Michael R Tereo Chiropractic & Nutrition

i have never seen a chiropractor because of all the horrific stories, you know like getting paralyzed for life! but i bit the bullet after my back and neck was hurting me so bad from siting all day and being hunch over my laptop. my hubby came here first and recommended me, i’m so glad i came.
dr. tereo is very knowledgeable and very skilled. when i first came i told him how scared i was and he answered all my questions and alleviated all my fears. he has 30 years of experience and has adjusted babies! hello! if a baby can do it, i can! he also attends classes/​training to keep up and gain more knowledge.
i always feel so much better after getting adjusted and i also order supplements here too, i found out all the vitamins that i have been taking is crap and so bad for my body! taking natural plant based supplements now and feeling ooh so good!

I could go into a huge narrative about how skilled Dr. Tereo is but his work speaks for itself. I am a salon owner and I have been plagued with back and shoulder pain since before I opened my salon. I was referred by my cousin and at first I wasn’t a believer that this could help me but I was desperate.
Needless to say, here I am 5 years later and I’m still a faithful client of Yours Truly Dr. Tereo! He is amazing and does what he says he will do. I no longer have that aching pain in my shoulder and if a pain does arise I tell him and he goes to work on that specific spot and neutralizes my pain almost instantly. Amazing right!!!
I also had a Dr tell me I needed x rays and physical therapy for knee pain I had recently and Dr. TEREO adjusted it and I have been perfectly fine ever since. Just one knee adjustment and no pain meds!
See for yourself! The best thing you could ever do for your body is to pay this man a visit. Pain or no pain!

I have been a patient of Dr. Tereo for about 15 years now. I have had 2 severe car accidents that he has been been an amazing help with no pain meds thank you! I trail run and weight train I see Dr. Tereo once a month to keep me tuned up as I call it. I have referred several friends who have had great results! You deserve 5 stars for your great care.

I booked the appointment for 10:30 am, arrived 10 minute early for the application. And I am still waiting now at 11 am!
I rarely write review. But please respect patient’s time when scheduling appointments. I think keep patient waiting to squeeze in more business is horrible.

Saw this chiropractor once (cannot get myself to call them by the title «Dr.») to see whether my lower back pain could be addressed. Was given a 6^th grade-​level education on anatomy, along with some very quacky advice. Doc, please don’t underestimate educational levels here in the Bay Area! He tried cracking my back and neck; failed miserably, and continued to dispense advice that sounded both odd and creepy (had no basis in the scientific). Rest assured, will not be seeing him again.

All fives for me thank you

Honest, personable and not pushy.
Thanks

I had never been to visit a chiropractor before, I was in a car accident and visiting a chiropractor was suggested. Being a lifelong resident of Newark, I thought I’d give Dr. Tereo a try.
Bad first time experience. I stopped going after 2 or 3 visits. The Dr. probably knows his stuff (reason for 2 stars), but I did not stick around long enough to find out. He was pushy with the vitamin supplements the office promotes, and he made me feel really uncomfortable with the way he adjusted my back.
This is a facility that uses electrodes as part of your treatment, and the Dr. suggests you remove your bra for this part of the therapy. One of the assistants even told me «I don’t feel comfortable and it’s ok if you just wear a sports bra». The last treatment and the reason I decided not to go back, was because Dr. Tereo referred to my breast as a «boobie». I’m not sure if he was offended because I was wearing a sports bra, but I felt super uncomfortable.

I did a review back in August because even though I had many great experiences, there was a few I was really disappointed with. I received an email from Dr. Tereo about two weeks ago regarding my rating on Unilocal.He asked me to change my rating because it was affecting his business. But why would I change it if that’s the way I feel and the situation has not been resolved? When I was receiving treatment, my overall experience was great, which I mentioned in my review. I did take that into consideration when I scored my rating. But when my claim became difficult I felt what happened after that overpowered the «great» in this situation. He never returned my calls. Specially after reading my review he should of called me. If his receptionist were not giving him my messages, then it would be understandable that he wasn’t aware I was trying to contact him. But to read my review and not try to make the situation better concerns me. Then after these past month of defending Dr. Tereo, by explaining to the my adjuster’s boss that Dr. Tereo has sent the «Request for Treatment» forms in the correct format multiple times; I came to find out he never sent them at all. This whole time I thought it was my adjuster not approving the corrected version, but Dr. Tereo never sent them in, so there was nothing to approve. He lied to me? Why did he tell me he sent them in?
My rating still stands as is.
Below is the email I received from Dr. Tereo…
Christina,
Hope all is well with you. I was doing well until I came across a speed bump in life. I think you are aware that I am a small business owner who works solo. You are also probably aware that I am raising a family and depend upon the money earned at my practice for survival and paying to get them through school and college.
Until last month, I had a perfect score on Unilocal which helped bring patients to my office. Your review has affected my rating and there has been a significant decrease in Unilocal generated patients. This equates into decreased revenue. My expenses remain fixed. I am responsible for paying the rent, associated insurances, electricity, phone, etc.; paying the salary of six people on my staff; and the associated costs of living and raising a family.
Running a practice, there is much to keep track of, think of your case multiplied by many. I realize through your review that we lost touch. Maybe you felt abandoned. My actions were not malicious. Your work comp case is very complex. Not sure if you are aware how much time I spent writing reports on your behalf and the hours I paid my staff to call, fax, email, etc your claims adjuster. I feel we worked hard for your case. If you reflect back, we always attended to your requirements when you reported to treatment.
I ask you as one person to another, can you please remove your Unilocal review or least amend it with a higher rating of 4? You have to take into account how difficult your work comp case is.

Dr. Tereo is one of the best chiropractors! He fixed my shoulder and neck pain fast! He takes the time to listen about your aches and pains. You can tell right away that he puts his heart in his practice. He does his best to provide you with the best information on getting healthy. Starting from the best vitamins to even offering orthotics if needed. The vitamins that Dr Tereo gave me made my skin glow and my hair looks amazing! =) I recommend him to everyone I know.
I don’t have chiropractic coverage on my insurance but for the cash office visit it was
reasonably priced.

I always feel better after leaving Dr. Tereo’s office. I have been going here for about ten years; mostly just to keep my mild scoliosis. well, mild. I also go there when I get a hiking or running injury, or even when I just sleep wrong and hurt my neck. oh the joys of getting older. I also partake in the vitamin program he has, so no more crap vitamins that I may not even need from the drugstore for me.
Over the years my insurance has varied a lot and they are really accommodating regardless of what I have. At times in college i didnt have any insurance and they offered a really affordable cash discount. I haven’t gone to many other chiropractors but the few that I have been to didnt provide those little extras that Dr. Tereo’s office does that really makes you feel like theyre going above and beyond to get you feeling better. I have even fallen asleep while getting the therapy treatment on my back because its so relaxing.

Dr. Tereo deserves 5 stars for helping me with my back pain! I highly recommend him! This place is very accommodating and the staff is courteous and efficient. Dr. Tereo takes his time to address my pain, and is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to health and well-​being. I’ve had the pleasure of attending one of his talks, and have learned so much from him.
If you’re in pain, Dr. Tereo will definitely help you start to feel better today!

Done playing phone tag and appointment roulette with this office. I’ve had so many points of contact, and none of them served any purpose.
I’m actually supposed to be at my appointment, but since I no longer have one due to excellent communication and scheduling (ha, jokes), I have time for a Unilocal review.
Made an initial appointment for a sports massage, the doctor was out of town for the week. That’s fine, I go ahead schedule an appointment the following Monday. Come that following Monday, got to the office, only to find that 1. They’d booked me for a «new patient exam», 2. The massage therapist wasn’t there, and 3. I had to reschedule. I was disappointed because I’d driven from Pleasanton straight after work, and I had explicitly said I had a chiropractor and a general physician… but whatever, mistakes happen. I get an appointment card from Fritzy (?). She also tells me insurance doesn’t cover anything/​the usual prices, which I’m aware of/​more than down to pay for.
Fast forward another week, I’ve gotten over 5 freaking calls for my one appointment today, NONE OF WHICH ARE INFORMATIVE, OR SERVE ANY PURPOSE. Honestly. it seemed like they were calling me to have me tell them about my appointment. On Saturday before my Monday appointment, I get 2 calls from DeNae (?). She left a message saying she had questions about my appointment and I call back, and it was just a confirmation… and she literally had one question, and if it was the length of my massage. I ask her specifically, do you have any more questions, because the number of calls I’ve been getting for this one appointment is excessive – please ask all of your questions now… nope just had one question.
It’s now Monday and I’m at work and get another two missed calls from the office. I call back and it’s the front office calling to «confirm» my appointment… again? And to tell me that, oops, they had scheduled me for a different time… and that their massage therapist was no longer on the premises, but was «around». There seemed to be a «miscommunication» again.
At this point I’m kind of like areyoufreakingkiddingme and ask if I should even come in at this point, and she says she’ll call the massage therapist. I get a call while I’m on the way saying that «Unfortunately, she can’t stay that late, do you want to reschedule for next Monday?
Whoa. No. My back hurts but at this point I’m thinking it’s more likely that a monsoon hit California than me actually getting an appointment/​being seen by the ~elusive~ massage therapist.
I give up – if anyone knows of a good massage therapist… lemme know!

I hate to be the negative review, but it looks like I’m it. Let me just say: This just isn’t the chiropractor for me. If Dr. Tereo’s work relieves your pain, by all means, don’t stop visiting just because my experience there was poor. I’ve had really good chiropractors before, and my experience with only one visit to Dr. Tereo was enough for me to not return. That being said, he did relieve the pain in my neck that I was visiting him for. So why the two star review? Several reasons.
–I went there for a pinched nerve pain in my neck on March 3, 2014. Dr. Tereo gave me a zinc taste test. I had no idea what to expect from it, and Dr. Tereo did not explain the test before he administered it. He did not explain that it should have a metallic taste if you’re healthy, and taste like nothing if you were deficient. He just administered it and said «What does that taste like?» Other than some mild metallic taste it didn’t taste like anything, so I said it didn’t taste like anything. From this, Dr. Tereo declared me zinc deficient. I’m sure he sells supplements. But a June 2012 study by the National Institute of Health says of the zinc taste test’s accuracy: «To date, there are no tests that are both sensitive and specific that accurately assess marginal zinc status in humans. The ZTT, albeit widely used, does not fill this void, and further research is needed.» If this is the case, Dr. Tereo shouldn’t be using the zinc taste test. Read the National Institute of Health report on the Zinc Taste Test here:
–There is a floor-​to-​ceiling poster in one room showing the use and results of an ionic detox foot bath. Scientific studies have repeatedly shown these to be a complete hoax. An electrode corrodes, making the saltwater turn a dark color. Your feet have nothing to do with it. Don’t take my word for it, read the report from the Journal of Environmental and Public Health for yourself:
Dr. Tereo lost all credibility with me for having that poster in his office, and for offering that bogus service. I can’t trust a doctor that would push that hoax on clients.
–Dr. Tereo administered a «MyoVision» scan along my spine; a scan of electrical activity in muscles, that is supposed to indicate muscular disease. However, scientific studies of MyoVision have shown that «there are insufficient data to support its utility for distinguishing between neuropathic and myopathic conditions or for the diagnosis of specific neuromuscular diseases.» See the report here:
–When Dr. Tereo did my lower hip adjustment, he did some weird slapping maneuver that no other chiropractor has ever performed on me before. It didn’t seem to do anything and felt like he was just slapping me. This makes me really question his methods. Also, when he did the lower adjustment, there was a chair nearby, and my knee whacked into the chair. I believe this was simply an unfortunate accident. It could have happened with any chiropractor, except that in my entire life it only happened that one time at Dr. Tereo’s office. I got a large painful bruise on my knee as a result. It took a couple weeks to heal up.
–Dr. Tereo performed the Atlas adjustment very quickly, unlike any other chiropractor has performed on me. He seemed like he was in a hurry, and had a lot of other patients in his office. He certainly stays busy. It was scary.
–His office staff takes my insurance, but they offered to charge me their regular rate, which they said was basically the same rate as I’d pay with my insurance. I have the top tier Cigna full coverage insurance plan with my employer, and it was still going to cost the same as their regular rate. This seems fishy to me. At other chiropractors they take my insurance and I just pay a copay. I don’t know why it costs more at Dr. Tereo’s office.
–Although they booked me for a follow-​up Friday appointment, I discreetly called and cancelled it. After that I got a Saturday phone call, saying they were expecting me and that I didn’t show up. I explained that I had no appointment for Saturday, and that I had cancelled my Friday appointment the day before. They continued to call a week later, and I explained that I *STILL* had no further scheduled appointments, and was not planning to ever return. With that they promised to make sure they didn’t call me any more. I’ve received no more calls, but it was disturbing that they called me for days I had no appointment. Clearly their scheduling system is a bit wonky.
Taken together, there were too many offered treatments that are known to be unsupported by evidence. The addition of a knee bruise, despite relieving my neck pain, is enough that I won’t be returning.

I’ve always been impressed with the level of professionalism that the practice shows. I’ve been going to Dr. Tereo’s office for over a year, and still look forward to the soothing treatments & adjustments.

I have been going to Dr. Tereo on and off for years now. I first started getting adjustments after getting hit by a opening door in high school and knocking my neck and upper back out of alignment. After just a few visits and stretching tips from Dr. Tereo, I was able to regain normal motion in my neck again. It was a real life saver and made the roads safer since I was able to look over my shoulder again when changing lanes. I still return to see Dr. Tereo every now and then when I sleep wrong or have a rib out of alignment. He also gives good nutrition advice and I plan on returning to start their vitamin program soon.

Great place!!! Very good and patient doctor! They take Kaiser insurance! I go here regularly!

Dr. Tereo is knowledgable, high energy and friendly. I can always get my appointment time here, they have a lot of slots for people like me who work days and in another city. Cool thing: they take Kaiser! My copayments are only $ 10 and I can go as often as I’d like.

Man this practice has all 5 stars and I dont wanna be the jerk who takes that away from them.
I injured my lower back during my usual Sunday squat workout. I was in pain and then I was in some more pain. So finally my parents, recommended me to this Doc and I came in… waited for about 45 min after my appt time, finally got diagnosed and then a treatment. Electro-​massage, and spinal adjustments.
Doc and his staff were polite and helpful etc. When you’re in pain, you’ll give anything a shot. And I did! Good lil gem located within 1mile of my house. Its in Raleys shopping center… cant miss it — the HUGE banner outside.
One complaint: The electro-​massages in the back rooms… CLOSE THE DOOR. The COLD chilly breezes are far from pleasant. Some like it hot.
I may schedule a regular massage for my entire body (if they do that) in the near future.
Enjoy!

I love Dr. Tereo and his staff. It used to freak me out to think someone might be able to adjust my neck and possibly paralyze me or permanently put me in the Exorcist position, but Dr. Tereo knows what to do to loosen things up and not make that kind of thing happen. I’ve been going to him on and off for years, and I’ve never found anyone I’d rather have aligning my spine.