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About Sacramento's own - Dr. K (Austin Karp D.C.)
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Dr. Karp was born and raised in Sacramento, CA. He grew up to sports being an integral part of Dr. Karp's life and identity, he thought he would be a professional basketball player; however, once Dr. Karp enrolled into high school, the injuries started adding up. By far the worst was his neck injury.
During Varsity homecoming Dr. Karp's Sophomore year, he chased a ball heading out of bounds and dove to save it. The people in the bleachers moved out of the way and the left side of its neck bent over the bleachers. The last thing he remembers is hearing a sharp pop. The next thing he knew, he was woken in the hospital with a pounding headache and sharp shooting neck pain. The doctor prescribed Dr. Karp medication but was still in pain but due to the heavy medication, he now felt like he was in a deep fog. Dr. Karp was also experiencing horrible debilitating flare ups daily.
Dr. Karp's mother remembered about a chiropractor she had taken its sibling to when she hurt her hip, Dr. Keller. Dr. Karp had not seen Dr. Keller since he was a child but little did he know that this individual would eventually become a mentor in Dr. Karp's journey to become a chiropractor. Dr. Keller came in on a special appointment to see him on a Saturday because of the amount of pain Dr. Karp was in. Dr. Keller did a thorough exam on his neck and determined that he had severe misalignment of my 3rd, 4th, and 5th cervical vertebra. Dr. Keller then adjusted his neck and was absolutely shocked by the sound. Dr. Karp mentioned it sounded like someone had popped a giant piece of bubble wrap. Immediately he noticed that he had regained full pain free range of motion.Dr. Karp mentions he remembers going home, laying in bed, and getting teary eyed because finally he was able to sleep without pain. He went back to see Dr. Keller on Monday and again he felt relief. Dr. Keller told him that he only needed to see me once a week and at this point Dr. Karp was able to stop taking the pain medication.
Dr. Karp started to feel like he was finally healthy, but the flare ups kept coming weekly. He tried to hide it as much as he possibly could because he then felt like admitting my pain was weak. No pain, no gain, right? Dr. Karp ended up making a full symptomatic recovery and was even able to play basketball for the 16 & under USA national team. However, he still had flare ups in his neck.
Now fast forwarding to college at University of the Pacific as Dr. Karp mentions. He had now retired from basketball after 2 torn Achilles and felt lost without a purpose. Dr. Karp thought he was going to be a basketball player my entire life. While having a conversation with his parents, his father mentioned that he should call Dr. Keller and ask if he could shadow him. His office was only 40 minutes away from school Dr. Karp mentioned. He called Dr. Keller, and was delighted to hear from Dr. Karp. That next Tuesday Dr. Karp came back to Sacramento from San Jose. Little did he know that this was the day where his life would change forever. Dr. Karp watched Dr. Keller treat people all morning and afternoon. He saw the amazing effect chiropractic has and how amazing the results can be. People were so thankful, appreciative, and excited with the progress they were making. Immediately he knew this was the profession for him. Dr. Karp applied and was accepted into Palmer West College of Chiropractic.
After 8 years in the Bay Area, Dr. Karp is estatic to be home in Sacramento. The greater Sacramento area is where he has always wanted to practice, and is absolutely honored to open Sacramento's only alternative health clinic with Chiropractic, Local Cryotherapy, Digital X-Rays, Class IV K-Laser and Extracorporeal
Magnetotransduction Therapy (EMTT). Dr. Karp retained his Doctorate in Chiropractic in 2018 an X-Ray provider license including multiple AIMLA, K-Laser certifications for Class IV laser therapy, and provider certification from Impact Cryotherapy for our Localized Cryotherapy. Dr. Karp is both capable and extremely confident in his abilities to treat your pain and optimize your life.
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Spectrum Health & Pain Clinic