Marc Gottlieb, DC – Life Within Chiropractic

Can’t tell everyone enough! Dr. Marc adjusted me again! I have been tight because I have been sleeping awkward position and working out ! Plus my family is feeling a lot betterI definitely feel a lot more better! Amazing!

There is certainly LIFE WITHIN! I was sincerely lost and frustrated before meeting Dr. Marc and the wonderful team. Since going, I was given hope again. Growing up I was one not to show tears publically so easily but the 1^st visit brought tears to my eyes. I was on a search for a place that could help us find answers re: our 1 yr old son’s traumatic febrile seizure experiences. Based on the articles and reviews, I called the office and a delightful Ricky answered. He was so kind to patiently share with me how his nephew has also experienced seizures and was able to get the help he needed through chiropractic adjustments. I actually narrowed down to and called multiple chiropractic offices prior to Dr. Marc’s practice. Ricky made it easy for me to schedule.
At our 1^st visit, we were welcomed by a beautifully positive Taryn. She enhanced our visit and were left with the best customer service experience impression. It has since been memorable. She makes it feel like family!
Dr. Mo evaluated my son and was thorough in his explanations. He was incredibly knowledgable and skilled, I was convinced to bring the entire family in for adjustments! He will be missed since he had to move but Dr. Sherry has since taken his place. She has also evaulated and adjusted our newborn. She has been so caring and kind especially to the kids she has a natural touch that I’ve been so thankful for. We value every adjustment she has made for the kiddos.
Dr. Marc has been so genuinely, positively loving. He truly inspires us. It has been LIFE CHANGING. You could feel the sincere care, chiropractic love, energy, encouragement and positive vibes. He has adjusted my other toddler, my husband and I and each and every single one of us has felt a difference with our physical and even mental state. On top of recovering from a Csection, I’ve been through a car accident that severely misaligned my body. With each adjustment, the pain keeps subsiding, and my anxieties and mental state has begun to clear. I am hopeful for continous positive results. We are advocates and realized that these visits are a necessity in our lives. We have become family. (P.S. They’ve not paid me to write this review LOL). THANK YOU DR. MARC, DR. MO, DR. SHERRY, RICK & TARYN! Love you all like you love us!

Every Friday Amadeus and I start our day with dr Marc and his team. Best way to start your day, get adjusted and be positive!

I couldn’t tie my shoes a couple weeks ago now forget I ever had back issues. amazing!!! friendly awesome staff and friendly awesome chiropractor…

Dr. Marc is amazing along with his staff. He is the best chiropractor around! When I go in and I have a problem with my neck or my back his treatment always makes me immediately feel better. I would highly recommend him to anyone!

Marc is amazing!!! I’m very excited for the recovery time and therapy with Marc! Thanks for always putting in so much great energy in this world! We need it!!!

DR. MARC CHANGED MY LIFE. I used to have constant pain in my legs and lower back as well as frequent headaches. Dr. Marc suggested I stop in when I ran into him at an event. Within a few visits my back and leg pain went away and I rarely have headaches any more.
Ricky & Taryn at the front dest are awesome. Always greet you with a smile and nice words. Everyone in the office is invested in you well being.
Do yourself a favor and go to Life Within. They will change your life for the better. Experience the life within yourself. You won’t regret it.

Dr Marc and his staff have helped me so much. My low back pain is almost completely gone. I used to not be able to function due to the pain. I can jog again and move through my day without medication. I don’t know of any chiropractor with more love for his patients than Dr Marc and his staff. They treat you like family, they connect with you and they care about you. I am deeply grateful for me six months with them and all the progress made on my spine. I will continue to come for maintainence and just because I love them! Thank you, Life Within!

We’ve been patients of Dr. Marc for several years. Everyone in the office is great… patient oriented, health oriented, uplifting. The best!

After writing this review and giving them more than ample time to respond to my extremely bad experience, I’ve heard nothing from the office or the doctor. My assertion that this doctor treats his patients like cattle under the guise of truly caring are absolutely evident. Avoid this chiropractor. There are other very skilled doctors in SD who see ONE patient at a time and treats them while being present. Avoid this practice if you need quality chiropractic care with true attention to the patient.

These guys are great! I am an athlete (and a klutz) and have a lot of injuries that they have helped work me through. One of which was bothering my hip for over a decade– less than a year here and it’s vanished! I’ve come to them so cranky and in so much pain, and all they have is infinite patience and care. Very pleased!!!

I originally met Dr Marc years ago when he was hired by my medical device company as a health/​nutrition specialist. He spoke to us about proper nutrition and wellness for your body.
Shortly afterwards my GF (and several co-​workers) went to him. My GF had stomach issues which two years of mutliple doctors/​hospitals with every test imaginable taken twice did not find the reason or cure her. She even tried acupuncture, but to no avail. All other avenues exhausted she was depressed and losing hope for ever being cured. Trust me, it was bad with her only able to eat jello and baby food most days and throwing up multiple times each day.
Cue in Dr Marc and his amazing chiropractic skill as well as positive energy. Well, after about 1 to 2 months of treatment 2 – 3 times a week, she was finally cured. I was actually thinking that she was wasting her time going to a chiropractor. The way that Dr Marc fixed her up made me a believer. He also fixed back aches and pains for several other friends of mine. They all loved him.
It is now several years later and I am seeing him to help me get back to health after a bad mountainbike injury a few years ago. It has only been a few weeks but my back and health seem to be improving. His positive energy is infectious and a BIG help to me. He is always giving me advice on how to further improve my health and wellness. For that, and all else he has done I am eternally grateful.

Me and my partner have been seeing Dr. Marc for a little over a year. LIFE CHANGING. Physically, emotionally, even spiritually.
Taryn, Chelsea, and Ricky are always a delight to be around. We love talking with them while waiting for our turn (which is never too long) and sharing stories. They have become family! They have worked with us when it comes to finances, and we are so grateful for it.
What separates Dr. Marc’s from any other office is simple: the abundance of love in those rooms. There’s laughter, education, and so much compassion. (Not only are the adjustments by him amazing, but the positive atmosphere is intoxicating in the most beautiful sense).
Dr. Marc and his staff has changed our lives in more ways than we could have ever imagined! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I wanted to share my experience and my opinion of Life Within Chiropractic. I have had neck pain for quite some time, and an MRI showed nothing. After getting Cortisone shots and muscle relaxants with no help, I tried Life Within, Marc Gottlieb DC. I arrive at my appointment which is $ 39, stated on their website and for walk-​ins with insurance. I also paid another $ 40 for an adjustment. The way this place works is, they teach you about «sublaxations», which is hardly studied, and tell you that you need 6 – 12 months of adjustments. At 3 adjustments a week, they bill you $ 299 a month, which is a «steal»! With or without insurance, they will ask you to pay for at least 10 visits in advance for a «deal» of $ 30 an adjustment but $ 299 a month. They are tricky, so if you have insurance, I would find out your benefits before going in. Also, the girl at the front desk told me my health was more important than school, to try and get me in the following day for the results, which is when they sell you the package. I missed a day of class for nothing, basically. She seemed so determined to get me in, I thought something was seriously wrong! Anyway, I don’t like how the office is centered around making money and not helping the patient. According to Marc, if i took his deal, my visits would be 5 minutes to save me time! Uh, «you mean to make more money?» It’s like a Chiro mill! This is why I am going to a physical therapist. Another fyi, I was told by the billing person that they use physical therapy codes to bill some insurance. I’d rather my insurance pay for the real thing. Just my opinion!

Dr. Marc is such an amazing doctor, he has helped me with neck and back pain. Getting my adjustments I am able to move better and has improved my headaches tremendously. His staff are friendly and caring.

If you are coming across this review because you are trying to find an awesome chiropractor and a chiropractic office you enjoy going to, please take my sincere recommendation of Dr. Marc!
I was always interested in chiropractic care because I believe it is a vital part in feeling (and looking) your best. I didn’t actively seek out care until this year (I’m 30 years old as of this writing) when I injured my knee training for a race. I found a chiropractor in my area but he only focused on the injury, adjustment after adjustment. After awhile I started thinking that maybe the injury was a result of something else being ‘out of wack’, so to speak, and so I started searching for other chiropractors. I wanted to find a chiropractor who looked at the whole body/​the whole ‘picture’. By chance, I met Dr. Mo, who also works with Dr. Marc, at an event and decided to check out the office.
So glad I did! They did some initial thermal scans of my spine to see if I had any particular problem areas (subluxations) and boy did I! I started on a treatment plan that I was comfortable with committing to. I love every visit to the office. Everyone on the staff, Taryn, Ricky, Dr. Mo, etc. are awesome and make you feel right at home. Dr. Marc is someone you just have to meet, let alone be your trusted chiropractor! He is just a very special (and impressive) person, inside and out. I literally look forward to seeing him, receiving his positive energy and getting a great adjustment.
I feel better than I have ever felt in my life. My posture is strong and upright, my back pains are gone, I am sleeping better, my senses are more acute, I kid you not! Long story short, I highly recommend you checking out his office. Get in there, meet the staff, meet Dr. Marc and I promise you that you will be feeling tons better in no time.
HIGHLY recommended!

Amazing team — from the front desk (Chelsea is fabulous) to the pre-​screen team and doctor. When the operations experience is seamless through to the actual exam — and you learn a thing or two (they pride themselves on education), you know you’ve landed in a good place.
Oh.and they love dogs there too — and do adjustments for them!

You know the first moment you see a person and they just exude pure confidence and universal truth straight to their core? One of those people would be Dr. Marc Gottlieb. He spoke to a group of our local chiropractors last month and he was inspiring. to say the least. He is not only a confident and well spoken speaker, but he exudes sincerity in his passion for chiropractic and life! I myself am not a chiropractor, but I love to attend these talks with my husband (who is a great chiropractor, Aaron Gillespie). I especially love attending them when the person speaking has life lessons that expand across the board for all people of all walks of life.
On top of being an excellent motivator and speaker, he is gracious with his time and extra business he is a part of. He graciously entertained our family at the Portland Aquarium, in which he is a owner! You rock Dr. Marc! You help give us all permission to shine our beautiful lights when we are in your presence, and to the world !! Thank you :)

I just want to update on what Dr. Marc wrote.
This is what he wrote on my message.
«Catherine, I thank you for your comment and feedback. I am sincerely sorry that I was not in the office when you had your initial consultation. My team did the best they could under the circumstance of me not being there. I hope that you found a chiropractor that works better for you. I am so sorry I was not able to meet you directly and the experience you had in my office is not a reflection of how we do things. If I can ever be of help to you at any other time, please let us know. I pride myself on our stellar reputation.
Dr. Marc Gottlieb»
I do appreciate that he took time to respond to my review and I understand that he wanted to explain the situation.
HOWEVER…
IF he was being sincere about my review, I would think that he would at least take a min to see how my name was spelled.
I am sorry but «C» and «K» might not be a big deal for some people but it is to me.
Also as a owner trying to appeal to me that the experience I had is not «reflection» of how they do at their office does not really work when first word of your message tells me other wise.
The feeling I got from his reply back on my review or on my message is that he just want 5 star reviews and doesn’t really care about anything else… (this might not be true for others but it was for me… and I am entitled to my own opinion. Right?)
Also, I wanted to clarify that I did see Dr. Marc on my initial visit but he did not do any adjustments so I don’t know why Dr. Marc would say he was not there???
I understand he sees many patients through out the day and I don’t expect him to remember me but please get the facts correctly before you say or write anything or don’t say anything at all. it just makes the situation worse.
I don’t know how you could open Chiropractor office when there is no Dr. there so what he said in the message doesn’t make sense either to me…(unless he was at lunch or something??)
ANY HOW, THIS is just what I am talking about…
both his office manager and Dr. didn’t confirm anything to be true and is just trying to give me an answer… I wasn’t just looking for an answer, I was looking for a correct reason for the charges and I was trying to understand the situation. If the office manager provided me with valid reason for the charges and made me understand the situation then I would understand but it just felt like they were not listening to me and was trying to get most money out of me because it was accident case. Also if I didn’t have to pay out of pocket I would have never known but I did have to pay out of pocket and that’s why I was able to experience these things.

I met Dr. Marc when he spoke at a professional networking dinner. I’m sort of a skeptic so I have never, ever wanted to go to a chiropractor but several colleagues swore by it so I decided to take advantage of Dr. Marc’s introductory offer and try it.
When I found this hole in the wall office on the eastern border of Hillcrest, I continued to be skeptical. I quickly overcame that due in no small part to the positive energy exuding from the staff and the ambience of the office. I watched as the receptionist welcomed each patient by name and everyone left the office smiling. Whatever kool-​aid was being dispensed, I wanted some!
After my first visit, Dr. Marc called me to make sure I was feeling good and to answer any questions. After I got into a routine I started going twice a week and found that I hardly ever got migraines anymore. The second unexpected bonus was running into former colleagues and old friends at Dr. Marc’s office. It was a pleasant surprise to find friends from all parts of my life had been going to Dr. Marc’s for years!
One might consider the adjustment visits to be like a cattle call type experience, a chiropractor’s version of a «quickie,» but truthfully a busy person like me appreciates the flexibility of scheduling/​changing appointments, and the quick in-​and-​out 10 minute appointment. It’s also an added bonus that I can go as late as 6:20pm!
Dr. Marc, Ricky, and the rest of the staff always makes me feel welcome (even if it’s now months between appointments due to work and financial demands). I love their positive energy! When I leave their office I always feel physically and mentaly better! Go get yourself on a regular «quickie» schedule with Dr. Marc and start feeling better!