305 Post St, Napa California 94559
High Level: Dr. Austin is a truly tremendous practitioner. He is a master of his craft. An excellent listener, leading to an excellent diagnosis. Finally, he posses a learners mentality and intellectual curiosity. Thus, he is driven to grow as a practitioner, as opposed to those who stay stagnant. First hand, I can tell you this translates to excellent care for his patients.
The Long Story:
I had an incredibly complicated journey of constant pain that affected my entire right side over 3 years before finding Dr. Austin. My case was like an onion, always another layer below. I spent a few thousand on multiple specialists, MRI's, CT's, Physical Therapy and injections.
Each specialist would refuse to look at the case wholistically. They would refuse to acknowledge that my entire body was involved, not just my hip, my big toe, my back, my hamstring or my scapula so to speak. They would only be willing to rule something out. They would not be willing to take the time to diagnose.
Enter Dr. Austin. A doctor who was willing to partner with me on the journey of getting me out of pain. Like I said, my case was incredibly complicated and not straightforward. I would have loved for a quick surgery fix. It took a long time for my body to develop this much pain, it was going to be a journey to get out of pain.
Dr. Austin listened to my case history. Looked at my body top to bottom. Reviewed all the scans with me. We solved one problem. Then the next. Then the next. Then the next. And just like Matt Damon said in The Martian, if you solve enough problems, eventually you get to go home. Well in my case, eventually I was able to be out of pain.
You cannot be an excellent practitioner such as he without a true mastery of chiropractic, FRC, and Foundation Training knowledge. Dr. Austin has this in spades. But that's just the base.
I truly believe what sets Dr. Austin apart from other practitioners are his ability to listen (and thus diagnose), as well as his drive to consistently grows as a practitioner.
Both of these traits are constant. The diagnosis is not just day one, its every visit. It's listening the feedback your body is providing as well as what you are providing from in between visits. We adjust, we tweak, we enter in the next phase of movements.
Having a doctor who is not satisfied with there level of knowledge but wants to get better? Who is inspired by your case to take time to hone new skills? We all know this is not a common in today's medical landscape.
It doesn't need to be said but I'll say it anyway. I could not recommend Dr. Austin any higher. He is a one of a kind practitioner.