Raymond W Knapp, DC

I went to see Dr. Knapp in response to a promotional mailing, that happened to come at the same time that my regular Chiropractor was unavailable due to illness. He did take X-​rays, and did a cursory physical exam, and told me to come back the next day to discuss the results. I did that, and was told he could help me, and welcomed me to the practice. This all seemed a bit hokey, but it quickly got worse. He told me that my treatment would require 30 visits, and the cost would be upwards of $ 3000. He said if I paid now upfront he’d reduce the cost by 20%. I was shocked. I had never even had one treatment from this man, to have any idea how effective his treatments might be. I told him this, and he then proceeded to do an adjustment, which seemed very general in my experience.
I was then turned over to the receptionist who had greeted me for further treatments. She first hooked me up to some electrodes, and the only instruction I was given was «tell me when to stop». Having no frame of reference, or even knowing what the treatment was, I was at a loss. As it became clearer that this was just some sort of electrical stimulation, it seemed harmless enough, and I told my handler to STOP fairly quickly. Then came the next treatment, laid down on a table when then some roller was turned on, and I was given the same instruction «tell me when to stop». This time is didn’t seem so harmless, and I was forced to protest that I had no idea what the appropriate level was. I was told to not say to STOP until «it started to hurt». So, I let my handler increase the level until it was getting uncomfortable.
I followed the instructions to take a hot shower that evening and again the next morning, but I had lots of pain up and down the whole length of my spine. As I had informed him, I was leaving on a vacation the next morning, so I really had neither the time nor the opportunity to try to alleviate my symptoms. Over the next several days the amount of inflammation over the entire length of my spine seemed to increase. It felt like a horse was standing on my spine. It wasn’t until several more days had passed that I could devote an entire day to lying still and applying ice to my spine in an attempt to relieve the inflammation. Something clearly went off the rails here.
Although I can appreciate there are differences of perception, I felt strongly enough about this chiropractor that I thought it necessary to warn others. His blatant money grab up front, then his unsupervised treatments seemed like malpractice to me.
STAY AWAY!!!

We bought a Groupon for a chiromassage. This was listed as chiromassage center but when we got here, it was clearly just another chiropractor center who also offers massages on site. The Groupon indicated an adjustment was included and that the doctor would direct the massage therapist where to massage.
The consultation was short (about five minutes) and there was no adjustment. The doctor told my hubby to come back for an hour of diagnostic tests and said it was included in the Groupon. Clearly, the Groupon did not state that there would be multiple visits and that different appointments would have to be made. It was more investment of time than my husband had signed up for. He did get a massage, a specific kind that centered on the stomach but I am not sure how much of the massage was directed by the doctor’s consultation.
The review is for the massage only since my husband actually never received any chiropractic treatment.