Patrick Channing Wilbur, DC

I have seen Dr. Wilbur for many years and he has always been ultra-​professional and
is a wonderful chiropractor. He is always cheerful and always lifts my spirits with his
congenial personality. He is always positive and does a great job adjusting my back.
I consider him my family chiropractor because he is so good at what he does and I plan
to continue seeing him forever. Highly recommend to all. Thanks, Dr. Wilbur!

I saw Dr. Wilbur for many years (about 2000 – 2006) for a very painful arthritic neck. He did a great job fixing me up and it hasn’t bothered me in years.
Near the end of my neck treatments, on perhaps my last visit to him in 2006, I asked him if he could fix a frozen shoulder that had been bothering me for maybe 6 months. «Yes,» he said, «but it will hurt!» I told him to go ahead because the shoulder was very painful, my motion with that arm was severely restricted and my physical therapy treatments were doing absolutely no good. So he set to work and sure enough, it was painful. But my shoulder recovered starting immediately and soon was back to normal.
So when my lower back started really hurting this year, I immediately thought of Dr. Wilbur. Unfortunately, I didn’t go to him right away. I hoped that with massage and yoga the pain would resolve. But it didn’t. So this week I went back to see him. He worked miracles and with just one visit I’d say that I am already 50% improved. I think that within just a few more visits I’ll be back to normal. And he has given me some very helpful tips in maintaining my spine and neck in good working condition.
Dr. Wilbur is extremely friendly and funny. I have always enjoyed my visits to him and he is still as pleasant as ever. I think he uses humor as a therapy method. He doesn’t preach about exercise — he gets his points across with jokes and good-​natured teasing. He chats a lot but I think it is a relaxation technique. Just when he’s chatting and you are not expecting it, he’ll suddenly pop your painful joint into its correct position. If you know that move is coming your body and muscles might stiffen up and resist so he needs your body to be relaxed.
There is one negative review here about Dr. Wilbur. I have never felt that Dr. Wilbur acted inappropriately. He does joke and chat. Also, chiropractic is a very hands-​on healing art — like massage. If you are squeamish about being touched, it probably isn’t for you. But for everyone else, I highly recommend Dr. Wilbur.

I have been Dr Wilbur’s patient for several years and always find him to be very cheerful and helpful.

I absolutely LOVE Dr. Wilbur and his staff.
Due to a recent car accident/​sneezing incident, I was in so much pain I couldn’t walk or stand for more than 15 minutes at a time. Dr. Wilbur is very knowledgeable and even took the initiative to request my MRI results himself from my orthopedic surgeon’s office and had them ready when I came in for my next visit. He was able to give me more details and info than my ortho was able to! I went from limping into his office to being able to actually walk out! His staff is very friendly and they never keep me waiting. The doctor himself is also very friendly, great bedside manners. He remembers details about my work without being prompted and always gives me suggestions to better my health
Highly recommended if you are in the area. Also his office isn’t in Alhambra, it’s in Arcadia off of Huntington Dr and the 134.

Located in the Health Care Partners Medical building in Arcadia (off Huntington Dr, behind Olive Garden).
Dr. Wilbur was friendly, but I found that he made too much small talk when I just wanted to get treated.
As he had me lay on the contracting table, I felt that he was inappropriate. While laying on my stomach, he followed normal procedures of checking for tenderness in my muscles. However, he then used my back as an example of my vehicle to depict where my car was hit. As he asked «so where were you hit? in the rear or the side?» he tapped the bottom of my butt! I didnt say anything to him at the time or anyone in the office as I left, but it felt VERY inappropriate!
I informed my PCP as well as the Health Care Partners Medical Patient Support Center.
I would NOT recommend this chiropractor!