Dr. Ryan is a true healer in every sense of the word! A session with Dr. Ryan is more than just an amazing adjustment so, if you are looking for someone to just "crack you back into place," then he is not the chiropractor for you. Sessions start with warming up your muscles, mind and spirit. While Dr. Ryan guides you through a mini yoga/stretching exercise flow, he fills your mind with affirmative thoughts, an abundance of knowledge, and positive energy through his inspirational words. During this initial warmup you will also learn to breathe and how your breath can lead your body and mind into a relaxed, safe space. Once up on the adjusting table the real magic begins. Dr. Ryan works with your soft tissue by stretching, massaging, and lengthening your muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Your breath work is essential in allowing your body to relax and go beyond any stretching you can do on your own. Dr. Ryan's gifted hands will find areas you need to release stress from, or bring more blood flow to, in order to heal. He gives a head to toe adjustment, quite literally, including elbows, knees, fingers, and toes. Not many DCs practice this method of adjusting. Dr. Ryan's knowledge of the body and its systems including how your mind affects your body is phenomenal. He is well versed in multiple areas of health, nutrition, mind, body, and spirit. And he practices what he preaches! His temple is evidence of that. The amount of mobility he has is inspirational!
I have been a chiropractic patient since I was 7 years old, after falling off of a galloping horse straight onto my forehead. I have gone to several chiropractors throughout the years. In my late teens I was lucky enough to have a boyfriend whose dad was a chiropractor & the most incredible healer EVER! He is who I held ALL my future chiropractic experiences up to and that pedestal was high!! He gave a head to toe adjustment that I had never had before. I realized that there was so much more to an adjustment than just cracking your spine. He began by warming up the body and getting it loose and ready to receive the adjustment. Throughout the adjustment he would remind you to breath and really curate a story that made you melt into the table so that your mind would focus in other places. I did not live near my FIL so I needed to find someone near me. I came to find out that most chiropractors do not manipulate extremities. Sometimes, if I was lucky, I would find a DC who would, if you specifically asked for that. I found one DC I really liked who was just starting to grow his business. I went to him for years until he got too popular and the quality time of my adjustment sessions became the routine "get 'em in and out, I don't have time for you anymore, type of thing."
In mid 2018, I was walking in Marina del Rey, where I live, while training for the LA Marathon. I saw a woman getting an adjustment in the middle of a park. As I approached, I saw that she was getting her arms and fingers manipulated! What? NOBODY ever adjustments the fingers and toes! I stood by and waited for 20 minutes to get the chiropractor's attention, who was fully engaged in the adjustment. This is when I met Dr. Ryan Dawson and once again I had found a true healer! My first session (& every one since) was in a park around the corner from my house. Who else does that? Comes to you, whether that be in a park, the beach, mountains, you name it. Connecting with nature while going through a session with Dr. Ryan is an experience like no other.
When I first started seeing Dr. Ryan, I was experiencing different aches and tension than I ever had before, due to all the walking I was doing, training for the marathon. I had SI joint pain, planter fasciitis, I felt compacted in my spine after the weekly long group training sessions, and my feet were continuously sore. Dr. Ryan was able to rid my body of all those aches and pains over several adjustments (throughout the marathon training) and a series of at home exercises he had me follow. His adjustments reminded me of my FIL's adjustments. They were quite literally head to toe and a full mind and body experience. I had never felt such an incredible release throughout my entire foot before. To this day, when Dr. Ryan manipulates my hip and leg by, for a lack of better words, "pulling my ankle to release my hip joint" my bones in my feet release too. Such a sense of relief! The original need/want for regular chiropractic adjustments was my neck, a constant source of tension and cause of headaches. Dr. Ryan's neck adjustments are smooth and controlled and have always made me feel at ease. With my regular monthly sessions, I don't have headaches anymore.
****I HAVE THE DEEPEST RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR DR. RYAN AND CANNOT RECOMMEND HIM HIGHLY ENOUGH****
I may have to write a follow up review b/c I'm so long winded that I had to delete paragraphs b/c there wasn't enough room ... stay tuned. Excuse my TYPOS! read more