Cardinalli Joseph, DC

I’ve been going to Dr. Joe for over 10 years now and he’s simply the best!
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Dr. Cardinalli is the best. I don’t nearly see him often enough. While my insurance doesn’t cover chiropractors… he is well worth the investment. He takes the time to do a full treatment every time I go there. He finds every kink and misalignment. Only problem is parking.

I’ve seen Dr Cardinelli 3 times and I feel great. I went in limping with sciatica after a long plane ride. After the first treatment I had great improvement. The second treatment was better. Besides my hip and back, he worked on my neck. I instantly felt relief in my back. After my third treatment we are done. No pressure to return unless I need it. I now feel great and thankful that my co-​worker recommended Dr. Cardinalli. I’ve recommended him to my family and both daughters have found relief. Thank you Dr. Cardinalli!

Thank you Dr. Cardinalli for catching the spots that other chiropractors have missed for years! Thank you for saving me from neck and carpal tunnel surgery, thank you for being awesome!

I have seen Dr. Cardinalli now for two incidents. His caring, empathy, and genuine character is obvious in everything he does. This episode of treatment has been for severe headaches and he has been the only one that I’ve seen that has been able to give me some kind of relief. His knowledge and attention to your personal needs is above and beyond any chiropractor I’ve ever met. He doesn’t try to rope you in to a set number of appointments like others do. I feel he generally practices over from the chiropractic care because he enjoys what he does and wants to help you feel better. I highly recommend him over every other chiropractor I’ve ever met.

I’ve only been here once so far but I’m definitely coming back! Dr. Cardinalli is very friendly and helpful. His office is super convenient for me in Kaimuki and it was very easy for me to get an appointment. He used a heating pad on my back which felt wonderful and then used this pulsating thing that felt pretty weird at first but my back felt so relaxed afterwards! I’ve had 2 other regular chiropractors before and he is my favorite. The coolest thing was when I was walking out of his office I felt so good and relaxed, I felt kinda loopy and smiley! Haha! I will definitely be back!

Dr. Joe is very professional and good at what he does. I have been a patient for two years or so, after he was highly recommended by a friend of mine. What I personally like about his treatments is that he does manual adjustments without the use of a drop table. Happy customer here.

I walked into Dr. Cardinalli’s office as a first time patient on a Saturday morning after being personally referred to him by a close family friend (non-​physician
referral, just a walk-​in). When I arrived, I was told that due to the Dr.‘s upcoming vacation, I wouldn’t be able to be seen & evaluated for several weeks
due to his booked appointments. So, I filled out the new patient forms with his kind receptionist & was given my appointment card to return back. Bummer!!!
Unexpectedly, as I walked out of the door in pain, Dr. Cardinalli appears (I assumed at the time) who obviously was busy tending to his early appointments, suddenly stopped me as I was walking out & graciously insists with his receptionist in taking a look at me right away! I was SUPER stoked and gasped a sigh of relief!!!
He evaluated me for mild sciatica & muscle spasms (which I had diagnosed on my own prior to my visit) and he began right away to work on it. He conducted a pain/​stretching type analysis of my joints. He then hooked me up to a heat & electrode device (similar to TENS) to soften & relieve the disrupted muscle and joint tissue. Then after 15 minutes, he physically performed his work on both sides of my body in achieving alignment & relieving the pain to my left inner hamstring & lower back (sciatic area).
Dr. Cardinalli is fantastic! He suggested home exercises to do & I found them to be extremely helpful in my road to recovery. I was in pain at about a «9» when I walked in. As I write this review, honestly, I feel very little pain at probably at «one-​half» at the time of this writing. I’m looking forward to my second appointment visit with him in several days from now.
As a police officer and soccer coach (both youth club & high school), I will attest to Dr. Cardinalli’s work, he’s legit. I don’t just say this because of my occupation, but to add honesty and personal integrity into my review of him and his work.
(Disclaimer: I swear that I have NOT & will NOT be paid nor given any complimentary services to endorse Dr. Joseph Cardinalli, DC.) This is my 1^st review with Unilocal!and I simply would like others to feel the same or better in the results that I’ve achieved from my visit. THANK YOU DR. CARDINALLI!!!

Came here for the first time thought would be nervous but Dr. Cardinalli made it very easy for me to relax! Very satisfied :)

I was never a believer of chiropractic care. I only considered coming to one when I went to get a massage at Heaven On Earth and the massage therapist recommended I go because according to her, my neck was scrunched into my shoulders. What kind of friends do I have that they don’t tell me I’m walking around looking like Uncle Fester from The Munsters?!
In any case, being a researcher by nature, I asked everyone I knew if they had any recommendations for Chiropractors. I heard horror stories about people being told by Chiros that they needed to sign up for multiple treatments, anywhere from once a week to every other day. Seriously? I’m not walking around at a 90 degree angle so I doubt I need THAT much treatment! So when I received a recommendation from my girlfriend and she said that there’s no set time frame that she needs to go see him and books an appointment when she feels the need, I knew Dr. Joe was the one I wanted to try. (No, I really don’t have commitment issues, more like wasted money issues.)
Dr. Joe’s office is located in a parking lot I typically frequent when I eat phở at Hale Vietnam. It’s in the same parking lot but closer to the Harding Avenue side, nearest to the gas station across the street. (I believe it’s a two story building but don’t quote me on that.) It’s on the first floor, to the right as you walk in through the building doors. The entrance faces 11^th Avenue so walk in at the Ewa end of the building.
When I first got there, a receptionist was there to greet me and Dr. Joe was standing behind her. Both very friendly and welcoming, I had no idea what to expect. I was led into the treatment room, where I was asked what’s troubling me. I started to get into my sorry dating life and how there are no good men out there that are 5’10″ or taller that have a decent job and have no drama. OH! You mean physically? Nothing. Dr. Joe gave me a puzzled look and wondered what I was doing there. So I told him the recommendation from the massage therapist, my extensive word of mouth research and there I was. He massaged my shoulders a bit, said that I was tense in the shoulder and neck area and made me lay face down on the table /​bench and placed some electrodes and a heating pad on my back. He said he would be back and as I tried my hardest not to start giggling uncontrollably from the tickling of the machine, I eventually fell asleep (I’m a sleep ho… anywhere, anytime, anyplace). I know now that it was about 15 minutes that he had left me alone until he came back in. Let the cracking begin.
He tells you to relax, breath out, CRACK! Woo, kinda scary sounding but the most wonderful feeling of looseness. He proceeds to crack your back as you lay on each side, he cracks your neck (this part was a bit scary, kind of reminded me of assassin movies where they crack someone’s neck to kill them but I lived through it!) and 5 minutes later, I felt like I was floating on a cloud. I asked him when I should come in for my next appointment and he responded, «when you feel the need for it.» AWESOME!
I figured out that my tightness occurs every 3 months or so and saw him for about 3 years at that interval. But since I’ve started doing yoga, I noticed I haven’t had to go in as often. I made an appointment out of habit and Dr. Joe immediately knew that I was doing something different. «I swear, I’m not cheating on you! Just exercising.» He said that he could tell that my muscles are not gripping around my vertebrae anymore. Yeah, he is THAT awesome.
Since this is an elective treatment and it’s not medically necessary for me, I pay out of pocket. It’s about $ 50 a session but the effects of it lasts much longer than a massage. After I get a massage, I may have felt good that day, but typically felt tense again the next day. With getting my back cracked, I didn’t feel tense for a while. SO worth the price and perfect to use with my company’s flexible spending plan!
I’ve recommended Dr. Joe to other friends who have given up on other Chiros and even they have become a believer of chiropractic care again. Even if you’ve lost all hope, just give Dr. Joe a try. He won’t disappoint you. I haven’t gone to see him for about 9 months now so I’m thinking of going, just to make sure he doesn’t forget about me… and to make sure I’m not walking around like Uncle Fester again, just in case. *picking up phone and dialing*