Paul Dwight Walton

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Best chiropractor for student athlete injuries and for their middle-aged parents' aches and pains. I've been a patient since 2003, and over time, my whole family and several friends have become patients as well. When choosing a chiropractor for your family, consider their experience. Dr. Walton is one of the best trained chiropractors in the state. He trains other chiropractors and for 20 years lent his sports medicine skills to Berkeley Cal athletes with weekly visits. My son, who played varsity basketball, was seen for several injuries, and was given great advice on rehab, and how to avoid future injuries. It's always a bummer when I injure myself working out, but Dr. Walton showed me proper form for yoga, Pilates, and weightlifting so I don't repeat my mistakes! Chiropractors that insist on seeing you three times a week and always perform the same 5 moves never helped me get better. Individualized care and self care advice so he can see you less often is Dr. Walton's approach, and that earned my trust. I first came to Dr. Walton with an injured tailbone. He was very sensitive to my pain, and rather than just focus on the tailbone itself, he also discovered and treated my uneven pelvis, which after a conversation, was found to be a result from a broken leg in childhood. (I landed on my back with my leg bent behind me). After a handful of visits, my tailbone pain went away, and my pelvis straightened out, and for the first time in years, I was able to take the lift out of my left shoe. No other chiropractor caught that connection in 25 years. In the many years since, I've been seen for various injuries, and no matter how obscure, bashing my head on the side of a rock cliff while attempting to escape a wave comes to mind, Dr. Walton knew how to treat me. Then, there are the everyday aches and pains that tend to plague me as I get older. I get treated, but then Dr. Walton teaches me how to do things better to avoid neck and back pain, like how to properly hold my cell phone, sit at my desk chair, even walk! Now that I can work remotely, from anywhere, I still wouldn't want to be too far from Dr. Walton's office. He has helped me and my family so many times, he is a warm and caring doctor, and funny and interesting, too. I always learn something new when I go, no doubt because he is a lifelong learner and observer of life.

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Dr. Walton is dangerous and his behavior is unbecoming of a healthcare professional. A patient should never feel the way Dr. Walton made me feel, attacked and as if the pain I was experiencing was my fault. The most unprofessional and inappropriate clinician I have ever come across.

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Thank you for helping my arm i havent been able to throw the way I've wanted to in 10 years.

I have been a patient of Dr. Walton's for over 15 years and he has helped me recover from many different problems from sports injuries and just general life aches and pains. This guy really knows his stuff and is extremely knowledgeable in sports injuries and training principles. I like that he does not try to sell you on an expensive package of treatments. He takes care of the problem and does not try to oversell on additional unecessary treatments. I have been a patient of Dr. Walton's for over 15 years and he has helped me recover from many different problems from sports injuries and just general life aches and pains. This guy really knows his stuff and is extremely knowledgeable in … More

Dr. Walton doesn’t just temporarily relieve symptoms, he solves problems. I’ve sent friends who had given up thinking they wouldn’t live their without pain. In 3-5 visits, they were new people. Dr Walton isn’t looking to put you on a schedule of 2-3 visits a week forever. He wants to, and has, made me and my friends pain free within that number of visits. He’s quirky and full of unusual knowledge and highly entertaining but most importantly, he gets results!

Dr. Walton is dangerous and his behavior is unbecoming of a healthcare professional. He should not be practicing medicine in any capacity.

It is a healthcare practitioners responsibility to support patients, ensure their comfort and safety, and ultimately to DO NO HARM. With me, Dr. Walton failed this on all accounts. I am sharing this as a cautionary tale for others looking to seek out a healthcare practitioner to work with. Let me preface by stating that I am movement therapist and am currently in medical school. In my time in this field I have had the opportunity to work with a number of chiropractors and physical therapists both as a patient and as a colleague, so I had a fair amount of prior knowledge going into my treatment with Dr. Walton. I received his referral from a friend to help with stillness and dull pain in my neck that had been persisting for a few weeks, and after reviewing his background I decided to schedule an appointment. I am not going to disparage the techniques utilized by Dr. Walton, as this was one of the reasons that I sought out his treatment; however I am going to speak to his character and the way in which he conducted himself through the course of our interactions. I also have to say that I can only speak to my experience which by nature is subjective, but I will try to communicate the events that transpired as factually as I can. One problem that ultimately led to the subsequent concerns that I am going to address, was Dr. Walton’s cavalier attitude toward treatment. In my first appointment he reviewed my chart, asked a few generic questions in regards to the pain I was experiencing, did a standing postural analysis, provided me with a diagnostic evaluation and a lecture on the common reasons for these problems, and then started immediately into doing adjustments. I was not afforded the opportunity speak or elaborate on some of the long standing chronic issues that I have had. After completing treatment, I started noticing a sharp twinge of pain in my neck that had not been there prior to seeing Dr. Walton. The next day following my treatment, the pain in my neck was persisting along with a sharp pain in my low back, which is one of my long-standing issues. The pain persisted throughout the week and I actually moved up my next scheduled appointment to help and address the pain I was in. At my second appointment, I shared my concerns about the new pain I was experiencing and that the pain was much sharper and more localized. Dr. Walton brushed these concerns off as completely normal within the course of treatment. He then continued through a very similar progression of adjusting my neck and back with a very aggressive approach to manipulation. I remember feeling quite uncomfortable and vulnerable with many of the adjustments. One adjustment he tried was not even possible due to my bodies guarding response. As I was walking down the stairs leaving his practice, I started noticing searing pain all along the right side of my back. This was in coupled by an increase in my neck and low back pain. After getting home from treatment, I was laid up in bed for the next 3 days with pain and spasming of my back and again called the office to share my concerns. Keep in mind I was initially going in for neck stiffness with some dull pain. Dr. Walton called me back and spoke to me about some of my concerns, he again mentioned that this was normal in the course of treatment making an analogy to doing a kitchen renovation. I agreed to come in for another appointment with a different approach. In the days leading up to my appointment my condition continued to worsen getting to the point of having to miss multiple days of school due to the pain. As I came in for my third treatment, I began questioning Dr. Walton on why my condition was continuing to worsen. I did not feel comfortable at the time going through another treatment without having a better explanation. He palpated my neck and told me that my vertebrae was out of place, which had not been mentioned at my first appointment. At this point he told me that I was an outlier, that pretty much everyone in his 35 years of experience with my condition have benefited from the treatment he gave me. This is not what he told me at my second appointment or when I spoke with him on the phone. Dr. Walton again attempted to rush me into treatment without really addressing the concerns I was voicing. As I didn’t feel comfortable going through the same thing again I stopped the treatment and again voiced my concerns. At this point he began to imply that I was the cause of what I was in so much pain, which I was not appreciative of. I became frustrated with this and pushed back that the pain I was experiencing is new pain that I did not have prior to treatment and that I am becoming more and more disabled as I continue through treatment. He told me that I was enraged, and as I refuted this point saying that I’m merely frustrated and in pain, he repeated the statement followed by saying that he knew this because my pulse was at 140 bpm, which he apparently was able to figure out during a few seconds of cervical palpation, and that there was white around my eyes. I was taken back and extremely offended that he was insisting he knew how I was feeling, even after I had corrected him. Consider the fact that I have been in extreme pain without relief as Dr. Walton had been attempting to normalize what I was experiencing each time I have raised concerns, then he tells me that I am an anomaly and that its more a problem with me than with his treatment. You can imagine my frustration. I ended the appointment and he apologized for his inability to communicate effectively. He mentioned over and over again that he was hearing my concerns, however never once apologized for his behavior. He minimized my concerns and his aggressive approach in subsequent treatments set me back a long way with some of the chronic issues I have worked to overcome. My biggest takeaways from my time with Dr. Walton are that, he was unresponsive to my concerns, he refused to accept any responsibility over the symptoms that developed during the course of treatment, and he became accusatory and defensive when I began to question him that the treatment was not effective for me. Dr. Walton even offered to provide free treatments to appease my situation, however I will not be returning as I simply do not feel comfortable with Dr. Walton and do not trust that he has my best interests in mind. I am still suffering from the same pain I acquired during treatment in addition to a palpable displacement of one of my cervical vertebrae. I am obviously not happy with my experience, but I am not writing this out of spite. I am writing this in the hopes that someone else will read about my experience and take it as an additional data point when considering whether to receive treatment from Dr. Walton.

It is a healthcare practitioner's responsibility to support patients, ensure their comfort and safety, and ultimately to DO NO HARM. With me, Dr. Walton failed this on all accounts. My biggest takeaways from my time with Dr. Walton are that, he was unresponsive to my concerns, he refused to accept any responsibility over the symptoms that developed during the course of treatment, and he became accusatory and defensive when I began to question him that the treatment was not effective for me. I am still suffering from the same pain I acquired during treatment in addition to a palpable displacement of one of my cervical vertebrae. I am obviously not happy with my experience, but I am not writing this out of spite. I am writing this in the hopes that someone else will read about my experience and take it as an additional data point when considering whether to receive treatment from Dr. Walton.

Dr. Walton is a master chiropractor. If there was a designation for his level of knowledge and skill, it would be similar to a black belt. He has taught thousands of students and chiropractors. His adjustments are specific and deep. His assessment of the spine and extremities is based on a wealth of knowledge that is hard to find in other practitioners. I trust Dr. Walton to put me on a faster pace of healing and recovery. I also get “tune-up “ adjustments to keep me well-functioning for my physical job. Dr. Walton is a master chiropractor. If there was a designation for his level of knowledge and skill, it would be similar to a black belt. He has taught thousands of students and chiropractors. His adjustments are specific and deep. His … More

Dr. Paul has taken care of me and my 3 boys for years. He is my "go-to" for all things!! He always has random facts and stories to share and never fails to make me smile as he is putting me back together!!!

Great Chiropractor

Humans need other humans to help them stay awesome and healthy. Paul is a healer and a really good human. Hes part of my team that helps me be as healthy as humanly possible. A year has passed since I started working with him and Ive learned alot and understand my body structure like I never have before.

He is the BEST there is!!