Alice K Charap, DC

I was so excited to try Dr. Charap, but unfortunately they don’t seem to want to call people back! I did eventually (after 3 calls) schedule an appointment for me an my husband 10 days in advance, then the next day realized due to my husband’s schedule I would have to change our appointment time. So I called back in and left 4 voicemails over the course of the 9 days leading up to our appointment, but never received a call back.
On my last message I, politely yet frustratedly, said «I hope to hear back from you, but seeing as I haven’t, I guess you aren’t interested in both my and my husband’s business. Please call me if you’d like us to reschedule!» No call.
I’m truly disappointed after all the good reviews! :(

I am saying she is the best !!! Been going to her for adjustments and few issues and she has always been able to correct it.
Love her

During the birth of my son, my tailbone had moved slightly causing me pain. I found Dr Charap through my insurance and after seeing her for 2 months I’m feeling almost as good as new again. I haven’t seen a chiro before, but I loved my experience. She focused on the area of pain, and made the necessary small adjustments after heating and loosening up the area. I am moving out of the city and she had recommended another Dr so I can continue the small amount of treatment I need.

I love Dr. Charap! I know I wrote that already a few years back, but I just felt the need to reiterate. I was in another nasty bike wreck and once again, she nursed me and my back, back to health! If you need a chiro in the city, she’s the one.

The doctor herself was fine, but dealing with the office was a nightmare. I went there once after a car accident, was told to show up 15 minutes early to fill out paperwork. I got there 15 minutes early, and had to wait outside on the street for 10 minutes for someone to buzz me in. I gave them all my insurance info, thought that was that. 6 months later, I got a bill from them saying they would take me to collections if I didn’t pay. I talked to my insurance adjuster for the car accident (who they never contacted), and gave them all the information they needed to send her in order to get paid. Now, over a year since my visit, I just got the same bill in the mail. I have called the office three times to sort it out, left voice mails, no response.
By the way, not an issue with my insurance– they paid for 8 months of twice weekly visits to a different chiropractor no questions asked.

I came to Dr. Charap after suffering for weeks with back pain, which spread from just between my shoulder blades to my neck and lower back. After two sessions, she had me feeling like my old self again!
Dr. Charap is very gentle and does small, focused adjustments. I felt very comfortable with her and highly recommend her to those looking for a chiropractor in the area.
It’s easy to make appointments online and most health care insurances are taken there!

Not only is Dr. Charap herself excellent but so is everyone on her staff. Way above average massage practitioners especially Tom who is amazingly knowledgeable. Micheal is also really good. And there is also a fine acupuncturist, Don on staff as well. This is my one stop shop for staying healthy!
And I first found her on Unilocal about five years ago. Kind of funny story about that… My previous chiropractor had retired and I was interested in Dr. Charap because of her office’s convenient location I had read reviews on Unilocal but then on the spur of the moment decided to ask a woman coming out of office how she liked the chiropractor. Turned out she was the chiropractor. What a hoot! Anyway I highly, wholeheartedly recommend Dr. Charap and her team.
On-​line scheduling is super convenient and they are great about billing insurance.

Alice is personable, intuitive, expert and effective. If someone can out-​skill her I don’t even want to hear it. She’s too awesome, chiro search ended here. Enthusiastically.

Dr. Charap and Michael (the massage therapist) are awesome. I can’t thank them enough for helping my back feel SO much better!
Easy to schedule (they use an online scheduling system), easy location (right next to Market and Church), and, did I mention Dr. Charap is awesome?
Best part — they take my insurance. Love it.

I’ve been coming to Dr. Charap for some time now off and on. I think she’s very knowledgeable and skilled. She also offers useful suggestions regarding other forms of body therapy and exercises. I found that a lot of the time she didn’t give me enough time to relax when doing my adjustment, and they were a little bit rushed. When she adjusted my neck, I would tend to tense up. Sometimes I would tense so much, she would have to do the adjustments from the other side. I’m not sure but I think the muscle tension afterward partially contributed to my back going out again and so the treatments were not as effective long term. That being said, I did not tell her to give me more time to relax, which I could have done and should have done, but felt a little awkward doing. That is my only minor criticism though and overall she is a trustworthy and very good chiropractor and I would recommend her.

I had a very positive experience:
+ the girl at the front desk is very well informed, including insurance information
+ you can tell they care by the way they ask questions
+ the treatment helped

She is great, been going to her for years and feel great every time I see her. She knows exactly what to do and is caring, thorough, and I highly recommend her.

She was a nice lady, but too weird for my taste. I couldn’t relax around her, which made adjustments impossible. She asked me to don a hospital gown, which I am not comfortable doing for a chiropractic visit… to check my knees. She was odd. I am not going back.

I’ve worked with Dr. Alice for five years, and she’s also been my personal chiropractor; I’ve found her to be one of the most ethical, holistic, and caring chiropractors I’ve been to. I highly recommend her without reservation!

Ok i have had a bad time with my Insurance ASH being jerks and always making me doing reviews for almost every visit, well I loved DR Garelic but he has moved on and Now I had an appt with DR Charap. I was nervous and thinking how can a women give me what a young man in his 30s can deliver and make me feel as good. OMG can I say this women is absoultely out of this world. She pit me back into shape in no time flat. She use heating pad and her talented hands and in time i was better then new once again. She gave me more pointers about what i could be doing wrong and what to expect and well this women i would say is at the top of her A Game all the way!!!
Randy scorpio Moore

Alice’s gentle, yet effective chiropractic techniques are a welcome departure from more violent, abrasive styles I have experienced in the past.
I have known and used Dr. Charap for 8 years, whenever I feel the need. Admittedly, I do not have severe, chronic issues which is why I find Alice’s laid back demeanor even more refreshing. She allows ME to decide when I need to come back for more treatments. Even when I began seeing her years ago, she did not try and sign me up for a lifetimes subscription to chiropractic.
Alice freely refers to acupuncturists, physcial therapists, and other doctors if she feels that chiropractic is not enough for you. In other words, she is unique in the world of chiropractors who very often feel depserate and very much coming from a place of lack.
Another strong point of Alice’s is her bed-​side manner. As mentioned above, she gets great results with a relatively gentle adjustment technique and she takes time to listen to you. What a gift to leave a Dr’s office feeling heard AND healed.
I strongly recommend Dr. Alice Charap to anyone seeking chiropractic services in or around central San Francisco.

I’ve been to a handful of chiropractors, some of whom were very enthusiastic (read: rough) with my spine and some of whom tried to put me on intensive, expensive treatment plans and didn’t seem to understand the phrase «I don’t have that kind of money.» Dr. Charap is the only chiropractor (outside of my immediate family) that I’ve allowed to adjust my back more than once.
As others have said, she is gentle, she knows what she’s doing, and she’s effective. I have minor but recurring spinal wonkiness, and she’s been good at putting my vertebrae back where they belong and suggesting exercises to keep them that way.
I also love that her primary adjustment room is a converted living room in one of the houses on Church St., and that there’s often music playing.
Another bonus is that usually I can get an appointment within a day or two of requesting it, if not the same day.
She’s also right next to the Market/​Church intersection, making her convenient to just about anybody taking Muni.

Dr. Charap was great. I really hate that back cracking noise, but she sort of surprises you with the big ones anyway.
I was sort of sad about the speediness of everything — but I usually am at a chiropractors, always, snap, snap, you’re done, no romance and relaxation time like getting massages… but thats not her fault. And the heat packs are amazing.

My god, this woman is like the back whisperer. I’ve been having chronic neck pain and some unpleasant back and shoulder pain (a result of bad posture and terrible workplace ergonomics), but within 45 minutes, Dr. Charap was able to help me identify many of the sources of my pain and help me think of a number of different ways to take care of myself (from changes to my work space to stretches to what kind of pillows I could use). She also made several adjustments in my neck and back and I left her office feeling truly, truly refreshed. I left her office feeling all tingly and stuff.
Oh, Dr. Charap is also the only person that has ever cracked anything on my body without me freaking out and/​or screaming. This is mainly because she’s very gentle and knows exactly where to press to get results– so unlike some bad masseuses I’ve seen, she’s not just jerking your limbs around like a thanksgiving turkey.
The service at the front desk of Dr. Charap’s office is very bizarre. I’m taking a point off for that.

I was worried that I would never find a chiropractor that I liked as much as my student-​practitioner at Life Chiropractic College West, but Dr. Charap proved me wrong.
She was very nice, straightforward and made me feel comfortable and really listened to my complaints and how I felt about what goes on with my body. I can tell that I will like my visits to her adorable office, and her receptionist is very personable and pretty funny too!
The office is in a victorian and I felt like I was still at my apartment in there, which made it easy to relax.
I definitely recommend her, esp. if you have Blue Cross, as she is in the coverage network.
The office also has acupuncture and massage!