Human Potential Chiropractic

I discovered nucca about 7 years ago and immediately realized its potential. I have seen multiple doctors across the country and Dr. Imana is easily as good as all the others. He truly cares for his patients and you can tell that his goal is to make you feel as good as possible. Highly recommend him.

For several years, I used to have a major back pain. I had tried many different types of treatment, but all of them have failed. One day, I found a sweet deal on Groupon and decided to go for it. I was skeptical in the beginning, but I had nothing to lose. As of today, my back pain is completely gone and my whole body feels better after the NUCCA treatment. Dr. Imana truly cares about the well being of the patients and he is a genuine guy who can be trusted.

Stay away. They seem to prey on vulnerable people. Refused to treat me until I committed to paying $ 5,000! This is after making me go thru a battery of x rays. He also gave me a 30 minute scare consultation. Had the nerve to charge me for the consult. By the way, when the initial appointment was made, I was told free consultation. Beware, they have a slick presentation and very hard. I will be reporting this.

I got a groupon and decided to visit this place after experience the worst back pain in my life. I have no idea what I was getting myself into. I made my first appointment and I was forced to watch a bunch of videos and then I was consulted by the «DR». I was told he didn’t have time to do a full evaluation but he said he can help me with my pain.
So, I had nothing to lose and came back for a second appointment. And shit went down the hill. I was taken to the back and had a series of X-​rays. I was thinking great he was trying to see if he can get a visual of my problem. Then I was examined with the typical body movements. I thought great he knows what he was doing. Then I was put on a machine and was told to sleep sideways. Then I got some vooodooo breathing and pressing on my neck several times. He told me my neck was out of alignment pointing to the X-​rays. I was like okay but my issue was my lower back. He did that twice. And I got up I felt the same as I came.
After all was done, he pulls out a folder with a price tag of 5,000 the amount of treatments I will need for him to completely heal me. When I see a scam I call it as I see it. I ended up going to NYU orthopedic. But beware of the sales pitch.

Prior to coming to Dr. Imana at Human Potential Chiropractic, I had only been to a chiropractor a couple of times and was, and still am, of the opinion that many do not offer their clients permanent improvements in health, but only quick relief from the pain of chronic conditions. Dr. Imana is one of a very few NUCCA chiropractors in the city and his approach is truly different than the typical one.
The NUCCA approach focuses on adjustments to the very top of the spinal column where a variety of muscles, tendons, and nerves meet. Both ongoing research and the originator of the chiropractic method have found that a variety of spinal imbalances and even other medical conditions are susceptible to correction from this «top down» approach. The need for this alignment is diagnosed with an x-​ray and results can be readily immediate. In my case, a leg length difference was corrected after a few treatments and at the end of six months I am nearly complete with stabilization treatments every other week. The adjustments are non-​percussive, very gentle, and painless.

I met Dr. Imana «by accident» because I was interested in reiki at the time and had been invited to listen to a reiki practitioner speak during one of the monthly educational workshops Dr. Imana hosts in his office. Little did I know how much my life would change because of that one evening. The fact that Dr. Imana holds these workshops, at no charge, says a lot about the kind of healer he is. He is not only supportive of the unique gifts of other healer-​educators around him, he simply wants all around him to reach their fullest potential, and he realizes that the routes to wholeness are as varied and unique as are people. Dr. Imana believes in education – in helping patients be co-​creators of their own healing, thus the library of books he keeps in his office to lend to patients, many of which I’ve enjoyed borrowing over the past year and that have greatly enriched my understanding.
That evening, Dr. Imana offered all the attendees of the evening’s workshop free initial consultations. At first I shrugged it off: I’ve been to many chiropractors over the years, typically for the standard «adjustment» after sustaining an injury. I didn’t have any specific joint-​related aggravations that I thought needed special attention. But I decided to book an appointment anyway, merely out of curiosity, and to see if he might be able to help with some other health issues.
Little did I know that Dr. Imana’s approach (the «NUCCA» approach) would change my way of thinking about healing the body forever. NUCCA is not about doing some temporary adjustment – making some popping sounds – for relief, as most chiropractors do. It is a profound way of making sure that the signals (the light, the «chi») is flowing through your body «without interference.» As far as I understand, its aim is to remove the obstacles that would hinder your body from functioning in its rightful order, to ensure that your brain stem can communicate correctly and efficiently with all of your organs so that your body can heal itself. Although Dr. Imana rightly stresses (and has taught me a lot about) the importance of maintaining positive thoughts and attitude about the process, this isn’t some touchy-​feely, faith-​based thing, either: it is scientific. Dr. Imana x-​rays you and you can see whether your head is sitting on the top of the bones of your spine straight or not. It’s literally a top-​down approach. He won’t treat or adjust you if you don’t need it, which he measures in very specific ways. I’ve gone to his office for check-​ups, and if my body is holding the correction and in line, he doesn’t adjust me. Lately I’ve been thinking that there’s probably a deep truth buried in our language, even, in the expression to «get your head on straight.» I remember being told a few years ago that I had one leg that was longer than the other, because one arm hung down lower and one shoulder always looked lower when I looked in the mirror. With the gentle, almost-​imperceptible adjustment Dr. Imana makes, this is no longer the case. Do any of you wear shoe lifts? That will be unnecessary after a few visits.
The thing about this practice is that it will effect your life in subtle but massive ways over time, so it’s hard to even pinpoint the many ways it has helped me. Everything in my life has been improved, more inspired. I am overwhelmed by a sense of being able to breathe more fully and freely after my adjustments. And when I am out of alignment, things just feel off. The question is why wouldn’t you give your body the best possible chance of running effectively as possible? I’ve heard of someone coming into Dr. Imana’s office shaking from Parkinson’s and leaving without their palsy; friends’ migraines have disappeared; high blood pressure has been fixed without medication. He has some outrageous statistic like 70% of the women struggling with infertility have conceived within 3 months of seeing him. I wish more people would set aside their doubts and try it. To me this is the ultimate, non-​invasive way of giving your body the best chance it can have to heal itself. And I’m glad someone else learned all the intricate vectors and math required for making the adjustments so I don’t have to!
Also there’s the fact that Dr. Imana is simply an amazing, humble, brilliant, gentle and good human being. He has built himself into a world-​class healer from very difficult beginnings in Bolivia, and I am utterly in awe. This is medicine in its fullest expression. Thank you, Dr. Imana, for the inspiration and positivity with which you lead your practice and your life, and for bringing an immeasurable amount of goodness and light into my life.

I started doing NUCCA treatments in Utah and was blown away by the results. I had been suffering from chronic lower back pain from car accidents and small injuries starting from gymnastics as a kid. I was thrilled to learn that Dr. Imana in NYC was a NUCCA specialist (since I live here now). I have been coming to him every few months for the past year for «tune ups» and it keeps my body in line and all the aches and pains I used to deal with on a daily basis are non existent. I used to hate chiropractors after a bad «cracking» left me practically immobile. But these treatments are actually relaxing, 100% pain free, and you feel the results almost same day. Plus Dr. Imana is so kind and gentle, he takes pride in what he does (as he should because it’s almost unreal what this does). I recommend it to everyone who has pain and is looking for alternatives to painkillers and traditional methods.

My life has transformed since my NUCCA procedure. My body has transitioned to a place of alignment and it has improved my sleep. It may sound strange but I can feel when the adjustments are taking place in my body. I am able to stand straight which is something that was challenging before and I am able to focus. You must keep in mind that you receive what you put into it. So a healthy lifestyle emotionally and physically is a must.
I have progressed to a better place within the last couple of months and I am grateful for meeting Dr. Imana.

My husband and I have been in to see Dr. Imana for 3 weeks now and the tightness under my shoulder blade is gone. My husband isn’t crouched over as much (which is really saying something). For anyone concerned about the sound an ordinary adjustment makes rest assured: THERE IS NONE. The adjustments are as gentle as reiki.