Dr. Lloyd Kuribayashi is awesome!! His theory and techniques are completely different from any of the over 20 plus Chiropractors that I have been to in the past 35 years and I have had multiple back and neck injuries since the early 1990's and I was an auto mechanic and a union construction worker. I met Dr. Lloyd only a few weeks before he treated me because a condo that I do a lot of jobs at referred me to him to do some repairs. I asked him what his occupation was because he looked so fit and tanned that I thought he was a carpenter haha!!! After my job at his place was over, I told him about my neck problem and he told me to come to his office and he would fix me in 1 or 2 sessions. I said "WHAT"? He replied "I am as good at my job as you are in yours". Hmmm, I thought, what do I have to lose since I have already been in excruciating pain for 2 months so I made an appointment.
I pinched a nerve in my neck because I have to sleep on an inclined bed in addition to a wedge pillow for my acid reflux so it's almost like I have to sleep half way sitting up plus I have so many construction job related injuries. One night I drank too many beers and fell asleep on my side half way down the ramped portion, woke up at 3am to go take a leak and when I opened my eyes, I couldn't move my neck or body out of bed because my neck was bent in a leaning forward sideways position for the past 5 hours. It took me over 5 minutes before I could even sit up and stagger to the bathroom all while holding my tilted head to the left which I could not straighten. The pain was so bad that I could not get comfortable enough to fall asleep every night for weeks so I went for a deep tissue Thai massage which did not help at all because it was not a muscle related pinched nerve. Even driving was difficult because I couldn't turn my head to look behind so I had to rely only on my cameras. I had to get up at night to try to crack my upper back on the kitchen sink counter, hung over backwards into the bathtub, hung from my pull up bar and used tall rollers to lie down on to crack my back, nothing worked. I bought traction devices from Amazon, the Chirp wheels set, this urethane double wheeled device to roll my back on, this acu-shocker pen that shocked where ever you put it, this super expensive Titanium muscle ache lotion and many more useless products. That's how desperate I was.
Fast forward to seeing Dr. Kuribayashi. He studied my case history, gave me a long and thorough exam, used an electronic measuring tool that I had never seen. That tool, although I forgot the name of it measured resistance between my vertebrae so he could pinpoint only the affected joints. After that, he pinned down that exact spot on this adjustment table that slides so he only opened up that specific joint without cracking anything. He did this to my neck and to my chronically aching lower back. He also used this machine which used sound or shockwaves (again I forgot what it was called) but I could feel it deep inside when he did my lower back. He did NOT crack, twist, or pop a single joint.
Prior to this, every single Chiropractor that I had been to since the early 90's did a standard routine by which they cracked my neck, mid back, lower back and sometimes the sacrum. Basically they all did the same thing with slight variations that only felt good at the time and made me addicted to cracking everything yet the pain never went away for more than a half a day. Some of them even asked for payment in advance for the next year to show my commitment!! What a joke!! Now I see why so many people continue to go to Chiropractors who crack everything just to get you hooked on temporarily feeling good but never fixing the cause of the problem. It's called "job security".
Anyways, Dr. Lloyd told me to let him know in 2 to 3 days if the pain was still there. Well, on the morning of the 3rd day, I woke up and went about my normal routine without even realizing that the pain was completely gone! It was only when I was repairing a drywall ceiling later that day did I realize that less than a week before, I couldn't even look up much less raise my arms. Incredible!!! Keep in mind that I do condo renovations and repairs so when my neck was sore for the 2 months, I couldn't even install a disposal or hang drywall without help or long rests. I had to give away cabinet and flooring jobs that would've earned me thousands because I just couldn't do it due to the neck pain.
Dr. Kuribayashi is a one of a kind Chiropractor (DC) and I mean it. First time in my 35 plus years of going to Chiropractors that a single session really worked without cracking a single joint. It has been 3 months and 2 weeks since seeing Dr. Kuribayashi and the pain has not come back in both my neck and lower back
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