Ronald Safko, DC

Dr. Safko is excellent. I have had experience with many different chiropractors over the years and I rate him as one of the best. His office is pleasant, the staff friendly and welcoming. He gets you in and out in under one hour, so you can go at lunchtime if convenient. He incorporates massage into the treatment which is a welcome change from some of the rougher cracking techniques some chiropractor employ. Also he and his staff were totally aware of my condition at each visit and zeroed in on the problem with laser focus.
So do yourself a favor and skip the assembly line place that hands out flyers all over Manhattan for free medical massages and GO SEE DR. SAFKO!

I hurt my lower back last weekend and have been going to Dr. Ron Safko’s office for the past few days. Dr. Ron and his entire staff are very professional, highly skilled and knew exactly what to do to help me. The licensed massage therapists really helped release the tension on the pulled muscles in my posterior. Dr. Ron performed adjustments to my lower back /​hips — hard to describe what he did in a short paragraph but it really helped. Within a few days I am feeling much better and can start exercising again — while barely a few days ago I was having problem even getting dressed for work in the morning. Thank you!

Dr. Safko is wonderful.
My lower left back/​left hip was in total agony — I could not get comfortable in any position and was afraid I had slipped a disc. I could not never bend over to wash my hands in the sink and my poor husband had to put on my pants and tie my shoes every day.
Dr. Safko quickly diagnosed the issue and immediately pinpointed what I needed to do to get better — and quickly! I have almost full range of motion again after 1.5 weeks with Dr. Safko, after thinking I would be immobile for months.
Dr. Safko takes my insurance (United/​Oxford), and the company is willing to pay for 4 – 6 weeks of treatment for an injury like this, but I will be done after just 2 weeks! He does not try to drag out the visits for himself. Dr. Safko wants you to get better as quick as possible for your own good, not his.
Also his office staff are wonderful and I never waited longer than 5 min. for an appt.

I have had a «frozen shoulder» (no range of motion) for almost a year, and after not having any improvement with PT, I went to Dr Safko on a friend’s recommendation.
Each visit starts out with electro-​stim and fantastic medical massage by Seong Ki, a true healer, followed by Dr Safko’s excellent adjustment. They are also some of the kindest people I’ve met in the medical world.
After 4 visits, I felt everything begin to shift, and now, after 9 visits, am back to swimming and biking, after not being able to for six months.
I would not hesitate to send anyone here, as they will only treat you if they think they can make a difference. I wish I could give 10 stars!

Dr. Safko is the truth.
Overall really solid chiro, and he always tries to keep it simple and minimize the necessary visits.
I work about a block from his office and saw him first in some time in 2011. Basically, I had been getting bad headaches about once year since maybe 2006. They seemed exercise induced but they were intense and they’d last for hours or even sometimes like days at a low level.
I had seen three doctors and two chiros about this problem over the years. They all had told me different things but nothing worked.
My first visit with Dr. Safko, he asked me how I slept and diagnosed my problem as a muscular issue in my neck that was being caused by sleeping position. He recommended a change, which I made. The headaches have not returned.
The experience at his office is very good. Nice staff, and he works with massage therapists that give these amazing massages.
He also helped me a lot with a running injury to my IT band on my left leg during the summer of 2012 — that also has not returned. He helped me stretch it out and then showed me some stretches to do before and after my runs. It worked.
Dr. Safko is top of the line and he takes Oxford healthcare.

Dr. Ron Safko has been extremely helpful with different aches and pains which my husband and I have experienced. On multiple occasions, his diagnosis has been accurate, and I have left his office feeling much better.
He is extremeley knowledgeable and listens well to his patients, trying to find the structural, underlying issues, to avoid having patients come back for treatment for long periods.
In addition to being knowledgeable, he has a great human warmth and cracks funny jokes. His staff is great too. I could only recommend this chiropractor.

Great Chiropractor and also, great staff. I have been to many, many chiropractors all over the United States because I was an actress on tour for several years and Dr. Safko, in my humble opinion, is really as good as it gets. He marries electrical stimulation, with massage therapy, along with chiropractic care to create lasting results and relief. Also, he and his staff really understand how a body works. Great office, too.

Dr. Ron is the third chiro I visited in NY and I’m hoping he’ll be my last. He fixed a pinched nerve in my shoulder through both therapeutic massage and adjustment. He also did a posture-​correction exercise with me to reduce the strain I put onto my shoulders while being chained to a desk 10 hours a day. He’s really great about trying to fix the underlying issues, along with the discomfort you experience.
On top of that, he’s a huge college football fan and loves to talk sports, which to me is just icing on the cake! Seriously, though– he’s one of the good guys and his staff is truly great as well.