not switch from the charming, witty, animated persona to a more serious practitioner persona, which was disappointing. He did not take extra time to evaluate the problem, feel the vertebrae, one at a time, with his hands, or do anything different from his normal routine. I was even charged, even though the last adjustment caused the problem.
The knocking noise has not gone away. It has become part of my life now--three weeks later. So much so, that I put pen to paper and wrote to Dr. F. He did not respond to the letter whatsoever.
Now, I am seeking help to rectify this obvious imbalance. I went to a certified massage therapist today, who said that she felt that the right side vertebra was "sticking out" and that it needed to be adjusted. I Googled "sports chiropractor" and will try Dr. Chris Branco tomorrow. If he can't fix it, I will wait until the end of the month (3 more weeks) until I fly back to California for a visit, where my former chiropractor, Navid Nazemi, who is a sports chiropractor, will fix it.
Overall, the difference between Dr. Nazemi, my chiropractor before Dr. Nazemi--Dr.. Salvatore Plano in Buena Park, CA--and Dr. Friedman is that Dr. Friedman does the same adjustment--same routine--every visit. Whereas, the other two feel around and go at each level to determine what needs to be pushed back in place and adjusted.
I am not a one-size-fits-all patient. I'm sure you aren't either. So just make a wise decision before you book an appointment with the charming and witty Dr. Friedman.
Not only that, Dr. Friedman's office is very dilapidated. All of the face cushions on his tables are cracked, so when you put your face down on them, it is uncomfortable. I mentioned this to Jamie, the assistant who hooks you up to the electromagnetic therapy, but I
bet nothing will change. Oftentimes there was no toilet paper or paper towels, there's never warm/hot water, and there are leaks in at least one exam room.
Additionally, in the two weeks I was a patient--a total of 6 visits-- I was never treated kindly or courteously--as a valued patient--by the three female staff. I always felt that the office staff were miserable. Never a friendly face or smile upon my arrival, never a, "Nice to see you," or, "How are you?" It was like the Twilight Zone. I'm glad to not be going back to that office. But I'm not happy that I have to live with this knocking noise in my back. It really sucks. And I'm very disappointed in Dr. Friedman for not responding to my, what I considered to be, very serious concerns. read more
