This review is belated, as my family and I, have consulted Adam over the years. I've not left a review because I want to save him all for myself :-), but I realize that he'd like to run his business and I saw some negative reviews here, which made me want to defend my favorite acupuncturist/healer/therapist/herbologist in the Bay Area. The first time I consulted him was in 2013, and it was for my 7 year old son suffering from knee pains, that regular doctors kept talking about as "normal growing pains". It was frustrating to hear my kid in pain and feed him painkillers, so I wanted to try some alternative therapy. A friend gave a glowing review for Adam, so I thought I'll give him a try. So, I take my son in, and Adam puts him at ease immediately with his friendly talk. Considering he was going to stick a bunch of needles on a toddler, this is not an easy task, but he managed to do just that. I had TONS of questions which he answered patiently, and Adam even tried a foot bath for my son, made him do some yoga postures, prescribed medicines and gave a PAGE full of advice on how to handle these pains without resorting to Children's Mortrin. I was super suspicious about feeding my kid herbs that I did not know the ingredients of, and Adam silenced the skeptic in me by painstakingly explaining EACH ingredient on EACH unpronouncable medicine. I quickly realized this man is a treasure trove of knowledge. To my surprise, AFTER my sons' 1-1.5 hour appointment was over, I got a complimentary appointment!!?! Not really sure how that happened, but if you have the fortune of getting to know Adam and he doesn't have a line of people waiting(I was luckily the last appointment of the day), this may happen to you, as Adam is NOT a regular doctor AT ALL. He treats his patients with UTMOST kindness and will give you 10 hours if he could 🙂 I was so surprised that he started finding out about my aches and pains and diagnosing them, that I quickly came back a week or two later for my own appointment. I mean, who does that? A GP will not even let you ask another question for your family besides the patient he is treating in these days and times. The thing with Adam is, he REALLY CARES! WOW! I did not respond very well to acupuncture, I got woozy the first time, not sure why but Adam proceeded to do accupressure massages for me, and those were heavenly. Adam is NOT at all traditional in his approach, he is so knowledgeable about healing therapies that he will do what it takes to make you fit as a fiddle! He is most non-judgemental and you can talk to him about anything. Sometimes he surprises me by touching a nerve center and telling me what is troubling me in my life! He is so insightful, that it's spooky! Flash forward to 2018, and MANY of my friends and family have enjoyed visiting Adam's clinic. They all think he's a rockstar so I am not the only one! In any case, fan for life!
S.V.