Rockridge Family Chiropractic

I used to work for Rockridge family chiropractic many years ago and I can say they’re very honest and good chiropractors as well as nice people. They taught me a lot about running an office that has benefited me ever since. Due to their high standards and good ethics their staff and patients benefit. Their main goal really is to help you and quite frankly, they will! They really care about their patients!

Found this place via the Temescal Street Fair. I had been having lower back pain as well as pain in my neck for a very long time. It usually can be small to very uncomfortable and I’ve been wanting to see a Doctor it about but sadly I do not insurance. Lucky for me they were having a special for new clients at the street fair and I was able to make an appointment to be seen. Turns out I was right to see them, discovered that I was in need of a help.
After the x-​rays we talked about treatment and I agreed to it all and had my first adjustment. All I have to say is my lower back pain went away almost immediately after the first adjustment and its been getting better ever since.
Dr. Ross and Dr. Frederick are great and both are very friendly. I recommend them to anyone in need of a chiropractor.

I had a neck injury from a car accident and came to Dr. Frederick and Dr. Ross for help. They were very friendly and professional and were really helpful with my injury.
They taught me exercises, educated me, and also encouraged me in a positive and friendly way to recovery. I went to another one in LA before them and didn’t know chiropractic care could be this great!
I am very glad to have stumbled upon them. I’m not easily pleased with health care but I was really impressed with the team at Rockridge Family Chiropractic.
They’re awesome! Well-​worth the time, cost and effort! You can’t go wrong with them.
— A very happy patient.

I recently returned to Rockridge Family Chiropratic after an absence of around ten years. I had relapsed on an old neck injury without a really clear causative accident (probably from blowing my nose and coughing for a month from a series of annoying colds before that) and I was in real pain. RFC had moved their offices two or three blocks north of their prior location and they not only found me in their old patient records; they found a $ 30 on the books from an old pre-​paid plan that I had not completely used by my last visit there in 2001 and applied it to my account. I would never have known. Dr Ross and Dr Frederick are a married couple, and they both have a professional but warm approach that makes me feel comfortable and well cared for. They use a special Activator more often than hand-​adjusting necks now, and the treatments are gentle and effective. It took about four weeks of treatments to get my main problem under regular control, but I began to note relief much earlier. Their office is clean and pleasant, and there is a notable absence of what I have come to think of as chiro-​hype. Their prices are quite reasonable, on the lower end of the «usual and customary» scale for chiropractic adjustments, and their schedule is flexible. The accept walk-​in visits and new referrals as time permits, and they are willing to work with their patients’ specific needs. I find them personable as well as professional and efficient. Good people.

A painful lower back pain prompted me to ask my friend about his chiropractor. I had gone to Kaiser before that and they examined me for all of ten minutes, then gave me a fistful of pills. I was searching for something more preventative of incidents in the future.
I highly recommend Dr. Ross. He is super knowledgeable and is always keeping up with new findings and trends. He gives core strength training that is easy to work into a daily schedule and is fine-​tuned to the individual. My pain steadily decreased and I recovered much more quickly from later incidents.
Everyone in the office is very friendly and helpful. I always feel welcome and well taken care of whenever I go there.

I’m easy to please and hard to impress. Dr. Douglas Ross has done both!
I went for a visit as i plan to have a baby, and i thought it might be a good idea to make sure all my bones are where they should be, to carry extra weight. My insurance covers it, and i thought it would be fun too. (Yep! true)
It turns out i have a zig-​zag in my neck. I always thought, i just had an endearing, humble tilt. No wonder i have always felt a little stiff! Dr. Ross is incredibly talented and knowledgeable. The first appointment includes a full body measurement. He checks how far your neck turns round, how your spine bends, even how your legs work.
Next, starts the treatment — a combo of his adjustments and if you’re smart, your at home stretches that he shows you how to do, and clearly demonstrates that are necessary if his adjustments are to endure, as your soft tissues can support or fight his adjustments.
Four weeks and about 8 visits in, my neck turns about an extra inch on each side, my straightened back has me sitting up straight at my desk w/​out even trying, my toes and fingers bend back and open up an extra ½ — ¼ inch, i’m not falling over as much on the soccer field, and my loosened hips allow me to turn on a dime.
I had no idea that a chiropractor could make such a gigantic difference to my life. At 38, i feel like i’ve been adjusted back to age 18. No Kidding!!! Dr. Ross is stellar. His work is impecable, caracter charming, he answers all questions, and adjust his practice to address what ever pains or needs you present.
He is incredibly affordable, and does his own x-​rays if needed.
Whether you have chronic pain, or just want a sports or pregnancy tune-​up, Dr. Ross is your Doc!
Cheers,
Tara

They are professional, attentive, punctual, (unlike many out there) and they even deal with your insurance company for you! I had a back injury which was preventing me from both working and playing. Dr. Ross did a great job of putting me back together again.

I’ve been to dozens of Chiropractors all over the country and this office does it right. The two doctors, Dr Frederick, a woman, and Dr Ross, a man, have different techniques that will suit all patients. This is really a family place, good for kids, adults and elders as well.
Both doctors are careful and considerate. Dr Frederick uses mostly activator, Dr Ross uses a full range of Chiro-​gadgets and both take care of the pain that I was having in my back, neck, knees and hips. Both of them are gentle and the care is effective. Both have suggested exercises and stretches that I could do on my own that have helped «make the pain go away» in addition to the adjustments that they did.
The prices are fair and my motion picture industry insurance is taken. I work as a movie and TV camera operator, doing Steadicam and hand held work with heavy cameras, not little video ones, so I get tweeked out of alignment regularly. I travel a great deal and I am always glad to be able to have a regular appointment with these doctors at this office on Telegraph Ave in Oakland near the Berkeley boarder line.
There is a scan form that you fill out that has places for little pencil makings so that you can be really precise with «where it hurts» and you get specific care, in addition to an overall adjustment. Often, in my experience, other Chiropractors do what they think is the spot or area and miss it. With this scan form that I fill out each time it keeps a clear track of what I needed done and can map my progress. I really liked that, sort of like a grocery list at the market, you don’t forget something and it makes the time spent more efficient.
Lastly, the front desk receptionist is smart, helpful, friendly and welcoming. Often this person can be none of that in other offices and I find that to be a turn off.
Always advisable to call for hours of the doctors and make an appointment, but it is possible to drop in if you know the pattern, I think.

FUCK I’ve written this review five times now and somehow always press Back instead of Post It. dammit Here’s the gist:
Okay, so I had some back pain and I ignored it. After about a month I could no longer do the things I enjoy, such as standing, walking, sitting comfortably, laying down, sleeping, bending over, and not crying.
My boyfriend convinced me to see a chiropractor and I chose RFC because they are nearby, inexpensive, and recommended by the Berkeley parents network. After my first consultation, I visited them for six or seven more adjustments.
I was skeptical and afraid at first, expecting to be violently jerked about until I felt a painful-​yet-​relieving POP and was magically healed. This only happens in movies, I learned. In reality, you lay in this odd little chair and they flick you with this blunt popping machine that aligns your vertebrae. After my first visit I was a little disappointed and didn’t feel too much of a difference, but after about four or five visits I was a believer.
Each appt. cost about $ 44, but they lowered their price once my insurance ran out, which was very nice. Dr. Ross and Dr. Frederick are very friendly and really made a difference in my mobility. I wouldn’t go for regular adjustments, but maybe its because I’m a very healthy, not-​pregnant 22 year old without that much disposable income. But maybe you’re not. MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO SEE THEM RIGHT NOW…