Dr. Marilyn Walkey, MD- Acupuncture

very disappointing. Perhaps there is something wrong with me, but I had a very negative reaction to Dr. Walkey. It began when I arrived. I sat in Dr. Walkey's waiting room for fifteen minutes without seeing another person. i wasn't sure if she knew I was there. When she emerged from a treatment room she gave me some paperwork to fill out then vanished again. I waited another half hour before she came back out. By this time, having spent 45 minutes in her waiting room, I was admittedly not in a good mood. She apologized for the wait, which helped, and I followed her into a treatment room looking forward to the treatment. I have had fatigue issues for many years and have had no relief from Western medicine. I also used to get acupuncture regularly but hadn't visited an acupuncturist for some time and I was looking forward to the needles!

Dr. Walkey began to question me about my medical history and seemed to diagnose me about halfway through my history. When I questioned her decision she suggested I "open my mind" and stop using my left brain.

Next, Dr. Walkey had me hold some glass vials, filled with liquids, and pushed down on my (other) outstretched arm, a form of diagnosis known as muscle testing. She told me that energy waves from the substance in the bottle would interact with my body's energy and that would be communicated to her by how hard I pushed my arm against her hand.

I would like to pause here. Perhaps Dr. Walkey is a great healer, as others have suggested, and perhaps adrenal support would help me, as my apparently weakened arm suggested. Both of these things might be true, but I seriously doubt that energy waves from a diluted substance encased in glass, probably airtight, communicated with my own personal energy field and interfered with my ability to contract my muscles. But, that's my left brain thinking.

When I questioned this method Dr. Walkey moved her chair aside so I could leave.

So, I wasted two hours in driving time, sitting in her front room time, and finally being diagnosed by muscle testing. She never felt my pulse, looked at my tongue or inquired about my urine or bowel movements, all of which are the primary diagnostic tools of acupuncture.

Perhaps Dr. Walkey was having a bad day. Perhaps she's a wonderful intuitive healer who uses methodology I am not willing to accept. But in my experience she was unprofessional and a poor communicator.  View Less … View More

I have my life back!. My health is coming back after a 20 year illness. Working with Dr, Walkey over the past six months has been a real adventure. I had been unable to keep up with my business and career, let alone my life routine. And now, I am returning to school so I can expand my professional skills and renergize my business. Thanks Dr. Walkey!

Plus - my friends and family have had marvelous results too!  View Less … View More

Doctor, Healer, Miracle Worker. Whatever you call her it still adds up to the same thing: A CURE. I went to Dr. Walkey in May 2008 after being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I was in horrible pain, depressed, anxiety ridden and fatigued. After just a few treatments the pain went away almost entirely and now after 4 months I feel like I am cured of all my chronic pain and fatigue. Dr. Walkey spends time talking with me about my issues. She is insightful, intuitive, positive, friendly, and professional among many other ideal qualities. I think a lot of people have a fear of needles and have been raised in a society dependent upon western medicine so they tend to view acupuncture as a last resort. Western medicine is designed to treat the symptoms and not the root problem so it doesn't really work for long term issues. If you are even considering acupuncture or alternative medicine, do yourself a huge favor and go see Dr. Walkey now. You will find her to be extremely accommodating and pleasant. She understands your pain and her confidence in healing you is one of the first things that will make you feel better. She doesn't judge people, nor is she someone who is just trying to get on to the next patient and the next paycheck like many doctors I have encountered. The environment she has created is very soothing and comfortable for anyone but especially for someone with social anxiety like myself. I cannot recommend her enough.  View Less … View More

Dr. Walkey has the hands of a HEALER!. I came to Dr. Walkey after my western medical doctors told me I would have nausea for the rest of my life. I have had many surgeries as a result of a botched epidural anesthesia in 1984 where I had a cardiac arrest. Later, I lost my urinary bladder, and then my entire colon. I depend on medications to keep me free of pain. But the doctors could not cure my nausea. I found Dr. Walkey, and she cured my nausea in 3 acupuncture treatments. I have been seeing her ever since, and she has helped me with MRSA infection in my sinuses, abdominal pain, restless leg syndrome, anxiety, GERD, migraine headaches and withdrawal from dilaudid. I feel that Dr. Walkey has been the best blessing in my life for ten years.  View Less … View More