Stephen Berman, Phd

I have had issues with my lower back and Sciatica for the past 4 years. Doctors have prescribed me steroids and physical therapy which only puts a band-​aid on the issues without really diving in deep to the root of the problems. A friend of mine referred me to Dr. Berman– don’t judge a book by its cover here… looks can be very deceiving. When I first pulled up a million thoughts were going through my head as this is not a traditional Doctor office setting by any means. His office is in a small trailer in the back of his home.
Dr. Berman is such a sweet and funny little man but he is very passionate about his work and he will want to give you a lesson on the history of Chiropractic medicine along with showing you a couple books with pictures. While he sips on his tea from his little wooden cup. I couldn’t help but to smile because he knows his stuff and when asked what my issues were he wanted me to point while studying how I sat in the chair. Although I used the word «Sciatica» because that’s what the doctors told me he just shook his head in disagreement and wanted me to continue pointing and telling him how long I have had these issues. Then he explained to me that he will go through every joint and bone in my body more than once to figure out what the problems were. I was extremely nervous in the beginning but by this time I was at ease because of his very calm and quiet demeanor. He had me lay down on my back facing up while he worked on my toes– and pointed out that one of my legs (right) was shorter than my left and ironically that is where all my issues are on the right side of my body. At one point he had me like a pretzel– he is so fast but at the same time he is explaining what he is doing. He also would ramble quietly about our ancestors and how he was happy I am addressing the issues 4 years later. He would work on me and I would smile and he would say «that’s right smile– that is what your brain is telling you to do and your brain knows». Yes he was right but I also was smiling at the fact I am in this remote area in a trailer on a table in the back of this room while he was rambling on and on about my ancestors and not sure what else and putting me in positions my body has never seen before and things were popping and I was feeling a bit lightheaded. BUT all relaxed at the same time. He talked to me after my session and told me that I should sleep better and the next two or three days I would be able to tell a difference.
All in all I will be back to him for sure in the future but as my very first chiropractic experience this by far is something I will never forget.
If you want a doctor who wont rush you and ignore your problems and will give you a 150% of his attention and as sweet as can be but a little eclectic you wont be disappointed with Dr. Berman!

I went to Dr. Berman at the advice of Sara Illig (Integrative Massage), and I am so thankful for her recommendation.

I can honestly say that Dr. Berman changed my life in one adjustment. I’ve been to chiropractors before (a lifetime of Scoliosis, or as Dr. Berman would say, «just an S word that is another word for misalignment…) and always felt better walking out and then worse a few days later, needing only to return. This was a completely different experience.
All of the reviews are right-​on. This is not your typical doctor’s office, so if you need a clean, sleek, modern office experience, this is not it. But you won’t find a more knowledgeable doctor and the treatment will change your life.
I broke my ankle nearly five months ago. I haven’t been the same since, feeling like one leg was longer than the other, unstable when I walk, and in chronic pain. I asked everyone for help– orthopedist, myofacial release specialist, physical therapist, personal trainer. Each did what they knew to help, but my claims about uneven leg length were largely disregarded and even laughed at by a couple of them. As a formerly athletic person now in my 40’s, I was scared that perhaps this was «the injury» I would refer back to for the rest of my life as «the one that undid me». that I broke my ankle and it was never the same since.
But then I found Dr. Berman.
At my appointment I actually had forgotten to mention the fact that my legs felt two different lengths. But Dr. Berman found it right away, and the injured side was MUCH longer than the other… by inches! He not only found it, he found the root cause (my other hip and low back were so jacked up from compensating and holding all my weight for so long, that the «bad leg» was hanging longer). He also fixed it. Completely. In one session.
I walked out after a full body adjustment that not only freed my hip, but also my back, shoulders, and painful neck. It was an other-​worldly experience as I felt enhanced blood flow to new places in my neck and shoulders, and my posture and biomechanics were completely different. That ONE adjustment had me walking out of there as well as I walked before the ankle break (something I feared I’d never be able to do again). And it lasted. That was weeks ago. I’m still walking great!
I returned for another appointment, not because I had any pain, but because I wanted to what more could be revealed in further adjusting. This time I brought my boyfriend for his first session with Dr. Berman. I watched him work on my bf and discovered something I wasn’t really able to fully appreciate the first time when I was the patient… just how much love and care he gives to every single person his hands are helping. He’s there for you emotionally, physically, and for your overall well-​being. He takes his directive as a Chiropractic Healer to heart, and to soul. He will give you as much as he possibly can in every single appointment.
He is the real deal, authentic in mission and practice. I’d really love to bring everyone I care about to Dr. Berman for relief from their ails. I’m so grateful to him for his purist, dedicated, genuine, and gifted chiropractic care– and for giving me the rest of my life back– finally walking normally and fixing something that no other practitioner could (or would) see, acknowledge, nor had a clue how to solve. Just go!

Dr. Berman is heaven sent, he offers insight to what he does and allows you to talk about what you’re feeling in your body. He does his work sans x-​ray or any other devices commonly found at chiro offices. I have only visited him once but I plan on going again due to some holiday strain and stress. I highly recommend his services for anyone and everyone.
thank you Dr. Berman!

Dr Berman is my doctor of choice. In 4 – 5 treatments he got me leveled out and it has stayed for 20 years with only a need for a tune up once every year or so. He is highly intuitive and deeply caring about your comfort level and pain. He helped educate me on what I needed to do differently with down to the shoes I wore.
It doesnt get any better than Dr Berman!

I cannot say enough about how amazing Dr Berman is. I have been seeing him since January and he has made a tremendous difference in me. I have seen chiropractors before, but not like this.
Be warned that he is a bit excentric, and he runs his practice out of a humbly decorated mobile home next to his house, in case you care about these things. Chiropractic is clearly his passion and he is so in tune with your body’s needs it is as if he were channeling. He always starts the first session by giving an overview of the history of Chiropractic, then he asks you about what is bothering you, and then he has you lay down and he gets to work, joint by joint. Starting with each toe, to your feet and kneees, all the way up to your neck and face, on your back and on your stomach, then sitting up, and then again! He goes through each joint of your body at least twice to make sure he gets even the deepest «pops.» He sometimes stops to explain the cause of your pain, and the effects on the rest of your body.
You are the only being in the world when you are in Dr Berman’s table, and he will spend as much as time as needed to get you feeling better in a single visit. He goes with the flow, which also means that he sometimes runs late, so bring a book, but it is never longer than ~30 minutes. There is also a nice creek on his property, where you can walk around while you wait.
He also does endonasal cranial adjustments (i.e. briefly blowing a balloon inside your nose). I got it done once and it was pretty uncomfortable but my nasal passages had never felt as clear as after that treatment. It has made a huge difference in my boyfriend and brother in law, who both suffere from allergies.
Last but not least, he is extremely flexible with scheduling. He sometimes sees me on Saturdays, Sundays, and late in the evening on weekdays.
Note that he does not take insurance. He will give you a receipt if you ask for one, but he will not process any claims. I submitted some of his receipts to my car insurance company (my first few visits were in relation to a car accident) and got refunded without problems.

Dr. Berman is terrific. 10 stars!

After many years and thousands of dollars, finally someone can take care of my TMJ. Just spent $ 4000 on a splint, sure wish I could get that back. He is amazing, quirky but this is Austin. I would highly recommend him if you are having a pain issue.

Ecletic but amazing worker!
He is very passionate about his chiropractic knowledge but once he was done I felt light and airy, even standing straighter! (I’ve been diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2006)
My boyfriend was happy that I wasn’t complaining of pain and in need of a massage anymore so HE even got an adjustment too.
I’ve been to chiropractors in an office before & I now see their ploy to get you to come in 2 times per week, spending God knows how much~
Dr. Berman has been doing it out of the back of his house for over 30 years and he is a little silly but completely worth your time and money. What sold me is he didn’t even ask us to set up a future appointment. Only if needed!
–I’ll be back if any more problems arise ;)

Wow! This man is amazing. Don’t judge the book by its cover, he works out of a trailer in the back of his house in a not very nice neighborhood but I assure you he’s not the typical run for your money chiropractor. He’s going to adjust everything! And for 65 $! And he’s not going to try and sell you several more visits in the next couple weeks. He will give you a chiropractor introduction, ask you some questions about your pain, explain things about the body and then adjust all of you from your fingers to your toes, not just the problem area. Totally worth an hour drive for me I know this man is going to improve my life and I’m so happy Unilocal helped me find him, I’m not the only one who thinks he’s amazing apparently:) Thank you Dr. Berman!

I was also referred to Dr. Steve by Sara Illig (who is an excellent healer herself). And I’ve been going to Dr. Steve since 2009 after a terrible car accident that left me limping. Dr. Steve found that the impact had rotated my pelvis which caused one of my legs to shorten by an inch! In just two visits, he had me completely set right and had even corrected some back problems I’d had for a long time. Since then, he’s corrected turned ankles, twisted elbows, and even cured me of my debilitating migraines! I saw him every month during my pregnancy and I am convinced that his work in keeping my pelvis straight led me to 4 hour labor and just 10 minutes of pushing! I even had him work his magic on my new baby to correct the twists from the womb and labor.
Dr. Steve is an amazing healer who has chosen a life of service through chiropracty. He’s been resetting joints for over 30 years and is focused on getting people right so they don’t have to see him over and over. He is a caring doctor and I recommend him to anyone that ever complains to me about back problems.

I was told to go to Dr. Berman after I bought a massage From Amazon Local by Sara illic. I told her my problems and said it felt deep but instead of buying a deal for a chiro, I wanted to relax and chose to go to her after I saw great reviews. She recommended Dr. Berman if I wanted anything to help my problems in my neck, back and shoulder, being a side sleeper. She said he is a well educated, old school doctor and already, I wanted to meet him.
Dr. Berman is old school as in, he continues to study old practices dating from hundreds of years ago to today and even educates you in what he knows to work and what has been working for his patients. He will show you a book on Dr. Palmer who was the first to write down his chiropractic findings. He will show you the history of why some chiros were in jail when they found break throughs in the medical world. Back then and still today, doctors will study only according to what is given to them and not go beyond that like what these doctors did. These findings worked and Dr. Berman shows you how. He will work on children as well as babies due to the fact of babies, being constricted in the womb, causing indigestion and throwing up their food and how these problems cause us to be twisted even in adulthood. Don’t worry, the doc will fix that. I will bring my kids to fix any indigestion.
My history is that I have always had lower back issues and I tried fixing that with a newer bed or mattress topper. Finally bought a tempurpedic and that all ended but then my shoulders, neck and upper back would still hurt. I switched out pillows and still had issues. I could tell I was even sitting incorrectly in the car where one side would sit higher than the other and I saw that one foot would turn more outward than the other when lying down. I figured it was past pregnancies. Doctor Berman saw this right off. He has you lie down on your back to look at your alignment and will notice things that are uneven. For me, he saw it was my hips. He first worked on my toes and then to my hip and immediately, my feet aligned. He moved onto my back, shoulders and arms and I could instantly feel my body relax and my muscles relax as well. He starts from the toes and moves to the skull. My last doc only worked what I told him hurts. Nothing more. He’d only work on my neck, sometimes my hips and then my back. For $ 65 with Dr. Berman, you’ll get a full body alignment. CHEAP! Considering I paid $ 150 each session with my last doc for 3 – 4 months or so and still walked away feeling tight. Once Dr. Berman worked on my nasal cavities, the price went to $ 100 total. The nasal balloon treatment is uncomfortable but goes away within seconds. In between each pop, he lets you relax, breathe and will tell you to take all the time you need to let your body relax before he continues. For the nose, he did 3 sessions on each nostril. I had told him that when I lie on my left side, something inside my nose closes. Last night, I slept on my left with NO PROBLEM. I can breathe!
What’s so odd for me to understand, because I’ve been dealing with uncomfortable tightness for a long time and thought, «This is life I guess», is that when I left, I literally had a bounce in my step. I immediately had more energy than when I came. I hadn’t even eaten breakfast and didn’t eat anything until 4pm. My husband said he noticed a complete difference in how I looked and stood and walked. I was smiling, excited and wanted to go back. He said it was the best $ 65 he has ever spent. HAHA!
I will be going back and recommending him to anyone who needs help.

Dr. Steve is the real deal and a benevolent human being. I suffered from a hip injury for 5 years that countless other chiropractors, massage therapists, acupuncturists and medical doctors didn’t find. Then I was recommended to see Stephen Berman by someone who said he is the only chiropractor they will ever see again.
Steve saw me within a day of my initial call to him, and within 5 minutes of being in his office, he found the problem in my skeleton and began working his wonderful technique. After my first session, I was able to stand stably and flat on my feet for the first time in 5 years, and felt like a completely new person. He understands the body intuitively, and is incredibly thorough and personal in his approach. His goal is your wellness, and aims to fix as much as possible with a «homerun» on your first visit.
As others have said, he’s incredibly flexible and accommodating to your schedule. And since I live in the city, his office is a bit of a drive for me, but I would probably drive across the state to see him. I consider myself very lucky to have found such a true, compassionate and master practitioner.

Dr. Stephen Berman is a national treasure. I really appreciate our visits, and I know very few professionals who take their profession to the next level the way Dr. Berman does. No x-​rays, no fast «in and out» racking and cracking. He asks all the right questions, listens and responds with acute awareness, bringing your body back into alignment the way chiropractors might have done 100 years ago. Trust me. You’ll be delighted.

Best adjustment I have ever had for $ 65 too
Dr Berman starts at your feet and adjusts your whole body
Dr Berman also teaches licensed PC how to adjust too
truly the best — people drive from all over US to see him!!!