Dr. David Hanscom, MD

Working RN,presented c lowback pain inability to spread legs or stand up straight from hips. Did fusion L5,S1 left c scar tissue L-5 nerve, still had same s/s. Told pain was in my head for 6 mo. Gp tried to do pelvic was shocked took xray. DX severe OA both hips. Hanscom took me to back room away from employees, told"I chose to live this way, pain was in my head &that severe OA did not hurt as much as moderate OA. He was pissed he got caught failing to DX the real problem, hub calledhimQuack!

This man is so incredibly unprofessional. My mother has tried everything as far as natural medicine and nothing has worked. It’s been years of pain and She was called a liar and that her pain wasn’t real. Dr Hanscom told her that it was all in her head and handed her his book. It’s a shame that he is using his medical platform to promote his book. He lied to my moms doctor and said the meeting went well and he went over her options. Don’t waste your time, his credentials should be pulled!

If you have had multiple surgeries and have chronic pain, Dr. Hascom is the doctor to see. If your seeking medications to just manage your pain or a quick fix surgery he isn’t the surgeon to see. He does a through evaluation of your sleep, anxiety, and issues that are causing anger or stress in your life before he will even consider surgery. If it’s mechanical in nature he will fix it. If it isn’t, he has a great program to help decrease your pain levels with your active participation.

I am a retired physician and saw Dr. Hanscom with my wife who has chronic back pain and two prior back surgeries. Like other reviewers we were not happy to hear his message. Unlike some others,we listened, read the book and have been following the suggested practices. My wife’s pain has remarkably improved without further. As a physician, I highly recommend Dr. Hanscom as his deep understanding of chronic pain gives good results for those who listen. Tim Schubert MD

I've never been more disappointed in a "doctor." I suffer from chronic back pain due to severe scoliosis (I've had surgery for it-NOT by him) but went to him for help with what I think is a pinched nerve. He didn't even look at my back, he merely glanced at my X-rays, using my appointment to 1) tell me that the pain was in my head, 2) told me to "NEVER discuss my pain with ANYONE EVER again", 3) gave me his book and 4) referred me to his website "Back in Control." Total waste of time and money.

My wife had back fusion 12/2015. In Jan 2017 we return as some problems are returning (pain, weakness). Dr. takes x-rays, says everything looks fine. But we need to read his new book (same title, white cover) and follow the steps on his web site. We return April 2017 with CT results listing several issues. First thing he says is "I see you haven't logged into the web site...." Then says he won't operate on anyone until they have followed the steps plus working out. NEXT!!

Dr. Hanscom is not a doctor I would use not reccommend. I met with him once and he handed me the book that he wrote and said my pain was all in my head. I feel that he did not listen to a word I said. He had another younger doctor shadowing him without asking my permission. He also had some woman typing everything he said. So then when I returned for my follow up he tried the same stunt. No proper treatment and did not remember why he scheduled the follow up in the first place, so I told him to

Hanscom has a lot of experience. However this can be a disadvantage. He made 3 mistakes in my diagnosis and superimposed his subjective feelings about me when I returned to Swedish for help. I asked for an outside referral 3 times. He literally said I'm not able to do that .when I returned to Swedish he refused to see me. I spent a lot of money traveling back and forth from Oregon to Seattle. It has good diagnostic skills for definite problems. But he is not good at troubleshoot

This doctor literally saved my life. He is amazing and caring. I could not have found better care anywhere.