Patient Testimonial

"I am writing this letter to thank you for the renewed lease on life that I have received from the Café of Life and your Spinal Decompression machine and your Pilates department. As you are both aware, I had suffered from repeated bouts of back spasms over the 3 years before I came to you. I had an average of three debilitating episodes per year with each one lasting for 3 weeks or more. My career was on the line. As a remodeling contractor I cannot work without a healthy back and each episode was extremely costly to me and my company.

After repeated trips to my general practitioner MD for back pain meds and rehab, I thought I should give chiropractic treatment a try. I came to you in pain during a repeat occurrence and you got me stable and pain free (without drugs!) in less time than I thought possible. Your Pilates instructors helped me to strengthen my core to support my back and got me pain free again. However, I believe it was the spinal decompression machine that made me whole again.

After I received an MRI showing 2 herniated discs in my low back, I thought that my days as a contractor were numbered. Thanks to your spinal decompression machine, I no longer believe that is true. Since completing my treatment I feel 20 years younger and, perhaps to my detriment, have treated my body thusly. However, I am happy to report that although I have been carrying weights that I haven’t touched since my 20’s and generally mistreating my body as I did when I was much younger, my back feels solid and strong and I have not had even the slightest tingle of pain. This is astounding since I believed I would never be this vigorous at work again, and I absolutely love what I do.

I sincerely thank you both for saving me from a lifetime of pain and for giving me back my youth. I was not ready to give up running, climbing or my career to a stupid back injury. Your spinal decompression therapy ended that pain and I believe it will someday be as commonplace as Lasik surgery. Until that day comes, Godspeed to you in your efforts to spread the good word about spinal decompression therapy. I will continue to do whatever I can to let others know of this wonderful new treatment."

 -Paul Hines, Mill Valley