Dan Buquicchio DC

I don’t like typical chiropractors, and Dr. Dan is no typical «bone-​cracking» chiropractor — he is smart, sensitive, talented, funny, and trustworthy. I was referred to see Dr. Dan because of horrible hip and back pain. Dr. Dan evaluated me and recommended a treatment path. His plan was SPOT ON and my pain was GONE! I go back periodically to get readjusted and it always works.
I can’t recommend him and his staff enough. If you have debilitating back issues, come see him first before you see another Chiropractor or back surgeon. Really

This is not about Dr. Buquicchio whom I have not had an opportunity to visit. This review is about his office staff person when I tried to schedule an emergency appointment for a hip injury. The person’s name is, I believe, Serena. This person said he was the biller and scheduler. When I attempted to explain my injury, describe my insurance coverage and get an appointment ASAP, Serena went into some kind of offended snit. I asked to be seen immediately if possible and Serena said I was ‘berating’ him, told me to find another doctor and hung up. This chiropractor was highly recommended to me by a close friend. Maybe I’ll visit with him after Serena gets anger management counseling or just goes away.

I’ve had intermittent neck and shoulder problems for almost a year. Massage, acupuncture, and chiropractic have not really helped much. Most times I’ve gone to see a chiropractor they try to get me on a long program of attending 3x a week for a month, then 2x a week for another month, then once a week for many more months, often asking me to pay hundreds of dollars in advance before I’ve even had one adjustment. No thanks. Dr. Dan told me up front that if he couldn’t get me feeling normal in three visits I should probably just look elsewhere. Right off the bat I like this guy.
He uses a little tiny adjusting «gun» that is very gentle — no sharp head-​twisting maneuvers. You almost wonder if it’s doing anything it feels so unobtrusive. True to his word, after 2 – 3 visits I felt more or less normal. He also gave me some exercises to help me from getting into this spot again. After seeing him I went a year without neck problems whereas before I was having episodes every 4 – 6 months. Dan’s also a super nice guy and the receptionists are good folks, too. Couldn’t recommend more highly.

Dr Dan uses an amazingly gentle yet effective technique. He barely touches you at all with his hands, just uses a hand held adjustment device with which he taps areas to bring them into alignment. No cracks, snaps, crunches or pseudo sumo moves here. He also offers useful advice about how to get yourself back on track. This is a great type of treatment.

Dr Dan should not even be called a chiropractor because he is not the typical type. He does not do hardcore crunching adjustments, nor make you come 80 times a week for the next year! I have seen him when I need to for the last year after a near disabling fall. Even his activator is nothing like I’ve seen before — it is not the one just has a «clunk» but has has three depths. He also spends time manually adjusting and really listening — to me and my body. He also taught adjustments at Bastyr and the one time I felt like I needed that good «crunch» on my neck he was so gentle I did even realize it was done — that is of course except the pain was gone. Frankly, he is heavenly. *sigh*

Don’t worry about prononucing his last name. ‘Dr. Dan’ is what he prefers to be called.
I started seeing Dr. Dan two weeks after I was in a terrible, bone-​crushing, spine-​baddening accident.
Now, I’ll tell you that I don’t generally abide by chiropractic. I think they’re too harsh, I am too sensitive a flower to be jarred and twisted around, my muscles are too tense to actually let go enough for me to get into those positions, and it’s scary.
Dr. Dan is a different kind of chiropractor. No, he’s not one of your woo-​woo guys, either.
He uses ‘The Activator’, a little hand-​held spring-​loaded pogo stick thing. He’ll explain to you how speed=increased force, and how this little thing just pops the bones back in to place, without all the fanfare and twistyforce of ‘regular’ chiropractic.
When I was weeks from being able to see a regular chiropractor, I was able to be adjusted by Dr. Dan two weeks into an acute injury, and his treatment helped me not have to be sedated into a coma to get through the pain.
I saw him twice a week for a year, and the only thing I miss about that time in my life, is not getting the amazing treatments I got from Dr. Dan and my acupuncture/​massage guy, Brendan. I’d Unilocal a review for Brendan too, but he moved across the country and I don’t know where he is.
Dr. Dan’s lovely wife, Gail, is a naturopath in the same practice, and is a wonderful doctor too. The whole practice shares an integrative, allopath/​western mishmash view, holistic, of healing. I love them.
I’ll be reviewing my main doctor soon, too.
Dr. Dan used to be a massage therapist, and then wanted to offer more to his patients, so he went to chiropractic school. He’s definitely a healer. He’s also a New Yorker with a healthy sense of humor, and he’s a great hugger. I love Dr. Dan.