Danielle Y Koh, DC

I have been seeing Dr Koh for almost 8 years now! She is truely the best. After trying muscle relaxants for a while I needed a better solution to my upper back problem. I was recommended to Dr Koh by a friend and she has been a godsend.
I cannot stress enough about her ethics and how much she cares for her patients. Unlike other chiropractors she evaluates your individual situation and doesnt insist you keep coming in for ‘maintanence’ if you dont need it. When I first met her, I had to see her often, but thanks to her amazing skill, I could start spacing out my visits. And now, I only see her depending on how my muscles feel. She always stressing on exercises I can do everyday to alleviate the situation.
She is also amazingly flexible about timing and fitting me into her schedule. She knows that when I call her with an ‘emergency’ I must be in mucho pain so she always tries her best — even staying beyond her regular hours to see me. I have since learnt to watch for signs of stress so that there are fewer ‘emergencies’ :)
I am so glad I found her!

As usual, I researched Unilocal – reading both the filtered and unfiltered reviews before contacting this provider.
I initially focused on comments regarding the providers technical expertise and abilities.
Check!
Next, I looked for indications on how the provider runs their business: «genuinely cares and wants to help you», «is highly ethical», «will under-​promise and over-​deliver», «nothing but professional and has an incredible bedside manner».
Check!
Then, there’s the shill comments: ‘this is the best I’ve ever seen, is amazing, is fabulous.
Noted!
Dr. Koh’s Unilocal listing and business website indicated hours of operation from 1−6pm, M-​F. In actuality, she has limited the practice to M & F only. Consequently, it took some time for follow-​up to occur and the disclosure of limited availability.
*It is worth mentioning, that the business hours posted on Unilocal,telephone messaging, and website, have since been changed to reflect the restricted availability.
Due to Dr. Koh’s reported skill level, I agreed to work with her scaled-​back schedule. In moving forward, she agreed to acceptance of Medical Payments (Med-​Pay) as payment. I proceeded to provide Dr. Koh all the claims and contact information for Geico, and we set-​up an appt. to occur in one weeks time. Before ending the conversation, she indicated the intent of forwarding paperwork for completion in preparation for the appt.
The day before the appt, I sent Dr. Koh an email indicating I had not received the applicable medical forms. Instead of calling me back, she responded with confusing email correspondence stating:
1. She intended on writing, but that Geico had «finally» responded to her, so she was now writing???
2. Her understanding of Med Pay had also changed as she now insisted on «guaranteed med-​pay».
3. Despite an MD’s referral, she stated discomfort with Geico’s reimbursement policy – which is how Med-​Pay works – regarding reasonable and necessary treatment, and suggested that I get pre-​authorization for payment or that I pay out-​of-​pocket.
4. She made assumptions about my insurance companies coverage, when to date, I have not used half of the Med-​Pay available.
5. She further reminded me of the duty to pay for uncovered treatments.
*It’s worth mentioning, that Geico corresponded with all other providers same day, and no treatment was denied or failed to be reimbursed.
In any event, several emails were exchanged. The experience, or lack thereof, was impersonal, unprofessional, and unreflective of the other reviews on Unilocal.Here’s what bothered me most:
1. This all happened the day before treatment was to occur, after waiting a week to accommodate her schedule and irrespective of my time.
2. I was incensed about being patronized, as every correspondence from Dr. Koh in some way stated her concern with my care and well being, all while failing to provide that care.
3. This provider changed the terms of payment at the eleventh hour, which ultimately compelled me to pay differently than agreed if I wanted the care.
I’m very discerning regarding personal services like dentists, doctors, masseuses, and chiropractors. Moreover, vetting these providers is a time consuming process. From a karma perspective, I guess I should be grateful things turned out as they did. Patient beware…

Dr Koh is far and above the best chiropractor I have ever been to. My background was in exercise physiology where I spent many years working with clients as a personal trainer. Before that I had years of sports injuries and a noticeable hunch. After a few years of visiting Dr Koh, I feel great and people compliment my posture.
The best reason I can give you to go see her is that when Dr Koh treats you, you can tell that she genuinely cares and wants to help you. She is highly ethical about her course of treatment and never makes outlandish claims about the outcomes of treatment, as unfortunately many other chiropractors do. The funny thing is that myself as well as many of my friends and family have who I have sent to her over the years have had some of those amazing things happen. Trust me, she will under-​promise and over-​deliver.

Dr. Koh is nothing but professional and has an incredible bedside manner. She’s been able to fit me in on appointments. She’s helped me with low back pain. She’s help break down scar tissue (OWWW!) to help restore functionality back to joints.
And she has a smile all while doing this, because she wants you to feel better. Every time I see her, a positive attitude and sympathy for any pain you have.
Dr. Koh not only does your standard chiropractic adjustment, but she does things like Active Release Therapy (ART) to break down scar tissue and teaches you some stretches and strengthening to get you on your way.
While she does know the trigger points that seriously make you understand where the nickname the «Thumbs of Death» comes from, you feel better. She spends the time getting your soft tissues working better as well.
I first came to her after my bones knitted from a broken wrist and had PT for it. While the PT did just enough to get me functioning, but Dr. Koh got my recently repaired wrist much more functioning than it was post-​op/​post-​PT.
She not only does the adjustments, but she shows you stretches and strengthening so you can get on with your life. This has helped significantly with my IT bands when she showed me some stretches. Unbelievable difference from the pain if you do the stretches. Your subsequent visits to Dr. Koh become less painful that way :)
She’s also unbelievably knowledgeable: you can ask her about joints, the bones, how things interact, where the muscle are, how they function, and you’ll get a nice bit biomechnical knowledge that you didn’t have already. :)
Oh, go see Dr. Koh. She’s nothing short of amazing.

Dr Koh is amazing! Do you know how absolutely rare it is to find a chiropractor that does soft tissue work?
Dr Koh spends real quality time assessing her patients and then developing a protocol that is solution-​oriented, not just a crack and adjustment that needs constant upkeep like pretty much every other chiropractor I have ever encountered. Her results are lasting, and she will tell you exactly what her goals are and work with her patients towards them.
Dr Koh is a FABULOUS!!!

Though my old chiropractor is great, I needed to find a closer chiropractor after I moved to San Jose. A college friend of mine said her sister had just opened her practice in Cupertino so I decided to give her a try.
Dr. Koh is, in a word, amazing! While many chiropractors go for just a quick fix adjustment, Dr. Koh actually tries to focus on long-​term solutions so that she doesn’t have to adjust you as often. Since I switched to her, I’ve had visible improvement in my posture — to the point where co-​workers have asked what I’m doing differently with my stance!
However, what’s truly surprising is her muscle work. Dr. Koh is a petite woman so when she warned me that her patients called her «The Terminator» and «Thumbs of Death,» I laughed and rolled my eyes. I’ve got a pretty high pain threshold so I wasn’t too concerned. About 10 seconds later, my eyes were rolling back into my head as she lived up to her name.
«You look a little tight here in your calf …»
«No, that’s not tight at … AAGH!!! OMG!!!»
«Oh … this hamstring looks tight too …»
«Ugh … really, well then… AAAAHH!!»
«That hurts? I’m sorry — just hang on … it’ll be over soon.»
«Hey — that did loosen up my muscles — I feel great now!»
Now don’t get me wrong — she’s not a sadistic maniac. Dr. Koh will work with you to find the appropriate amount of pressure for each individual patient. I just tend to need more intense pressure since I don’t stretch enough when I exercise (which is yet another thing that Dr. Koh’s been trying to work with me about). I wonder if the extra pressure is negative reinforcement for me to stretch properly in the future.
I’ve never felt better than after Dr. Koh works on me — I’m going to be a patient of hers for a long time to come.