Martinet Chiropractic, Inc

First visiting Dr Martinets office in 1998 after a friend recommend him — and have repeatedly since then — whenever I came up against various pains and discomfort of explainable or ‘unexplainable’ origins and I can only recommend his services and expertise.
A gifted chiropractor (and then some) — I am grateful to have his services available. He had helped me immensely after a rear-​ended freeway accident, as well with allergies (NAET is an interesting ‘system’), ferocious headaches that simply wouldn’t go away, and many other dilemmas. (Many of which felt as if I was walking twisted like a 6 foot corkscrew). Yesterday afternoon I visited again — after a grueling 2hrs dental visit in the morning. So glad I did (live and learn) — Dental work always affected my neck a lot — and resulted in lots of pain. Now — after long dental session, I book an appointment with Dr M and all is well/​much better.
I really appreciate that he’s not one of those «crick’n’crack» chiros — but instead very sublte and yet very effective. (in my experience)
(And: his office not one of those in which the client is parked on a ‘table’ for 30 – 45 min with heat-​pads, wedges or whatnot and then being worked-​on. Often visits are about 15 minutes (varies of course) — but so much can be remedied during that time and process. at least the way Dr Martinet works.)
Well Done!

Not sure how you can bill for services that apparently are not covered by insurance when you never inform the patient that it isn’t covered. They fail to Bill my insurance for those services which were miscoded sad emotional therapy instead of accupressure. $ 50 foot baths etc. without ever showing me a price list or discussing what wasn’t covered. Stay away this place has scam written all over it.

I have gone to Dr. Martinet off and on over the years whenever needed and have sent 10 other people to him that have had positive experiences. During my very first visit I asked him how many treatments he expected that I would need and he said. 8. After the sixth visit, he told me that I do not need to come back unless I wanted to. So I stopped. Dr. Martinet is focused on the outcome and not milking his patients, as I would have completed the full set of eight visits had he not said anything. I strongly recommend him.

I saw Dr, Martinet for some head and neck pain related to an auto accident. I picked Dr. Martinet through a recommendation of my massage therapist.
When you first meet the man he is very warm and friendly. On my first visit he did a thorough check from head to toe and did a set of X-​Rays to check my spine position.
So far I’m still being treated but I have noticed a difference in my pain level. Before I started I had pain every day all the time. The pain would go up and down, but now it is finally going away for periods at a time and for a few weeks has stayed lower.

I saw Dr. Martinet last year for two issues: an injured femoral nerve from the birth of my firstborn, and a driving phobia.
For the first issue… four and a half years prior to seeing Dr. Martinet, I had complications from my son’s birth which resulted with an injured femoral nerve, a numb right leg, and pain in my back and leg. I was unable to walk for weeks and had to undergo extensive physical therapy. Though my leg got better, the numbness never completely went away and my leg was weak. Through the years, I accepted that it would be this way forever and was grateful that I could at least walk again. After Dr. Martinet worked on my nerve, the strength of my leg went from an 11 to 30+ (even stronger than my other leg). It was the first time I had complete feeling back in my leg after 4.5 years! And now, almost 8 months later, it is still going strong.
He also treated me for a driving phobia. I have tried so many different therapies– CBT, NLP, traditional… some helped me tremendously, but never got rid of the issue completely. Upon recommendations from friends of mine who had success in their phobias through Dr. Martinet, I was hopeful and booked an appointment. I drove the day after my appointment, feeling skeptical and ready to feel the anxiety and fear. To my surprise, I was fine! I couldn’t believe that I had finally found something that worked.
With strength and feeling back in my leg after 4.5 years, and ability to drive without fear after 12 years, Dr. Martinet gave me my life back. A 5-​star rating doesn’t even come close to the real difference he has made in my life.

I am still a loyal patient, as needed, and I recommend him to my friends & co-​workers without reservation. His office staff are wonderful, too — always a plus.

It is rare that I write reviews for anyone on Unilocal but I often rely on them when making decisions on service providers in the Bay Area. Dr. Martinet is such an extraordinary healer and generous practitioner that I want everyone to know (I send all of my family and friends to him too) and thus am going out of my normal course and posting this information to Unilocal users. I also happened upon the below Unilocal review by Harold D. and would not want this to be the last posting on Dr. Martinet. Moreoever I suggest that Harold D. should be ashamed of his comments.
I have been seeing Dr. Martinet for more than 2 years now. I am not proud to say that I have missed a couple of appointments during that time period as well. Dr. Martinet’s staff has always been professional and courteous and offered to reschedule the missed appointments for me (at no cost). Despite the fact that I believe his office policy (that every new patient signs) allows him to charge for missed appointments (I believe this is standard protocol for most practitioners that reserve time on their schedules for clients/​patients), Dr. Martinet has allowed me to simply reschedule the appointment and come in another day — even after missing an appointment! I have never gone so far as to miss the second or third appointment but come on Harold, do you really expect them to just keep reserving space on his calendar for free? There are a lot of other paying clients who could have scheduled time when you decided not to or were unable to show up. On both occasions I expected to be charged for my missed appointment but had unavoidable last minute work conflicts and had to miss. On both occasions the office dealt with it in a friendly and appropriate manner as described above.
I would suggest to other Unilocal readers out there not to place too much emphasis in what Harold or Johnny have written as it appears to me that they both are looking for free services. The very little money I have spent at Dr. Martinet’s office is probably the best money I have ever spent. Dr. Martinet takes a holistic approach to healing, has helped me resolve some formerly chronic back problems, long-​standing environmental allergies and other matters. If you have never seen a holistic practitioner I highly recommend you see Dr. Martinet. It may very well change your impression of the medical community and gifts of healing.

Good Evening,
I have been going to Dr. Martinet for about 3 years and felt he was an excellent Dr., until due to my back and work schedule. I missed two appointment and I received a bill in the mail without any written documentation– informing me that there was a missed appointment charge. I will never ever go back to Dr. Martinet if he was the last doctor on earth and he could heal me.
If you have such a policy it needs to be in writing and the patient should sign.
Bad bed side manner.
Harold Dees

Dr. Martinet is an amazing healer. The manual structural adjustments he performs are really just the tip of the iceberg for what this man knows how to do.
By the time I went to see Dr. Martinet, I had been in bad pain from a whiplash injury for 9 months (had been doing PT, prolotherapy, and taking lots of pain meds the entire time). After just a couple weeks of seeing him I noticed a big improvement in my neck and lower back pain. He also helped relieve some of my PTSD symptoms through a technique (Thought-​Field Therapy) that I totally DID NOT expect to work… until it did. Finally, I could drive without having panic attacks! And think like a logical person again! Yes, some of the techniques he performs seem a bit «out there» but I am learning to keep an open mind because you never know what will work until you’ve tried it.
Even though I’m not working in Oakland anymore so his office is not as convenient for me, I will continue to commute from SF for my weekly visits because it is worth it to have such a knowledgable healer working with me. Sure, he’s pretty pricey (sadly he does not take my insurance), but in my opinion, you get what you pay for and what could be more important than your health?
It’s also worth noting that everyone in the office is incredibly nice and I never have trouble getting a convenient appointment time as long as I schedule it a few days in advance.

I went to Dr. Martinet after trying 5 other chiropractors. An accident had left me lame. By «lame,» I mean that I drove to my mailbox because I couldn’t walk that far. Now I choral-​direct, travel, and walk aerobically for 40 minutes several times a week. Yes, he is expensive. And his office occasionally messes up, as all administrators sometimes do. But when I have pain or mobility issues due to structural problems, Dr. Martinet is as good as chiropractors come.

This is my first Unilocal review. I have been waiting for something really meaningful to write about and there has been nothing more meaningful than this so far!
I cannot say enough how grateful I am to have found Dr. Martinet!!! He is such an amazing healer! Having earned my MA degree in Holistic Health Education, I have a little bit of knowledge about different healing modalities. Well Dr. Martinet is the first practitioner I have found that practices like 11 or 12 of these! He has helped me so much. from sciatica which had me immobile for weeks, to mineral deficiencies I had. to emotional and energetic blocks I have carried for years! (All of which are related to physical pain.) He is a hands on healer who really takes the time to address the whole person and figures out what is the root of the problem/​s. I have never had so much relief in so many different areas in such a short period of time. He is a genius! I HIGHLY recommend him to everyone! I have so much gratitude for him and what he does!
As for the person who had a negative experience. well it sounds like you did not really give the doctor a chance. in my opinion, you need to be responsible for your healing even more than your doctor or chiropractor. If your adjustment didn’t stay, then you probably have other issues affecting your alignment etc. (emotional, old injuries, energetic imbalances, mineral deficiencies, toxicities…) and if given the opportunity, Dr. Martinet would have been able to address!
I have seen him weekly over the past couple of months and I believe it has been necessary in order to really heal the issues causing my physical ailments. I have been to other chiropractors as well and they do not even come close to comparing with Dr. M! He is world class people! If I ever leave the Bay Area I will be sure to come back just to see him. His methods may seem a little unorthodox for some, but believe me they work! He has the knowledge and training for modern times. he blows away any other doctor I have ever seen and I wish so much that there were a million Dr. Martinets to heal the world. He is the best! Love him!

I have really tried to like this guy, mostly for the pleasant receptionists and free tangerines, but the ridiculousness of my experiences finally reached a tipping point.
I was referred to Dr. Martinet from a family friend after experiencing severe head and back pain that felt like it must be due to a misalignment. I was more than up front with Martinet that I’d have to watch out about financial costs as I was unemployed at the time. He promptly ordered three x-​rays of my head solely for diagnosis purposes. those aren’t cheap by the way. But on the next visit he realigned me and it felt great. He even offered that I drop-​in for a free check-​up to see how the alignment was holding up. I walked out with high praise.
This is when things got weird. The pain in my back and neck suddenly came back a week later only much more intensely. I could barely rotate my head. I scheduled and stopped by for a «free» check up to see if he could tell if me if his adjustment had slipped. Only it wasn’t free. When I told him I didn’t want to be re-​adjusted that day he said I would still be charged with the re-​adjustment fee (his reasoning being that he had popped my first when I walked in — I never complained of wrist pain). I had to bring in the receptionist and re-​iterate that I had specifically scheduled my FREE appointment that day before. He finally let me leave while conceding that I had scheduled a free check-​in, but somehow convinced that it was my fault.
I would have let this slid, but he then refused to send my x-​rays (which I had bought and paid for) to my next chiropractor AND I am still receiving bills from his office for my «free» check-​in even though I’ve called numerous time to confirm that I don’t own his office anything.
PS — I ended up going to Lifewest Chiropractic college in Hayward. They did a fantastic job and are very affordable.

Let me introduce you to something. It went by the name, «The Claw». It decided to show up the day I had my son in January. It stemmed the moment the horrible nurse at the hospital bashed the IV stem into the top of my hand because she wasn’t paying attention to what she was doing.
Then from that moment on my hand would freeze into this crazy claw like thing. I would say, «Uh Oh! The Claw is here.»
It would happen when I would try and pick up my son. It would happen when trying to answer the phone. It would happen when trying to back into a parking spot spinning the steering wheel. It would happen when ever «The Claw» wanted.
My only saving hope was that Dr. Martinet could fix me.
I do love a wrist adjustment but these were particularly wonderful. He did a bunch of other checks on me including my hips. After having a child sit inside your hip area for a few months can put your whole alignment out of wack.
I wasn’t to bad in the hip and back departments thankfully. When I left my wrist and hand felt like it had woken up from a sleep. Like when you lay on your hand for to long and it gets all tingly.
As of right now I don’t need to go back to get it rechecked. I was afraid that it wouldn’t last but its been a few weeks and «The Claw» has gone back to his lair.
Dr. Martinet doesn’t play games. If you have pain that goes by any other name come see him.

What an incredible man and what a variety of specialties and modalities he is familiar with. From problems arising from a root canal to shoulder out of joint to neck pain — usually C-​2 or L-​4, this wonderful man can fix it all. Even NET (Neuro-​Emotional Technique) and the sonic foot baths. I’ve been seeing him for years, even when I moved to So Cal. When I would come up for business trips, this was one call I always made, and they always got me in. Thanks for being there for me JP!

Dr. Martinet is the ONLY doctor with whom I’ve been JAZZED to make an appointment. He is charismatic and funny, and some might say «a bit of an odd duck» but in a good way.
I went in to see him at my parents’ demand, and he has been fixing various ailments of mine sporatically since Summer ’02.
If you need a holistic healer, a chiropracter, or any kind of alternative healer, check with Martinet first, because as others have said, though his methods may make you go O_​o, they WORK and you get FIXED, without a prescription to come back 17 times.

Dr. Martinet is truly skilled in a variety of techniques that enable him to effectively and holistically address the issues of the body. Dr. Martinet also has a gift of keen intuition, openness and inquiry allowing him to ask just the right questions in treatment of the issues. All of these gifts enable him to treat the issues at hand to ensure you stay well.
I have seen him for chiropractic care, allergy treatment, and homeopathic care. Dr. Martinet is a gifted healer… I can’t recommend him highly enough.

Dr. Martinet does a lot of advanced stuff. And it works.
He is more expensive than the other chiros we’ve seen who just do ‘snap, crackle and pop’.
He fixes stuff. And it stays fixed. I’m an engineer, I went to MIT, I don’t believe in all this ‘woo-​woo’ new age stuff, but I do notice what works and what doesn’t. I had shoulder problems for years that are now gone. Old tennis and martial arts injuries. gone. Knee problems. I’m back on my bicycle.
His goal is to see you a certain number of times — and then never see you again. Unlike my other chiropractor who wants to see me every two weeks forever.
He will want to take some x-​rays.

Dr. Martinet is not your ordinary kind of Chiropractor and thank god for that! Since I discovered him nearly two years ago I’ve decided he’s a body worker genius. I told my friend Leslie about him and she wanted to see him every day… it’s good stuff.