Ostensibly I offer this review as a warning to others. My experience was partly my fault for not listening to my inner voice which was telling me to run out of here.
I booked an appointment to see Dr. Wennerstrom because McDonagh (the founder, Dr. McDonagh no longer attends patients) Center is the only place where I might have the opportunity to be treated in a hyperbaric chamber for its regenerative healing. I have a torn tendon behind my kneecap, and though I was in no pain, I knew it was a serious injury, and a later MRI confirmed the rupture. Dr. Wennerstrom's office asks patients to fill out maybe 5 different forms. This appointment was made almost 6 months in advance. Wennerstrom is the only doctor here.
Using one's health insurance is not an option for patients, so an emphasis of said forms is commitment to pay for future treatment if deemed necessary, which may include a vitamin regimen which she solicited to me during our visit. There was a weird, IMO, forced pride about the clinic's "decision" [ though I have NO proof, after my experience I tend to believe no health insurance would validate the service one receives here as justifiably medical] to not be 'part of the health insurance cartel'. There were other red flags I sensed, but the obvious shift in tone when I divulged I'd received COVID vaccines should have been enough to break the spell for me that I was not in an objective physician's care. Long story short, without asking permission to do so, Dr. Wennerstrom began manipulating my affected leg, putting strain I'd avoided since the injury to my tendon's raw end which became painful and inflamed later that day. This was pain I had not before experienced. I should have stopped her right away, but did not. I was given pamphlets about vitamin deficiency, and another about HIV, which I found presumptuous and not in any sense germane to the reasons I made my visit there. I had listed my husband as my emergency contact. I have no intention of returning. My visit cost $250+. She irresponsibly, aggressively, and without any knowledge of the possible seriousness of my rupture, aggravated a known injury for no reason whatsoever. I just wanted to use the hyperbaric chamber to increase blood flow to the healing gap where the tendon became unattached. I sense the reputation of the late Dr. McDonagh created a lot of good will Dr. Wennerstrom is now attempting to monetize. There are so many red flags here. Heed them. read more
