Chronic pain care for people in Orange County who have tried everything else. Serving Lake Forest, Irvine, Tustin, Mission Viejo, and surrounding areas

I'm the person you see when the surgery is done and the pain isn't

If your surgery was years ago and your body still doesn’t feel like yours, this is the work you have not tried yet.

* Due to demand and the nature of this work, appointment spots are limited

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My story is the reason this work exists.

You Are Not Broken

You Are Responding to Something That Was Never Addressed

If you are here, your surgery was years ago and the pain never fully left. Or it came back. Or it moved. And nobody has been able to tell you why.

Most of the people I work with have been through every option already. Physical therapy. Chiropractic care. Injections. Specialists. Imaging. And the most common thing they have been told is that everything looks fine or that this is just how it is now.

The surgery fixed the structure. Nobody fixed the connection. The disconnection your nervous system created to protect you during and after that procedure is still running. That is why you are still in pain.

This Is Not Traditional Rehab or Fitness

Most approaches focus on the area of pain. I focus on what your nervous system is still protecting from a surgery, an injury, or an event that happened months or years ago.

 

Instead of forcing movement, stretching what feels tight, or strengthening what has room to improve, I assess how your scar tissue, your breath, your eyes, your jaw, and your balance are communicating with each other and where that communication broke down.

 

When the right signals are restored, the body often changes quickly. Not because it was fixed, but because it finally feels safe enough to let go of the protection.

 

This work is precise, individualized, and built on how the nervous system actually behaves after surgical trauma — not on a protocol or a generic recovery plan.

I focus on:

  • Addressing scar tissue and surgical history as a primary driver of chronic pain

 

  • Reconnecting parts of the body that stopped communicating after surgery, injury, or illness

 

  • Restoring natural breathing mechanics

 

  • Resolving jaw tension, clenching, and facial strain

 

  • Improving coordination, balance, and visual control

 

The result is a nervous system that stops overprotecting and starts trusting movement again.

 

Every appointment is guided by assessment and response, not protocols or generic plans.

Who This Work Is For

People who:

  • Have had one or more surgeries and never returned to feeling normal
  • Have a complex history of injuries, illnesses, or procedures that no one has been able to connect
  • Have chronic pain that moves, shifts, or comes and goes
  • Were told their imaging is normal but still feel anything but normal
  • Have been failed by physical therapy, chiropractic, injections, or specialists
  • Feel tight, unstable, or disconnected no matter what they try
  • Are afraid to move because it often makes things worse
  • Know something deeper is going on and want real answers

 

You do not need to be flexible, strong, or fit to start. You just need a body that is ready to be listened to differently.

The procedures, the injuries, the events that shaped how your body protects itself. None of it gets erased. It gets buried. I find what was buried.

One integrated Practice

I do not offer a menu of services. I run one integrated system built around how the nervous system organizes the entire body after surgical trauma, injury, or illness. I call it SCAN.

S

story

Your full history. Every surgery, every injury, every event that shaped how your body protects itself.

C

Complaints

What you feel, where you feel it, when it shows up, what makes it worse, what makes it better.

A

Assess

Scar tissue. Breath. Jaw. Eyes. Balance. Coordination. The places nobody has checked.

N

Normalize

The hands-on, non-invasive work that addresses what the assessment reveals.

SCAN is the system. It is built from a decade of clinical practice and thousands of hours of certification training. Nothing about this work asks your nervous system to defend itself against me.

How I Work

I ask every new client to commit to three appointments. That gives me 190 minutes to find what has been missed.

Some people leave the first appointment moving in ways they had given up on. Others need all three for me to find what nobody else has found. You will not leave the third appointment without clarity about what is happening in your body and what comes next.

If I cannot give you that, I will tell you, and I will help you figure out what is next.

Pricing

  • The initial 90-minute evaluation is $400.
  • Follow-up 50-minute appointments are $250 each.
  • CareCredit financing is available for people who need flexibility.

Process (3 Steps)

Step 1: Your Story

Share your full history. Surgeries, injuries, treatments, what worked, what made it worse. We build the map together.

Step 2: Find What Was Missed

In your first 90-minute evaluation I assess what nobody has assessed before. Scar tissue. Breath. Jaw. Eyes. Balance. Connection. The places nobody has thought to look.

Step 3: Clarity and Direction

Leave knowing exactly what was left behind, what is driving your pain, and what comes next.

Client Experiences

"You looked at how I was grinding my teeth, how I was breathing, which muscles were activated and which ones were compensating. Nobody had ever looked at me that way. I send my patients to you because I know you'll go deeper than most massage therapists or PTs. If you haven't tried Joe's approach, you can't say you've tried everything."
Dr. Catherine
Chiropractor, San Clemente
"I'm one of those people who will say I've tried everything. Cold plunge, sauna, PRP, acupuncture, chiropractor, cupping, needling. I was doing two to three sessions a week just to feel temporary relief. A few months ago I was back in chronic pain, waking up with vertigo, not able to go to work. We fixed that in one 60-minute session. Joe has changed my entire life."
Patrick
Laguna Beach
"I had knee surgery in my late 20s and had issues for the past 18 months. I tried many chiropractors, many physical therapists, and many acupuncturists with no results. Joe was able to identify my issues, offer solutions, and I got results. I'm now able to go down steps pain-free."
Liz
Orange County
"I've seen so many different practitioners at the highest caliber, and they can't solve it. So maybe it's just in your head. That was the last three or four years before I met Joe. Twelve months ago I wasn't walking. Now I'm running, playing basketball, salsa dancing. The guy delivers on a whole other level."
Justin
12-month client
"I've never felt psychological safety in anyone's space but yours."
Jane
Post-surgical chronic pain client
"Oh my God, I feel safe. I don't feel so guarded. I feel like I can live my life again."
Julia
Spoken during her first breath-focused appointment

Let's Take the First Step Together

Your body is not broken. It is misunderstood.

You have done the searching. This is where the searching ends.

* Due to demand and the nature of this work, appointment spots are limited.

Blogs

My latest blog dives into real-life pain management tips.

Find out when to listen to your body and when to act. Click to read!