Joan Takacs, D.O

Both my partner and I have seen Dr Joan for lower back pain. My partner had seen several MDs and even had back surgery to try to resolve the pain prior to finding Dr Joan. Every time we have seen Dr. Joan we have left the office with near complete relief. Dr. Joan has always treated us in a kind, courteous, and professional manner. We are so grateful that we discovered this excellent provider.

For anyone experiencing the same mistreatment and misdiagnosis: I highly recommend to file a grievance and hold these “doctors” accountable. I have been dealing with a neck injury since 3/22/23 and have been receiving little to no treatment with a constant pain of an 8/10. I let Joan know after 6 months of not getting better, I’ve been feeling depressed. I also let her know my muscle relaxers give me anxiety. This woman proceeded to report that my pain and spasms are all due to depression and anxiety- therefore my case is closed. Nice cop out, Joan Takacs. This lady should not be a doctor nor be able to have any say given her lack of capabilities.

My attorney also referred me also The worst place and very unfair I fell face forward on the sidewalk and he said I'm not in pain . Don't ever go here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hurt my knee and wrist but he told me I wasn't hurt... But I doubled back to a real doctor and he said otherwise So I want to see him get out of this I really don't think he even likes people of COLOR at all But what you put out there comes right back...

This clinic has the worst staff on earth. They adopt a 1950's whites only approach to customer service. The front desk Karen's take there reception job way to seriously. They lack all common courtesy and are borderline predjudice. If you have an insurance injury claim take your buisness elsewhere. This place is a literal historic nightmare.

Doctor John and Doctor Joan helped me when I truly needed it. I'd been injured in a high speed rear-ended crash. I was turning into private driveway from two lane highway. It severed my left ulner nerve Funny bone. I had to seek care from Kaiser, who had me wait a year to see if nerve would repair itself. Then after perfect surgery, I went for a wound check two weeks after procedure and nurse reinjured the nerve. I spent next 6 months, going to scheduled appointment with surgeon who I never saw again, but met every nurse and PA employed at Kaiser. Ultimately SAIF went nuts on me as though I was slow playing it. I explained what Kaiser was doing, protecting itself from malpractice claim. So, they SAIF, advised me to seek care elsewhere, but I'd better make certain the doctor I select was in the network or I'd be paying the costs myself. I'd already selected Doctor John and when I told the claim adjuster, she became really quiet and calmly told me that he was definitely in the network and would be fine. Once he learned what I'd been through he assured me he would refer me to true professionals to provide me the best care I could even hope to find, leave everything to him. He chose Dr. Tim Trible as surgeon. He met with me and spent some time tracing the nerve and left the exam room for about 15 -20 minutes and returned to tell me I was scheduled for surgery in two days, needed to go to Adventist now and do blood work. Two days later I was in surgery. A month later we had a follow up and learned he'd found my nerve very severely damaged, stretched, and what I had was likely to be all I'd get. He'd done the best he could. Dr. John Takacs, did the best he could for me as well. He tried to teach me that I was behaving as though I could simply muscle my way through whatever. That I acted as if I believed I could make anything bend to my will. If a big box were falling toward me, I wouldn't jump out of the way, I'd plant myself and prepare to man handle it, eliminate the danger. I needed to recognize that I was flesh and bone and would suffer later in life if I didn't change how I acted. Man, was he correct! The state gave me a designation of permanent partial disability. No use of left hand, 10 pound limit on left arm. I got $70,000.from SAIF. They sued driver who hit me. I got nothing else. Bought me a ticket to Hawaii and had my girl join me there. Spent a month just chilling swimming with Dolphins, etc. Never did get another job, lost everything I had built up. On food stamps now. Living off a friend, with help from my wife Lawyer, it turns out was actually the big dawg on the block. But he was preparing to retire so advised me to take the money and worry about future employability, etc., later. I took his advise. He's gone now. But I digress. Dr John is da Kine. Seriously. You won't go wrong if he's on your side. Good Luck and my sincere appreciation goes out to him and Dr. Joan.

If I could I would not give any stars. I went into the clinic and was treated very well by the office staff and by the panel of doctors that looked at my shoulder to do the review. One thing I would like to note is that if you are working with workman's comp they are absolutely going to take their side even though they are supposed to stand up for the patient. When I received my review letter of appeal I was shocked and how they totally excited and lied about the state of my condition. I feel discriminated because of the statement that my condition was age-related. My surgery with not a to related I fell at work. They made statements about issues like a motor vehicle accident and an accident that was unrelated to my surgery that happened in 2010. I was shocked at the picture that they painted of me in their findings that even though I told them I went to physical therapy they were painting it like I never went and that all of this pain that I went through for almost two years was something I could tolerate. I'm just appalled that all of the doctors I saw were so cold towards my injury and what I had to tolerate for two years and the fact that they used medical findings about me to paint this bad picture about me and use it against me. Katrina Hawkins

Dr. Schmitt is a rockstar! She's a very intelligent, competent,

The Dr. knows his business. He was very pleasant, never rushed, and did not spend the office visit typing on a note book. I went to Dr. John on a referral from SAIF. I wanted a second opinion as the people treating my injury I felt had not gotten the problem nailed down. Dr. John sent me for a MRI and I had more damage than the first Dr. thought I had. More work to be done but at this point I am IMPRESSED with Dr. John

These two are the best doctors EVER. Dr Joan saved me from years of suffering when I had herniated discs in my neck, all the other doctors told me it was arthritis. Doctor John saved me when I had an infection that no one could diagnose and he believed me. turned out I had and infected root canal. They are both great doctors that can think outside the box!

I do not recommend this clinic and I wish I could go back in time and never have gone here myself. I saw Dr. Joan Takacs in 2016 and was treated by her and her therapist, Andy, for chronic debilitating neck pain. I had 2-3 appointments with Joan. She made big promises from the start and said that with her treatment, I'd have a full recovery. Her treatments were uncomfortable and always flared my neck pain. I told her that treatments increased my pain, but she didn't seem to adjust her treatments with that information. I saw her therapist Andy twice, first for an initial consult and then for our first full treatment visit. I was skeptical of Andy from the beginning. I just didn't trust him. In my second appointment, he had me go through a series of yoga poses. I was only into the 2-3 pose when he asked me to do a movement that I knew would immediately trigger a pain spike. It was the one movement, I told him I knew I couldn't do and we'd need to work around. He insisted and I held back. After lots of his persistence, I gave in. I then began to do it and immediately, my neck pain spiked to a 8/10. I stopped and started crying because I was so frustrated and felt so pressured to do something I knew wasn't safe. Andy then asked me to come sit by him to talk. He then proceeded to talk to me about fear and that I needed to let go of fear if I was going to experience healing. I tried to explain to him that this fear was my body sounding the alarm that this movement wasn't safe, that I'd experienced this exact things hundreds of times. He didn't believe me. He then asked me a series of very personal and honestly invasive questions. He then proceeded to tell me that maybe I was harboring a wound from an ancestor and this was why I was in pain. I waited a second, and found that he was in fact serious. I was furious, but mostly shocked at the words coming out of his mouth. I was so insulted. The tears welled up and I could feel a panic attack coming on. I didn't feel safe in his care. I wrapped up the visit and ran out and had a good cry in my car. I then cancelled all outstanding appointments. Looking back, I wish I hadn't let him pressure me to do something I knew wasn't safe. I wish I had spoken up more. I've learned that now. People in pain, people with illness are in an incredibly vulnerable position. We need help and we rely on medical professionals to care for us. We trust them. Dr. Joan and Andy not only violated that trust, but Andy's words and behavior wounded me that day and triggered not only more neck pain, but an overwhelming wave of panic knowing I wasn't believed. This is in direct conflict of what medical professionals pledge "do no harm." On the flip side, I've since found my voice and frequently think back on this experience as the last time I didn't. Now I know that it's my body, my choice and that deserves to be heard, believed and respected.