Linda Mayo, DC

i wasn’t very trusting of chiropractors and i haven’t been to any others but someone recommended Dr. Mayo and I was desperate. Doctors could only prescribe aspirin for my pain. I’d gotten plantar fascitis after my car broke down and i walked several miles home. Dr. Mayo had a special way of wrapping the foot that removed the pain immediately, enabling me to sleep. With some stretches she taught me, my ankle healed rapidly. I’ve been to her for joint and muscle issues (rotator cuff, knees, etc.) I always go home thinking she didn’t do anything but the next day I feel noticeably better. I don’t know how she does it, but she does.

I first saw Dr. Mayo about 15 years ago. I couldn’t lift a grocery bag or more importantly, sit at a keyboard, without pain. A friend recommended Dr. Mayo and I’m so grateful she did. Over several months of working with Dr. Mayo I regained full, pain-​free function of my hand, arm and shoulder. I recently met with a former colleague who was diagnosed with the same problem at about the same time and saw many other practitioners. All these years later, she still can’t sit at her computer and can barely hold a pen. I feel extremely lucky to have benefited and continue to benefit so much from Dr. Mayo’s knowledgeable, caring and gentle approach to healing.

I’m hoping Linda doesn’t actually read this review. I’m embarrassed to admit that Linda’s style of body work didn’t appeal to me at first. After my first visit, I told my partner that I didn’t know what I was doing by going to Linda Mayo’s office since it felt that her real gentle style of body work didn’t feel very effective. My partner said to give it a few days (she worked as a massage therapist) and low and behold I was back to my normal self. I think I pulled a rib out of whack and Linda worked her magic and cured me.
I continued to think I was missing something better since I wasn’t getting the usual crack and roll so I decided to venture out and try other chiroprators. One chiropractor in Albany used what looked like a small jack hammer to do a spine adjustment on me. I discovered that asking her to just use her hands was useless– that was her form of therapy: it took me a long time to recover from her treatment. Another chiroprator in Oakland has an assembly-​line practice where three tables are lined up and she cracks and rolls each person, one by one.
I guess I’m particular now-​a-​days; I like the privacy of one on one treatment, in a private room, and I especially like to be treated gently but effectively. This is what it’s like going to Linda Mayo.