Why Edina Residents Love Maximized Wellness
What others say about chiropractic care can help you make the right health care choice. Review a selection of patient testimonials below and please email me or contact the office if you have any questions.
Yours in Health,
Dr. Aaron Flickstein, D.C. Emeritus (ret.)
"Although I was told I should see an orthopedist, I opted to see Aaron instead. I am so glad I did!"
"When I first met Aaron in the summer of 1994, I was impressed with his knowledge and approach to health. As director of tennis at Interlachen Country Club, I brought him in to speak to our clients, and intended to see him myself. Then a very unfortunate thing happened. I was in a car accident, which left me with severe neck restriction and pain. Although I was told I should see an orthopedist, I opted to see Aaron instead. I am so glad I did! As a tennis pro, I obviously lead an active life. I had hoped to play seriously again by Christmastime, but now I feel that I’ll be back in serious play by mid- to late-September. When I’m able to be active and watch my diet, I feel better about myself and am able to absorb the valleys of life, without stress becoming a problem. Aaron’s knowledge has definitely been a pivotal key in helping me to recover as quickly as possible and get back on the court. No question!" - Doug Browne
"I have gotten more than I expected from the clinic! The people here are very giving, informative, and very positive. I like the variety of things available, and not having to wait in the lobby. I am more energetic now, and more excited about the new options I am learning about." - Katherine Dyer
"I have always had lots of headaches, but after the accident they got really bad..."
"I started coming here after an accident in February, 1995. I hurt my back and neck, but the worst thing was the headaches. I have always had lots of headaches, but after the accident they got really bad; the pain was a “10”. I would have to lay down and not do anything when I had a headache, and the worst thing was not being able to talk on the phone because it hurt too much! After getting an adjustment, the headache virtually went away! Now my back and neck are better, and I hardly ever have headaches anymore." - Sindiswa Bediako
"Chiropractic has helped me be more pain free and has allowed me to continue taking Karate lessons. I find that my muscles and joints are more flexible and mobile. I feel generally in better health." - Verna Ittner (nurse)
"...Matthew's eczema has completely cleared up!"
"Matthew started with eczema as a child. Not severe - dry skin in the winter. By the winter of 1991 it was so bad he had scabs on his arms and legs from scratching. He also suffered from headaches, up-and-down energy levels, leg cramps after playing sports, and upper respiratory congestion.
We went to our pediatrician, a pediatric allergist and a dermatologist. They found no allergies and the dermatologist prescribed a cream to clear up his skin - temporarily.
Aaron has treated many member of my family - sisters, brother, and father - with results. Now Matthew’s eczema has completely cleared up. He no longer suffers from headaches or muscle cramps. We’re in our second winter (which has always been a horrible time for Matthew) that his skin is absolutely clear - it’s a miracle!"- Betsy Wood
"I am getting better. I feel good after my treatments unless I am dealing with emotional release, then it takes longer. I like the energy here." - Kathy Woodford
"I am moving through life with energy and I love being alive again."
"When I first came to see Dr. Flickstein I had a terrible rash across the right side of my face, extreme exhaustion, and difficulty digesting anything. The rash was new but the exhaustion and digestion had been going on for two years. My diet was very restricted and I had given up hope of living without diarrhea, terrible discomfort, and painful, deep exhaustion. Doctors I had seen said I needed tests to confirm their hunches that I was suffering from AIDS, cancer and finally suggesting I needed counseling. Since starting with Aaron, my rash has cleared up and my digestion has so much improved, I have many days without pain or discomfort. I have had no diarrhea for three months and my fatigue has lessened considerably. I am moving through life with energy and I love being alive again. Now, rather than feeling 50-60 years older, I now feel 5-6 years younger than my age. I’m thrilled and look forward to living to be 200!"
- Kate Gabrie’l-Jones
"Moving to a new city, not exercising for over a month and several long (500 mile) car trips made me feel sore and sluggish. Eating better, exercising regularly, and several spinal adjustments have made me feel much improved."
- Dan Baker
"Dr. Flickstein helped me see that I didn’t have to live in constant pain."
"I have always loved working in the garden. This year, for the first time in many years, I was able to work in my garden. This may not sound like a big deal to some people, but I have not been able to do many of what people call the “normal” activities for several years. In 1983 I fell off a ladder and landed on my tailbone. This was excruciating in itself, but then I also started having painful muscle spasms that would go through my buttocks and through my abdomen area. A chiropractor I saw at that time was not able to help me at all, and I started my own rigorous program of walking, hoping I could heal myself. I was in constant pain. Then in 1988 I took another fall from a ladder. I became house-bound. I had arthritis in my shoulders and other places early in life. I had problems with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and tennis elbow. I developed military neck. The medical community told me the only thing they could do was surgery. I had no interest in having them cut me up. When I started seeing Dr. Flickstein in October of 1993, I was mentally and physically “blown out”. I was out of hope that I could recover and lead a normal life. Dr. Flickstein helped me see that I didn’t have to live in constant pain. It’s not easy when you’ve been injured as badly as I have, but little by little I am starting to get my health back. I have two children, and I want to be able to be involved in their lives and activities. I am responsible for my own health, and I will keep working at it, because I am already living proof that chiropractic can change--and even save--lives."- Debra Anderson
"I heard about Dr. Flickstein from his radio show. I am a truck driver from Baxter, MN and came in for an initial exam on May 8, 1996. I have been unable to lift my right shoulder above my armpit for 4 years. It is very sore and has kept me awake at night. I went to one other chiropractor for this and had nominal results. After just one treatment I can lift my arm in its full rangeof motion. It is sore but I can do it." - Tom D. Kenton
"Dr. Flickstein is a great teacher and healer!"
"I began chiropractic care in September of 1995. I had a great deal of stress and tension across my shoulders and in my neck and head. The tension would lead to headaches, occasionally migraine type, stiffness in my jaw and reduced mobility to my upper back , neck and head. The headaches were bad enough that they resulted in my having to take a lot of Ibuprofen and retreat to a dark and noiseless room to sleep for several hours. Since beginning here a year ago, there has been a major decrease in headaches. The other tensions have dramatically decreased also. My general health is much improved. I have less fatigue and feel more resilient. I feel more equipped to deal with the day to day stress of my job. The entire setting in your office is one of healing and helping people to be the best they can be. Dr. Flickstein is a great teacher and healer!" - Phyllis Chally
"I feel better now than when I started. I am more relaxed. I especially like not having to wait for my appointment." - Monica Robinson
"After only five treatments, the ringing in my ears is totally gone!"
"I have had ringing in my ears for over twenty years; sometimes it would be so loud, I could hear it over the car engine! The neurologist said that it was probably just that the nerves where dying, but not to worry, since I have millions of them. Well, I think that every nerve has a function, otherwise it would not have been put there in the first place. But I didn’t know what else to try, until a friend of my daughter’s told us about Dr. Flickstein. After only five treatments, the ringing in my ears is totally gone!! At age 89, I am so glad that I have discovered chiropractic, it’s great!" - Ruth Koehntopp
"I am 76 years old and, when I first came in, I had difficulty in walking and lived in fear of the wheelchair. My energy level was very low and I had trouble accomplishing the things that came about. I could never keep up, always last to finish. I felt I missed out on so much. Within two months of my beginning care, my energy level began to change. The refreshed feeling after sleeping has improved consistently. My walking is much improved, also. I am now doing twice as much and am looking for a job now as well.I had no idea how much more chiropractic has to offer compared to what it was 60 years ago. I am overwhelmed." - Carmen Kaasa
"I believe these benefits have resulted from my chiropractic care initially and were boosted by my use of Wellness Work as well."
"I always had three sinus infections a year plus about two colds for the last ten years. It is now fall and I have had none since last summer. By spring each year I’ve usually had a cough and sinus problems, but none this year. I had tried amoxycillin without any change in infection duration or occurrence. Two years ago I spent a February sick throughout the month with no success using a medical approach. I started chiropractic care with Dr. Flickstein in mid-September of last year and avoided all these problems from October on through winter and into spring. I believe these benefits have resulted from my chiropractic care initially and were boosted by my use of Wellness Work as well." - Chuck Gustaveson
"Quitting smoking.
Becoming an active partner in my health care.
Grounding myself in my body.
Reducing fear around being in a body.
Eliminating long existing aches and pains.
I love you and thank you.
I am grateful." - Barbara Shipka
Car Accident Recovery
"I began experiencing problems and pain with my neck, back and hips in 1994 as a result of a motor vehicle accident. I was encountering a lack of energy and the inability to do things I previously enjoyed without pain such as biking, walking and yard work. I began physical therapy for eight months at Park Nicollet along with Aquatic Therapy at Courage Center but was not receiving the results I needed. I found out about Dr. Flickstein through Mile High Adventure Club and began care in August of 1996. Today, I can move my neck all the way to the side and have resumed all activities including skiing! I’ve regained my energy and attitude. I came to Dr. Flickstein as a skeptic, but now have true belief in the healing abilities of chiropractic." - Judy Sunderland
Migraines - Chronic Fatigue - Depression
"10 years ago when I turned 36 years old I began suffering with migraines, chronic fatigue and depression. Other doctors told me that my depression and migraines were hereditary, however as time went on the symptoms became worse. I became aware that what triggered my depression and migraines was the fact that I was in a very emotional and difficult relationship. After my depression and migraines became unbearable I checked myself into Abbott Northwestern Hospital due to suicidal feelings. I was given temporary relief for awhile but suffered horrible side effects from all the medications I was on. For six years I relied on medication and other doctors, but still the symptoms continued to escalate.
At age 40 I began suffering with chronic fatigue which left me feeling a loss of energy, sleeping for longer periods of time until I was literally found myself sleeping weekends away and falling asleep behind the wheel of my car.
November of 1996 I found myself looking for a chiropractor close to my office and for someone with advanced treatment techniques. I found Dr. Flickstein and after attending one of his workshops, I knew I had found the right place. Today, one year later I am free of all medications, I am free of my depression and chronic fatigue and my migraines have decreased in frequency and intensity. Thank you, Dr. Flickstein!" - Joe Stradcutter (November 14, 1997)
Headaches - Neck Pain
"Eight years ago I was diagnosed with a heart problem which was regulated with medication. Four years ago after being involved in a car accident I developed headaches and neck pain. The pain became so great that I had to leave my job. The worst part of my pain was not being able to work out as often as I enjoyed. I eventually went to a chiropractor that was able to give me relief care, however he was not able to help me with corrective care.
April 1997 I saw an 'Help Wanted' ad in the paper, which led me to Dr. Flickstein. After I was hired, I began care and understood chiropractic and nutrition at a much higher level and began chiropractic healing once again. Today I am living my life more actively, having fewer headaches and I feel better physically. With the help of Wellness Work™ I also feel better emotionally. Chiropractic, Wellness Work™ and nutritional supplements are now a way of life for me.
I love our patients and feel the same love from them. The Doc is fun and inspirational to work with and Denise is like my mom away from home, which I thought I got away from when I moved out."- Samarra Stolz (January 23, 1998)
"I had cervical strain, ear pain that extended through the jaw area, a knee injury,and pain down my arms and hips
and legs."
"I have been a patient of Aaron’s for a long time. I came in during the first part of October because I was hit by a tree. I had cervical strain, ear pain that extended through the jaw area, a knee injury,and pain down my arms and hips and legs. I couldn’t walk and driving was a challenge because the bumps in the road would irritate the nerves in my neck. In the last three months of my care with Aaron I have had major improvements. The pain in my arms and hips and legs is gone, my ear and jaw pain is almost completely gone, and I can drive over bumps without irritation. I am very pleased and I will keep coming because I need this. The treatments are very good." - Lorraine Madison
"I continue with chiropractic in an attempt to achieve the health I had prior to Desert Shield/Storm."
"Having spent September 1990 to May 1991 in the Persian Gulf, I returned home to my family, job and continued military service. In June 1992 I started to experience various ailments such as extreme muscle aches, headaches, stomach pains, diarrhea, high fever, nausea, constant fatigue and weight loss. As the symptoms intensified I sought the medical attention of my civilian medical physician. Numerous tests were performed by my own doctor but there was no diagnosis. After viewing a story on the television show 20/20 detailing the numerous other Gulf War Veterans that are exhibiting similar symptoms and ailments I contacted the Mpls VA and was placed on their registry as well as admitted for further testing. I was released from the VA on August 21st after three days of testing (much of it having duplicated what my civilian physician had performed and shared with the VA doctors). However, the doctors could provide me with no more answers than when I was admitted. In November 1992, I was introduced to Aaron Flickstein and chiropractic. For the duration of 18 months I had weekly adjustment, went through the Candida Program, tried Wellness Work and gradually, very gradually, I started to feel better. I continue with chiropractic in an attempt to achieve the health I had prior to Desert Shield/Storm." - Corinne L. Busek
Those who have been looking for a doctor who can not only help them mentally, emotionally, diet and supplement-wise but also get and keep them pain and disease free love working with me. Some of my clients have been working with me for two or three decades now and feel this new style of AK I'm using makes my care now my best work to date.
Some like what seems like magical success in dealing with pain or complex medical issues. Others love the way I work seamlessly with my medical colleagues so that all of their needs for natural, medical or other help are being addressed well.
Helping those who thought they were beyond help as I once did brings tears to my eyes. It is a great joy when I review in my mind's eye a rush of cases that had "been there and done that" and been either given up on or had given up on themselves.
In they came:
- one with 19 years of crippling back pain on $3000 of pain medication monthly and unable to sit up to ride to church, going back to full time work after 19 years on WC disability, slashing his med use over 1/2 and being able to drive to Louisiana and back with no trouble;
- the worst case of PTSD a therapist had seen after working for 30 years with Vietnam vets, resolved in a year of intensive care;
- a 30-year long treatment resistant case on 8 meds with 2 CT verified liver tumors clearing all of her need for meds, her symptoms and the tumors in 2 years;
- a lung cancer case with 51 inoperable tumors for which no chemo or radiation could be recommended who one year later had only 1 tumor;
- the 20 year veteran straight shooting conventional hospice nurse calling in disbelief at the results two cancer cases had received and offering hospice financing for any case that requested chiropractic care as long as I personally did the work as she'd never seen nor heard of results like this;
- the lady who had to hang from her rib cage to "sit" and had to crawl to get upstairs who now works most mortals into the dirt in her late 60's when the great luminaries of the medical establishment had all failed to help her;
- the entrepreneur who'd seen my mentor for many months after a string of six chiropractors and many medical consults, who went from six struggling hours worth of work per week to sixteen hour days for 10 day stretches and turned around her $1.5 million dollar a year contract before she lost it, making that a 1000:1 payout for her recovery of well being. It easy to see why she chose to view investing as much in a year as an average family does through employer paid insurance premiums for little or no actual care. Money they never see as wages. Frankly, she felt it was a steal to get her life back.
I want people in my practice who want a better life and want to be shown how their bodies, minds and souls respond to natural therapies as they first regain pain free living and then gain high level genetic expression. Those who want or can only obtain enough care for pain relief naturally stop care when they achieve it.
Those who want to close in on a life lived in the top 10% of their genetic potential for well being will be relieved to find thinking and techniques in line with their goals and ambitions too.
Clinical experience has amply demonstrated that the intelligence that makes and runs our bodies can do spectacular things for us if we cooperate with it and remove the interferences to its complete expression.
Some come for nutritional guidance and counseling to handle aging or a condition. Others come for biofeedback based Laser Allergy Relief to handle food, environmental, learning and behavioral issues, eczema and asthma or pet related problems. Still others for phobias, anxiety, depression, bi-polar disorders, PTSD and fatigue.
Others are on their last leg and fighting for their life and want the best natural combo available on their team.
Pain, life long or accident induced, drives many to learn of the marvels my "your brain leads the way" practice can provide. Many come for the gentle yet thorough depth of which this work assures them.
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