Rolfing

Sep 2023

Touched my wife inappropriately while I was there picking her up. She abruptly moved away and said, "Clay! I told you not to touch me like that!", so apparently he even did it before and now, again after she told him that she didn't like it / it made her uncomfortable. Those are "Me Too" transgressions He may be talented, but his response to making my wife tell him to stop, was, "I touch all my patients that way." With no remorse, no inclination to stop.

Jan 2023

Clay groped my breast about 15 minutes into the appointment. I was getting bad vibes from even our initial phone call but I had patience for an elder. As the appointment began, he spoke very directly and accurately about self responsibility and the importance of habits in the first ten minutes. He was extremely gruff and intentionally provocative, but this was ok because I agree that habits of using my body are in part why I am in pain. However, I note that this conversation did provoke tears in me as I have been in constant pain for a week and he was being very intense (staring and leaning forward) and intentionally provocative (saying things like "you have had so much work. Why are you in pain?". When we moved to the looking in the mirror evaluation, and he started to touch me, he touched my body in ways that set off my alarm bells. He was standing unnecessarily close and I could tell that part of his touch was not only instructive. He had me pull up my shirt to expose my belly and pull down my pants a bit to expose my hip bones. I could see how this activity could be instructive (he was having me look in the mirror and studying asymmetry) but there was an unmistakable vibe that something was off. I am an Alexander teacher myself and touch people for a living so I do have a lot of experience in this matter. I have worked with at least 30 body workers in my life, including looking with them in a mirror and studying my body's asymmetries in my underwear with them touching me instructively, with no problems. I decided to wait just a little longer and see what happened. Then he had me twist from side to side, and suddenly he completely unnecessarily put his hand directly on top of my breast in the guise of guiding my body movement. Unlike the uncomfortable touching I had already experienced that wasn't clearly violating, this was unmistakably a violation. No professional should ever touch someone that way. If it was somehow important to touch that area, explicit consent would be asked and given and it would never be in the non-therapeutic cupping sort of sudden grab that he did. He camouflaged and normalized the grope; it happened in the middle of him speaking. I stepped away from him and said, I don't like how you touched me. He said, ok, you touch your own body then. But by then I had had way too many red flags. I said I'm leaving. He said ok and silently led me to the exit. I do not doubt that Clay has great experience and valuable knowledge and that he has helped many people. But this is completely unacceptable. I hope he can be accountable for his actions and heal. I made a police report.

Nov 2022

I found Clay Cox 12 years ago when I had plantar fasciitis after a podiatrist gave me terrible treatment. In only one appointment he worked on the causes of my pain and taught me how to manage it myself. I became curious about what other improvements he could make to my posture. He has a true gift and loads of knowledge. He spends a good deal of time with patients and teaches them how to help themselves. No pressure to return, no payment contracts like with so many chiropractors. Over the years, I have seen him as needed and with various physical manipulation techniques, he has corrected and taught me how to correct various troubles from heartburn to hip, back, and neck...read full review