Richard E Hingel, DC

I agree with everyone else, that Dr. Hingel is great. He spends alot of time to assess what the root of the problem is. Then he’ll give you exercises and other holistic health advice. The chiropractic adjustment is just a small part of the treatment. I went to him several years ago with chronic neck/​shoulder tightness. His treatment and exercises he gave me to do really helped. He’s very calm, centered and puts you at ease.

Richard Hingel is an amazing guy and an amazing healer. His combination of chiropractic and manual therapy techniques work wonders. Unlike other chiropractors who just give you an adjustment, Richard uses his manual therapy techniques to reteach the muscles how to work so they don’t throw the spine out of alignment. Then he gives an adjustment which requires much less force and sticks better.
He has done wonders on rehabbing my shoulder after a motorbike accident and I’ve never had a chiropractor who is more gentle and effective.
He’s such a nice, grounded, down to Earth person too.
Highly, highly recommend

Dr. Hingel is an extraordinary diagnostician and chiropractic practitioner. I agree with all the people who have called him a true healer — clearly, he has a calling. He is able to identify and focus on the source of pain and through various techniques, alleviate it. He’s helped me through pain that might have been identified by doctors as fibromyalgia, pain from my congenital back problem, so-​called arthritis, and miscellaneous misalignments and dislocations.
For a while I was seeing Dr. Hingel and going to St. Mary’s Spine Center for physical therapy. Dr. Hingel’s diagnosis, treatment, and recommendations dovetailed perfectly with the physical therapist’s.
He is constantly adding to his knowledge of different kinds of treatments so he can do whatever is appropriate for your condition. His recommendations for follow-​up exercises at home make a lot of sense and really help.
He’s also very kind, sensitive, and has a great sense of humor!

Richard is an amazing chiropractor. He has a magical touch and has helped me heal from soft tissue injury that occurred during a car accident. He spends time listening to you and feeling your injury to understand what is going on. I leave every appointment felling great and the pain is relieved. The appointments are usually around 45 minutes to an hour. The very last step is an adjustment (if needed) and he uses ultra sound, heading pads and stretching exercises to help the healing process. He genuinely cares and I highly recommend him.

Richard is a superb chiropractor who has a deep and comprehensive understanding of your spine, bones, joints and muscles an how they all work together. He has helped me and my wife very much with back pain, tendonitis and joint pain, and given us great adjustments. He has also offered really valuable help and advice on posture, excercise, digestion and nutrition. Richard is a true healer with an intuitive understanding of the body, and an exceptionally nice guy to boot. Highly recommended.

If you’re looking for a miracle, you got it. This guy knows how to bring you back to normal again. I took my husband, nephew who was suffering from panic attacks, and several friends who were pain sufferers to him. They know what I’m talking about.
I met him when my lower back got dislocated, he fixed it. Yeah, it’s a chiropractic job and any chiropractor can fix it too, but I had other issues after that. I was suffering for a pain in my left knee for two months, my friends said «It’s arthritis.» I didn’t go to my medical doctor, I went to see him instead. He taught me how to do some stretchings for my knee, and the following day, the pain went away. Months ago, I thought I had breast cancer symptoms because my breasts hurt that even my t-​shirt that touched them made me scream. I was suffering for 10 days. I went to see my doctor, and she said that everything was alright, so I decided to try Dr. Hingel. He did some stretchings on my arms and as soon as I got up, my 10-​day suffering and freaking out on breast cancer got wiped out just like that. I was so relieved!
I took my friend to Dr. Hingel last night because she’s been suffering from her left knee pain and having a difficult time walking, sleeping, and standing. She’s been in pain for about three weeks. Her doctor said she needs to have an MRI. I told her not to yet until he sees Dr. Hingel. I finally encouraged her to go and she went. This morning I went to see and checked on her. She hugged me and said she never had a good sleep in weeks until last night, and she cried because her pain was gone.
If you don’t have any insurance, invest some money for your own health. It’s way worth to see him. Dr. Hingel has two offices: SF and Oakland.

He is by far the best! I have had neurological problems since my teens, and Dr. Hingel has been the only doctor that has ever been able to diagnosis, treat and significantly reduce my most chronic symptoms. In doing so, he has increased the quality of my life in ways I never expected. What I really appreciate about Dr. Hingel is that he sees me as a whole person, not just a symptom to treat. No matter how severe the problem, I always have confidence in his ability to help me. I feel so greatful to have been referred to him.

Richard is not your typical chiropractor. Don’t think «snap, crack, keep comin’ back». Richard is a true healer. He commits time, focus, energy and care to treat you and only you for an hour typically. He uses an extensive tool set of techniques and practices which he has trained in to stop your pain, usually the same day on the first visit when I have seen him (though I know of a few friends I have sent that had to go a few times for bigger problems). And then he typically does something truly unique to this profession in my experience. He gives you an exercise to do to make sure that you don’t have to come back for this problem ever again. Wait until a different musculo-​skeletal problem comes up and challenge him to something new.
I have referred many people to him and every one of them has been both healed and amazed.
Historically Richard was in San Francisco a few days a week and Oakland, on the south edge of Lake Merrit, a few days a week. I haven’t seen him for a little while because I have not had a new problem and my old ones do not come back after I get my exercises, but I am sure he is still doing the same. Oakland number is 510−444−7748. Worth the drive either direction if he has a last second cancellation or opening and you are in pain.
I realize this review sounds like he is my best friend or I am a financial beneficiary or something, but he’s just that good. I have a lot of reviews and nothing to gain from this one in particular, except the standard good karma that comes from refering people to great service providers.