Hanson Chiropractic

Personable. kind. Effective treatment! Every time I’ve gone I’ve always felt like I’m in good hands. Highly recommend!

Great place to get adjusted as well as a massage. The massage therapist there really turned around my whole treatment plan with one visit. Fair rates and works well with insurance companies!

First, I want to say that all the negative reviews are NOT for chiropractic treatment. They are unfortunately for the auxiliary services that are offered in office, such as massage, body wrap or x-​rays.
I’ve been going to Dr. Hanson for years and I wouldn’t trust any other doctor. He’s a nice and polite gentlemen with years of experience. I’ve always felt comfortable around the office and you can tell he works hard for his patients.
You can question the chiropractor practice in general or the add-​ons at the office, but it’s hard to question the help with neck and back pain he’s given countless people over the years. Highly recommended.

Hello everyone I sent this message to Dan today after visiting his clinic:
I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated your service today. You got me in right away which was extremely important because I’d reached a point the night before where I’d come to the end of my rope with the pain Id been dealing with for way too long. I was also happy to find out your initial consultation was free of charge. Knowing this brought a level of security knowing that if I felt uncomfortable with your services I wouldn’t be shouldered with an immediate financial expense. You were able to quickly diagnose my low back pain and adjust me gently and quickly as well as offer advise on how I could self treat through stretching and exorcise. I also really appreciated the fact that you didn’t push me to get on a schedule of coming back over and over. In fact it was quite the opposite, which was very refreshing. I walked out of your office feeling much better than when I walked in and am extremely happy with your knowledge, expertise and my overall experience. I will definitely refer others to you and plan to post this on Unilocal.If you can think of any other web sites that you might like this added to please either let me know or feel free to use.
THANK YOU! :)
Sincerely
Rob H

My experience started with a call from this company called «Healing Starts Now». They say, «Hey we see you were just in an accident recently. Are you feeling any pain. You know that it can take weeks before you start to have symptoms.» I replied, I feel fine. After several repeat calls I agreed to meet for a free consultation with one of their «specialists». After researching this company I was surprised when I’m put in touch with Hanson Chiropractic. I talked with Dr Hanson and he said this is a company that simply picks a doctor in the area where you are and sends you to them. He is not associated with Healing Starts Now and frankly is not happy with their high pressure tactics as it then causes people to have a negative attitude toward his office when they get there.
I was overwhelmed by the amount of paperwork I had to fill out when I arrived seeing this was my first visit and I was coming for a free screening. After talking with Dr Hanson he said he was changing his initial consult sheet to only ask for some basic information and a description of why you were there. Only after you decide to receive treatment would he need all the formal documents for legal reasons. He also agree to get some feedback on how you were referred to the client to ensure you didn’t have the same negative experience I had with Healing Starts Now.
The consultation went fine and I heard what I expected given I was in an accident. Dr Hanson said he wanted to take an X-​Ray to see what was going on under the skin. I agreed to the X-​Ray since Dr Hanson was going to cover the costs associated with it. So far I have not received a bill for this so he has been true to his word. I was scheduled the next day for a follow up to review my X-​Ray. Dr Hanson pointed out a few things he said needed fixing. I agreed that was probably true, but I wanted to check with my auto insurance and health insurance to ensure I wouldn’t have any issues paying for any charges resulting from his treatment as I had preexisting back conditions that were being treated by my regular doctor. Dr Hanson said he didn’t see any issues, but I wanted to check anyway. He was fine with that and we moved on. At no time did I feel pressured to start any treatment I wasn’t comfortable with.
Lastly, I am not a huge fan of having a treatment area right as you walk into the office, it is a bit unnerving to me. I know for myself I don’t want to be worked on while a bunch of strangers stare at me. After talking with Dr Hanson he informed me that I could use a private office if I felt uncomfortable with the open concept arrangements.

I went in because I have hashimoto’s disease because I received a call from Doc. Hanson asking me if I’d like to come in for a free consultation. This was apparently after I responded to an add. Dr. Hanson stated that he was a protégé of Dr. Datis Kharrazian. An author of a book on hashimoto’s. I agreed to come in.
After I signed my paperwork and had my «free consultation» some x-​rays were taken. Now I had already made my decision to not come back because it was going to cost me six grand for the treatment. This was because my insurance would not cover the treatment. According to him my insurance wasn’t very good anyway. Why would I want to continue?
Anyway…a few weeks later I get a bill for somewhere around $ 300 bucks. Okay, so I went down and asked him about it. He stated that the moment I had x rays done I was charged and it was no longer a free consultation. Ohhhhhhhh my bad. It must have been in all that paperwork I signed, because no one told me. He said he had staff members to pay. Sounds good.
Anyway, here’s a lovely link regarding chiropractors that claim to have the ability to heal hashimoto’s patients. By the way he can’t prescribe any medication, so that wouldn’t be part of it.
Here is an article on the above mentioned:

I went years ago for about 10 visits, aiming to rid myself of low back pain. It went away without my noticing it was gone in the course of treatment. I still can’t remember exactly when it was gone. After that, I continued for some more treatments with «Dr. Dan» and found that my physical coordination and ability to sense and control my body had improved. In my 50’s at the time, I noticed this when at work I had a full cup of coffee in my hand and someone flung open a door that hit my hand. I did not spill a drop. It was like seeing the whole event in slow motion, with a graceful response like a dance routine.
I recommend this chiropractor, even if my own views are limited on chiropractic as a disease treatment, the fact he is such a good skilled practitioner, plus he has the neurology background, it is worth it to get the skills adjustment his services seem to offer to those not in too serious bad shape.
I’m in my 60’s now, approaching 70, and I still feel like my coordinational gains are there.
Thanks again, Dr. Dan
Bob

I’m giving this a big ZER0! Ok, maybe half a star for the super sweet Russian girl doing the body wraps.
Bought a groupon for 2 body wraps with hopes of a reasonably relaxing experience.
Wrong! From the moment I walked in it was clear that this place shouldn’t be in business. Filthy dirty everywhere. This is not a spa experience. My treatment room had file cabinets and dirty laundry in it. Not to mention dust coating the room. The girl even said not to step on the floor as it was dirty and places a towel over the pillow because she wasn’t sure who had used it before me.
When I got home and told the nanny where I went, she was so shocked. She worked there for a week and quit because of the horrible practices of this place.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!

I’m a 5′ 3″, 115 lb girl but I still lose ¾ inch in my waist and ¼ in in my thigh using Body Wrap. It doesn’t cut ur fat but your waste thou. Price is reasonable. The girl who did your body wrap is pretty nice.

They are sponsoring a coupon event for a body wrap. Be sure to call WAYYYYY in advance! I called to ask about «how soon» I could get an appointment and was told it would be almost six weeks before I could get in. Really? Seems like they didn’t plan well for this promotion, especially since they ran it on Groupon AND on AmazonLocal. Maybe my expecations are out of line. I anticicpate better customer service when you are trying to convince me to use your services.

I think I’ll just add that since someone purporting to be Dr. Hanson himself, and another «patient» both joined Unilocal in the last 2 days and both private messaged me with their «defense» arguments that I’m glad I found a different clinic for my treatment.
The «patient» who messaged me did at least take my advice and write a «review» (It’s pretty much a copy/​paste of her message to me, and clearly shows she didn’t understand my review at all)
Again, I don’t doubt his educational credentials. It was everything ELSE and I don’t think I’d trust any where if I’m pressured by 3 separate people to call one specific attorney. Just because you may see a lot of people as a result of car accidents does *not* make Personal injury law or insurance company «tactics» your specialty and should *not* be a focus of what happens in your office. Period.
Focus on what you went to school for and what you’re «good» at and treat your patients, and treat them like people… not sheep made out of money.

Undecided on whether I will pursue or continue any treatment, I can’t put my finger on it, but something just didn’t feel right.
He did initial exam and x-​rays andI returned the following day to see what the Xrays had to say and what he’d give as a treatment plan. I knew I’d be told I needed something and my spine was crazy bad… I’d figured out anyone who even so much as walks past the office is going to be told that.
I was surprised, however, when his «minimum» plan for me was:
96 adjustments
PLUS
some thing called «traction therapy»
and at least three other things that went right over my head.
I had the identical experience as Riss J. so I am going to copy and paste her statement here:
He then also began an immediate adjustment/​treatment/​something with some jackhammer of a tool WITHOUT my consent or even telling me he was about to begin! It felt like an industrial sized vibrator.
The staff gave a super hard-​sell on scheduling all 10 weeks of future appointments right on the spot and scheduled me with their massage therapist friend (her office is next door), again without giving me the opportunity to decline, seek my own or even decide my own schedule.
I’m sure he is a fine Doctor. He is nice, but he is also so completely convinced *his* way is the *only* way and *his* plans/​ideas are superior to everything that he didn’t at all treat me with respect, dignity or allow me the grace to show I am, indeed, intelligent enough to know my body, make decisions about my body and follow up as I see fit.
So, the likely outcome is I will be informing Hanson chiropractic that I will not be pursuing treatment with them at all!

I was involved in an auto accident and was recommended to Dr. Hanson’s office by Puget Sound Providers. I have been getting treatment for the past 3 weeks and I was a skeptic at first. Dr. Hanson is a very personable, after my first visit he actually called me later that night to make sure I was apply a cold compress to my shoulder and neck. The facilities are clean and comfortable; very easy to find since it’s the first left off 520 when it ends in Redmond. To be honest I took the time to do this review because I wanted to share to my fellow peers and I think they deserve a review.