Healthy Practice

I used to work for Dr. Butler. He is absolutely insane. He treats both his staff and patients horribly. He is actually quite brilliant with oriental medicine in theory, but in applying this work to live human beings he fails miserably. He may be the reason my daughter was born with mild cerebral palsy and I have often thought of suing him, though I have no desire to interact with him ever again. I fell while at work and he did not help me up even though I was very pregnant. He also gave me treatments while I was working for him that were contraindicated during pregnancy and I actually suspected it at the time, but I trusted him because like anyone seeking health advice, I really needed help. He can be kind, generous, and charming from time to time, but he is outrageously insulting toward everyone in the end. I have heard him scream at patients and was the unlucky conduit on several occasions dealing with patients he was either unfairly billing or something else totally unprofessional. I heard him once call a woman a «bitch,» in fact. Incredible. Note: He uses Scientology business software and has a poster in his office from a known Scientology «chiropractor» on his wall. Once, cleaning up the files on his computer which were so whacky because his office staff turnover was constant (I lasted about 5 months, which is 5 times as long as the previous several staff members had lasted) I found a heartfelt letter he had written to Tom Cruise regarding the movie star’s views on psychiatry. I watched him alienate patient after patient and blame these losses on me, the massage therapists, the patient… everyone but himself. The M.D. he has in his office is only there so that he can accept insurance, not for real medical reasons, for without insurance billing he would undoubtedly go out of business. I see a review here from 2012 and I am very sorry to see that somehow he is still in business. What a terrible, terrible person this man is. I feel sorry for him, his family, and anyone who comes near him. I suspect he has Asperger’s syndrome. It would explain a LOT.

Absolutely Horrible Experience. First of all, when I made the appointment with Dr. Butler to schedule a check up for my Asthma, he did NOT explain that this office specializes in Acupuncture. He explained that he has a physician that is in his office on Tuesday’s every week and he will see me so that I may get a check up and get refills on prescriptions. I went into the office to see this doctor who didn’t even listen to my breathing, go over allergies, history, etc. After he wrote out a prescription, Dr. Butler wants to «meet» with me to discuss the option of acupuncture. After about 20 minutes of him running around the office yelling at his staff about random things they should be doing or things they should have, I decided this may not be for me. He had his receptionist schedule an appointment for me for the following Tuesday. I called the next day after talking it over with my husband and cancelled the appointment to find a different doctor. I then see a charge for $ 50.00 the week after my what would be appointment with Dr. Butler for a «Consultation». After I called to explain to the receptionist that I called to cancel it she said Dr. Butler would have to call me back. My husband then called the doctor to explain, I was at work but we needed to settle this. He argued with my husband that he checked his records and I did not call to cancel and that if I wanted my money refunded I would have to show proof. So NOW after many phone conversations with my carrier, I have to go down there with my paperwork in order to get reimbursed the money that should NEVER have been taken out in the first place. They have NO organization and I will advise everyone to steer clear of anything to do with them.

While it may be true that the effects of acupuncture work best when applied on a routine basis, the practitioners at this clinic are pushers. I initially went in for a minor cold, and while the treatment I received seemed to work, the acupuncturist kept recommending I come in for follow-​ups. On the third follow-​up the cold was more-​or-​less gone with the exception of some phlegm. When nothing more could be done with my cold, the acupuncturist started guessing other things that could be wrong with me. After I negated all these ailments that could be wrong with me she told me we would work on the bags under my eyes, and then gave me herbal antibiotics for the phlegm– WHICH GAVE ME DIARRHEA. So unless your looking for hacks and loose stool, I highly recommend «Healthy» Practice