Bethesda Chiropractic Center

I have been having back and neck pain for over a month thinking it was stress related. after getting a massage last week without relief I decided it was time to seek additional help. I found Dr. Hook through my insurance carrier’s website then googled his name found positive reviews on Unilocal.I called he got me right away! I now have relief! I feel like crying that is how much relief I have! so thankful for Dr. Hook getting me in quickly and helping me. I was awesome! The treatment consisted of an evaluation, electrodes to my back to stimulate the muscles (which was interesting) then an adjustment = relief. I go back on Wednesday for a follow-​up and in the meantime — I am to apply some heat to the muscles. Thank you!

Dr Jim is a sweetheart! I was in town for the holiday and got a bad neck injury from a freak accident involving a chair at the Kennedy center (don’t ask…) and he took me last minute and gave me an excellent adjustment! I couldn’t even move my head yesterday and now I feel pain free and movement restored! Excellent bedside manner and precise technique and if I lived here I would see him every week! Don’t bother going anywhere else.

Dr Hook is a nice guy, but compared to other chiropractors I’ve been to, his office is pretty dingy. Old 1970s face down table that will hurt your cheeks. He put these electric gel nodules on my back, which gave me a headache so I pulled them off. Then he did a quick 3 minute massage then, a neck and back adjustment, and ended the session. $ 30 later my back and neck still hurt. the other chiropractors I’ve been to have great massage chairs while you wait and spend quite a bit for time working my back and neck. I won’t be coming back.

Dr. Hook was great. I called on Friday morning as my other chiropractor had to cancel unexpectedly due to an illness. He fit me in that day. He was diligent, thorough, and did the adjustments needed to help correct my hip rotation.

I came in after an automobile accident just two gargoyles short of ringing church bells for a living, and my treatments here have been a godsend. Dr. Hook tolerates my Disney villain jokes with aplomb. Small office with plentiful reading material in the waiting room, but I rarely have a lengthy wait since I schedule away from peak hours. Phone calls are returned diligently. Unlike the other chiropractor I’ve experienced, I’m not forced into a series of X-​rays, or scolded for not getting regular tune-​ups. All my questions are dutifully answered, and the hands-​on adjustments following heated EMS therapy have provided much relief.

Bethesda Chiropractic– where have you been for the past 3 years of my life.
I know where my back pain has been. My doctor originally diagnosed it as pain in my «mouse muscles.»
Yes I do see Minnie Mouse as my Primary Care Physician #WorstJokeEver
No, but, she actually said that from extending my arms while driving so much, and extending my arms on top of my desk on my laptop for extended periods of time, was the main cause of my back pain.
So, when I got into the office (which BTW — I was in a lot of pain and they managed to fit me in on the day I called), the «receptionist» was handling issues with the credit card machine. Apparently they had just switched over to a new company and things were going haywire.
I sat filled out some forms and waited just a little bit. The «receptionist» on the phone took me back into a small office with a table and started talking to me about the troubles with his bank and the credit card issues.
Uhhhh… oh … OHHHH… This is the Doctor.
Dr. Hook — he introduced himself and immeadiately got to work.
I love that thing that chiropractors do when they’re like feeling up and down your back and then they feel a spot– and their like «oh — looks like you got a problem over there» as you writh in blinding pain.
YEP! You’ve found it. Now, please stop pressing on it! All chiropractors… all chiropractors
So, he put stim on it (the little diode things that tingle on your pain area). I’m not sure what the technology is behind it, but it does seem to help.
The last chiropractor I went to put me on a table that lifted my legs up and down repeatedly as he pressed really hard on my problem areas. Like, literally my legs were flapping like the fin of a fish and he just went to town causing me an exorbitant amount of pain. He was like… this is called blah blah type of chiropractic care. And I was like in my mind… «I’m never gonna use blah blah type of chiropractic care ever again.»
Doctor Hook was all about the business. He seems like he deals with a lot of patients, knows exactly what to do, and does it quickly.
I’d recommend him definitely after my first visit. He brought my pain down from like an 8 to a 4 in the matter of an hour. Good job doctor!
Can’t wait for our appointment next week!

Excellent, no BS back adjustment. Didn’t try to sell repeat visits or x rays. Just did the job.