Very impressed with our first two visits. Had extremely horrible pain in my back/spine area, with…read morejust two acupuncture treatments it felt so much better.

I started seeing Alex about 5 years ago, looking for an alternative to what was available in the…read morearea. I have recommended this man to ALL of my friends! He is by far the best healer that I have had in my 67 years of living! Truly a gentle soul who knows what he is doing!

I highly recommend Way of Life Medicine! I was looking for a practitioner close to home and feel so…read morefortunate to have found Lauren Laks. She is a solid and skillful resource. Working virtually (online and email) was easy. My medical history is fairly complex, but she navigated the details and the options available for my treatment with a thoughtful and thorough approach. Then she ordered the remedies for me and I had them quickly! We're all living in the atmosphere of a Pandemic and have to change the way we connect with our providers. Before I found Lauren I felt concerned about finding a trusted practitioner, but I can happily say that I'm in good hands.

Highly recommended! I received a complete Treatment plan via online consultation from Way of Life…read moreMedicine for a family member who is a recovering addict. Lauren covered all of the bases, and explained to us everything we needed to know, beautifully and with great care!

I had an excellent experience at AtlasPROfilax. Sondra was kind, informative, and extremely…read moreknowledgeable. She took the time to explain the process and answer all of my questions. For years, I struggled with a hump at the base of my neck. I had tried chiropractors, physical therapy, and consistent home exercises, but nothing provided lasting results. After my AtlasPROfilax treatment, I noticed an immediate improvement in my posture. It's now been a little over three months, and the hump has been significantly reduced. The results have exceeded my expectations. I'm looking forward to returning in a few months for a follow-up treatment. I highly recommend AtlasPROfilax to anyone dealing with posture issues or chronic neck tension. It has truly made a noticeable difference for me.

If I could give 10 stars, I would. I was fortunate enough to find a practitioner not far from my…read moreresidence. Sondra is professional and thorough. Provided answers to all my questions, which were many. After the procedure, I felt immediate relief. The plantar fasciitis that I have had for 10 years is gone. Don't know how it happened. Must have been this treatment! Wish I found Sondra years ago! Can't wait to experience more healing as time passes. If you have pain issues, give this a try. No pills, injections or surgery necessary for relief! Thank you!

I lost my husband in January and have not slept well or eaten well since. After the treatment I…read morewent home and was so calm and relaxed that I slept for three hours. I thought to myself when I woke up "Oh boy, I'm not going to sleep tonight at all." Wrong. Had the energy to make myself a nice dinner and for the first time in months slept through the night.. I feel so much better after just one treatment with Lise and will definitely continue seeing her. She definitely knows what shes doing. In addition, calming, clean and inviting environment and I loved the music she played in my room. Slow jazz everything was perfect. I highly recommend this individual. I had seen an acupuncturist in Marin during the 90's for Graves Disease who was also fantastic but I moved away from the area to a much more remote area with no acupuncturist close by and have not see another until yesterday in Placerville. She's wonderful.......

Lise is an amazing practitioner. Knowledgeable, professional and kind. I have a host of menopausal…read moresymptoms that I am confident acupuncture can treat. I recently moved back to Sac and am thrilled to go back to Lise for treatments.

Dr. Marc Fierro is an excellent doctor in integrative medicine. He is wise, kind and great at…read morehandling Western and Eastern medicine. I loved it when I was his patient (now I live too far away).

Stephanie is a an amazing healer. I scheduled 1.5 hrs session with her a few weeks in advance and…read moreshe accommodated me even on a weekend since I was visiting the area. She gave clear instructions on the location, directions, logistics etc. Stephanie is gifted with intuition and has great skills. The massage itself was very comforting. Stephanie used a few different things from her toolbox, asked me a lot if questions about history etc, gave me a number of recommendations. I felt very relaxed after the massage. It's not just a massage, it's intuitive healing. I would highly recommend her and look forward to coming back.

Words cannot begin to describe the mind-blowing amazingness of Stephanie Shrum's therapeutic…read morebodywork & massage practice. She's easily one of the ultimate best, most high ranked bodyworkers in my life... I've received lots of bodywork & massage over the years, and she's either in the top 3 or she's the #1 out of all the massage therapists I've received from. She makes really good massage therapists look like beginners or amateurs. Having said that, she is not who to go to if you want "light & fluffy" massage.. If you want something spa-like and relaxing and sensual - don't go to her. Don't go to her if you want just a nice rubdown w/ some oil. That's not to say her work isn't relaxing and sensual - it is, but her work goes much deeper than that. Go to Stephanie if you want to get really deeply worked. She is a masterful healer, and she works on multiple levels; her work is therapeutic, spiritual, energetic, physical, emotional... I feel that she's extremely psychic and empathic and is able to understand my body better than I am able to myself. There is such a deep experience and journey that I undertake when receiving from her, it's as though she's releasing all my tension, physical pain and emotions all together... And she just sees it, she gets it.. She's so present and so there. Plus she's been doing bodywork & massage for most of her adult life, so she's been trained in every modality - is well practiced and deeply seasoned. She's a master. And she also has some really great "sensual" tricks up her sleeve that are also wonderful.. but her work is relaxing on the deepest level of a therapeutic full body / being adjustment.. Honestly I've never experienced the level of psychic presence & empathic listening from another bodyworker or healer before. she's on a whole other level..... It's like she's an angel, and she's just lovingly clearing everything out..... (ps; what Stephanie said. the sensuality of her work is indeed the music, the aromatherapy & hot towel...)

I was a patient of Wendy's for years, but if I did not book something before I left, I never got a…read morecall back. When I mentioned this to Wendy, she said "oh we try to call people back within 48 hrs." Really? I recently referred 2 people to Wendy who said they never got a call back. If you care about finding someone who is responsive, I would look for someone else.

First off, two reviewers, Jae D. and A. M. prominently displayed their ignorance of how Anthem Blue…read moreCross PPO health insurance plan works or a comparable PPO medical plan. Both Jae D. and A. M. were misinformed that they owe no "copay" to an In-Network acupuncture provider. After the annual deductible is met (which varies with each contract), Anthem will cover 80% of the treatment, the patient/insuree is responsible for 20%. Anthem calls this 20% "coinsurance" payment, which is often confused with something different called a "copay." Copay is a fee and term normally associated with an HMO policy, like for Kaiser Permanente and other Health Maintenance Organizations [HMO]. Whichever term is used, most people equate paying any amount at the doctor's office as a "copay." More confusion happens because many people are unaware that their annual deductible has not been met, and full amount of the doctor's visit is owed. That is the $40 that Dr. Wendy Stedeford is expecting for a treatment. Her actual higher billing rate to Anthem is commensurate to other medical professionals. Per contractual agreement between Dr. Stedeford and Anthem, a patient's bill is immediately reduced by 76% as an In-Network Provider "plan discount." After this plan discount, the total amount owed to Dr. Stedeford is $41.25. But, since she is nice, she only asks for an even $40. Contrary to uninformed assumptions, Dr. Stedeford does not receive any other compensation from Anthem---only the $41.25 due to her from the patient. If the patient's annual deductible has been met, they only pay $8.25 or 20% coinsurance. Anthem will then pay $33 or 80% plan coverage to Dr. Stedeford. I think it is extraordinarily selfish and even cruel to expect an acupuncturist L.Ac, or a chiropractor D.C., or an optometrist O.D., or other types of doctors who complete a very expensive and long graduate school program to obtain a professional degree, go through testing and licensing processes, set up a medical practice by paying for an office rental space and other enormous business expenses, only to be paid $40 a treatment? This is incomprehensible to me. My M.D.'s and D.O.'s all charge between $400 to $550 per office visit. And, those doctor's visits are often only for a few minutes, after sitting in the waiting room for sometimes long periods beforehand. Osteopaths D.O.'s typically provide longer time with patients. Selfish people have no concept of the years of post-graduate education required, the board exams required regularly, the cost of paying for office rent, employee salaries, various business insurances, business income taxes, corporate filings, equipment . . . all while having to repay huge student loans for medical school and bank loans to open a healthcare practice. Dr. Wendy, in her kindness and humility, will give you her full attention for perhaps 30 minutes to ascertain your health needs. For my visits, she has often talked with me for up to 60 minutes so she could better devise an acupuncture treatment for me that day. She has a great deal of knowledge of Chi, body meridians, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and of course, acupuncture. I love listening to her describe how every internal organ and gland equates to specific symptoms and direction for acupuncture treatment. Before she begins deploying the specialized needles, Dr. Wendy explains what she is doing and why. Then, with any number of needles placed about my body for that particular treatment, she places a mylar blanket on me as I lay resting on the table, in a quiet private room. I often fall asleep as my time-on-the-table approaches 30 minutes. With every single acupuncture session I've experienced with Dr. Wendy Stedeford, I left feeling better and more energetic. I know my overall health improves with acupuncture. My acupuncturist in Sonoma County did not accept insurance and charged $110 per session, and that was over 20 years ago! My current registered dental hygienist R.D.H. with far less education and training than an acupuncturist, charges $97 for my teeth cleaning. I feel very grateful to Dr. Wendy to receive all that service for only $41.25 (since my deductible has been met, $8.25). Guilt for paying such a small amount occasionally pops up. Yet ironically, guilt will interfere with the full health benefit of acupuncture. So, I focus on my gratitude to the wonderful care Dr. Wendy Stedeford, L.Ac provides to everyone. Review 0212 Feel.

EDCHC has been an excellent provider for the Placerville area community. From Primary Care, to…read moredental, vision AND chiropractic, every provider and every support staff has been professional, kind, and helpful. Their Quest location is great, and the pharmacy is fast! The facility is beautiful and clean.

Their wait times are ridiculous. I have now been through 3 doctors & 2 PAs that had no idea how to…read moretake care of me. After waiting ONE YEAR for an MRI on my seriously painful back, after epidurals & opiates, bc the orthopedic doc wouldn't see me without one, I had to call orthopedics & bc they knew me from other ailments, I got a PA appointment so she could order the MRI for me. FINALLY! I don't have a rotator cuff bc the doc I had then waited too long to get me the care I needed. My bad shoulder became worse to where even surgery can't fix it. I asked the doctor if he had gotten me care sooner would I be without a cuff. His answer? PROBABLY (with a shrug like, "yeah, & your point is?") I only go there bc I have to.