10/21/2025
Hearing from our patients inspires us every day. Thank you to 𝗥 𝗟 for sharing this feedback with us!
"We live on the East Coast and fly to visit family in LA. Once I discovered Dr. Joel Kim on the Upledger website in November 2023, I called him about my health issues as well as those of a family member. At ease instantly and convinced of his expertise, I immediately made multiple appointments for myself and a family member for the LA winter break. A phenomenal experience! When we again came to LA in summer 2024, we again saw Dr. Joel Kim multiple times. Thus far, four of us have gotten his treatments about a dozen times total. Today, on our last day in LA, our teen son had his only opportunity this visit to practice golf prior to try outs the morning after our arrival home, or to see Joel Kim again on this visit. He chose his appointment with Joel Kim (which one of us would have taken had he chosen golf).
To all of you in LA, please know that Dr. Joel Kim is a gift. What makes Joel Kim stand out from the typical Physical Therapist is that he incorporates Functional Manual therapy. With Craniosacral and Barral Institute training, he is one of a few PTs in the country who do this work. To say that he knows the body is a vast understatement. He is quite like a magician, listening to your body, diminishing energy cysts, soothing the nervous system, aiding with chronic depletion. This is no regular PT, and you will get the treatment experience that you pay for.
He is truly the best reason for us to come to LA from the East Coast, aside from visiting family. Now that our LA family members are about to move to our East Coast city, it is difficult to say goodbye to Joel Kim. We have never gotten so attached to a treatment provider in such a short period of time. I told him we will fly to LA just to have his treatments again. And I do believe we will do that at some point in the future.
I am filled with gratitude as I write this review.
Surely, when you read others' reviews, you will see the common themes: Dr. Joel Kim is a compassionate, knowledgeable healer. He has helped people quickly in a holistic way when no one else could, across a variety of health ailments, many of which were chronic. People trust him and they trust the process. He talks anatomy, physiology, and energy terms to himself and to us clients, intuitively knows what we do not tell him, writes on his whiteboard to make the body clear, and everything makes sense. Yet, due to the depth and breadth of his training, no lay person could know exactly what he does, or how what he does uncovers your body's potential. So to be treated by Joel Kim is to enter into a mysterious space where your body is free to heal at the hands of a multi-ringed and soulful man who feels like a wise old friend and everybody's well-wisher. You too can have sessions with the gentle genius that is Joel Kim and come away saying, "Woah, what was that?" and "Wow, that was amazing!"
Best wishes to you Joel Kim! We appreciate you and feel lucky to have seen you. RL, AGL, AL, and SL"
