They are wonderfully helpful and go out of their way to accommodate-scheduling, insurance, payments, last minute changes, even designing custom care plans to optimize my resources with my body's needs. All of which made it possible to get help and heal from my injuries. But, their superb customer service matters little if the medial care wasn't phenomenal! The medical care and patient treatment is life changing!
I arrived at Sawyer Chiropractic with severe lower back/hip pain, freezing 'water' shooting down my side to meet burning needles stabbing my toes. Bi-lateral knee damage, two fractured fibulas, and a right ankle with multiple ligament tears. Walking and sitting was nearly unbearable. When they saw my state, they ushered me in asap. I was examined and got x-rays on-site! They found "subluxations", or mal-alignments, corresponding to my numbness, pain, disabilities, and postural challenges.
Sawyer Chiropractic discovered, began treatment, started giving me relief and mobility long before the "traditional" doctors approved and reviewed MRIs and nerve conductance tests that confirmed the analysis of Dr. Sawyer and his team.
Over the past 7 months at Sawyer Chiropractic I have worked with three doctors. Each very good at chiropractic. All with their own "fine tuning" that is appreciated and affords me a more well-rounded "tune-up".
We started with a very intensive treatment plan, 3 adjustments a week. It was not painful, as I expected. It was exhausting, but ultimately gave me more energy. The adjustments reduced my pain by week two! I could sleep nearly a whole night through after just a few treatments. My ability to walk, sit, and simply move throughout my day noticeably improved. It did soo quickly my partner called it "magic".
The start of the third month of treatment, and almost exactly when their care plan shifted treatments from 3 sessions/week to 2, was when I became able to walk over two miles without disabling pain, burning needles or major swelling. That is when I started sharing with my friends about the "magic" at Sawyer Chiropractic. Also, when my partner decided to see how they could help him get the most out of his body too.
Dr. Sawyer is incredibly committed to supporting a healthy community. He volunteers and even conducts a free wellness workshop every month. It was at that workshop my partner and I got to see the science, and hear anecdotal lessons, that is the basis of his medical care. Lifestyle medicine is a real thing. Sadly, it is just catching in the science/medical community, as there is not an RX to be profited from. Fortunately, lifestyle medicine has been the foundation of Dr. Sawyer's for decades. He has even made a free online exercise video to get good flow started in just 15 minutes! Very cool to be cutting-edge, caring, knowledgeable, and altruistic.
Extra awesome is they do the utmost to hire personnel who hold the same values-caring for the people's overall wellbeing. The administrative staff extend that ethos in office care, follow up, financial arrangements, and general help they provide. One frequent example, is that they send reminder texts the evening before my appointments. These are very helpful and appreciated. Healing is not linear. When I've needed to reschedule, I have found warm understanding.
I am a real person to each of them, even though they help soo many patients. Not just a patient file, they remember the little things, like ask about my visit with my mom (now I can endure a three hour car ride) or how my anniversary was.
After 7 months of treatment, I am down to 1 session/week, more maintenance than fixes. It's been much work-daily PT, weekly chiro, bimonthly acupuncture, healthy diet and hydration-but it is paying off. I have had a huge healing transformation!
Now, I truly believe I will dance, surf, and run again; I will one day look in the mirror and see the Me I was before my injuries. I attribute that hope and healing to my partner, supportive friends, and care from the special people at Sawyer Chiropractic.
