Dr. Charles G. Martone

"Dr. Martone's gentle, effective treatments are contrary to the "tried and true" hard-core Chiropractics so many are accustomed to. However, for well over a year, I have noticed Charlie's multi-faceted approach to be fully as beneficial as several other more intrusive methods. I consider myself t a veteran of "old school" and "new-age" ways of health enhancement, and would recommend him to anyone."
- R. Downey Jr.

"Dr Charles Martone indeed has magic hands and is quite simply the best chiro I have ever met. He resolved a chronic condition I had suffered with for over two years. You can also get nutritional advice, massage and more, in a beautiful, nurturing environment."
- Joanna Crane

"Dr. Martone is the best chiropractor in all of L.A. He's not just the cookie-cutter "I learned how to crack backs so I'm a doctor" doctor. He's the real deal. He utilizes all different types of body work from all over the world, not just the general stuff he learned in school. He's always learning and growing as a doctor which allows his patients to do the same. Everyone should experience a session with Charlie before they judge chiropractors. He's the best."
- Tico

"I was always sort of afraid of Chiropractors but just recently I hurt myself and "threw my back out" as they say. I couldn't walk without pain, and my muscles would spasm throughout the night, keeping me from sleeping for days and days and popping ibuprofen every hour. Dr. Charlie is my son-in-law and I trusted in all the wonderful things I had heard. I hopped, (literally hopped) on a plane and set out to sunny California. Well, I expected he would help me but I certainly didn't expect that in 3 treatments it would be totally gone. Not to mention he worked out a hip issue that I had attributed to 'getting old'. I can sleep on my side now, which I wasn't able to do for a while and thought I never would again. From now on, I will continue to fly out from New Mexico to see Dr. Charlie if I need to. I trust him, I think he's got a very special gift that goes beyond your average care from a physician. If you are reading this, and you are looking for help, look no further, you've hit the jackpot! You have found a wonderful pair of magic hands."
- Veronica M.

"I have been a client of Dr. Martone’s for the past 7 years and during that time have been treated for a variety of injuries incurred during my 18 years as a Professional Stuntman.

I have been treated in just about every Country in the World by a variety of Physiotherapists, Osteopaths & Chiropractors, as well as a handful of Alternative healing Doctors. Finding someone that can actually make a difference, not just in the short term, has been one of the hardest finds for me.

I met Dr. Martone after three failed attempts to fix my pain and discomfort by other professionals in the Los Angeles area. I had just finished a major car chase in the film, Terminator 3 and had little to no movement in my neck and severe sciatic pain, to the point where I could not even dress myself. I also had a tilted pelvis from an old stunt injury on a previous film, which had been giving me major discomfort and restricted movement. Dr. Martone took a very different approach, which at first, I was a little unsure of, due to my past history with other Doctors. I left the treatment feeling slightly better, but still not sold. The next day I felt almost 100% and immediately booked another appointment.

Since this first meeting, I see Dr. Martone on a weekly basis when I can and he has treated me successfully for everything from bike & car crash injuries (Both at work and not), wire work injuries, fight injuries, fall injuries and a variety of others as well as general maintenance and upkeep.

For me, there are no words to describe how much Dr. Martone has helped me. Being disabled, even for a small amount of time, means I cannot function and thus cannot work. He ensures that my movement is free and that the injuries are being repaired for the long term, not just the short-term fix.

I have recommended Dr. Martone to a variety of film crew as well as various Celebrities and Stuntmen and women. They have all become regulars with him and constantly thank me for the introduction.

Yours truly,"
 
-Wade Eastwood

 Almost a year and a half ago, a neurologist told me my brain was going to mush and I'd be disabled soon due to my MS diagnosis. After changing my diet and starting a path of monthly liver cleansing - I just completed my third - I am medication free and I am running and doing personal training. I NEVER thought I'd run again! Thanks to God, my friend Yleana and to Catalina Martone for turning me on to The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush and the Body Ecology diet books. If you are suffering from ill-health or want to prevent it, check these books out. Better yet, go to dedicatedwellness.com and schedule an appointment with Catalina. You won't be sorry! To your good health,

-Chong

Have you ever wanted to ask your body directly what is wrong with it?  Well I’m here to tell you that Catalina Martone uses a method that does just that.  Using kinesiology or muscle testing, Cat can pinpoint with absolute accuracy the parts of you that aren’t working optimally and then find out exactly what is necessary to fix it for good.  She doesn’t just put a bandaid on the problem, she finds out what exactly is causing it and then corrects the cause rather than just the symptoms.

I thought of myself as a fairly healthy person with a pretty healthy lifestyle and diet but I was always tired, sometimes to the point of feeling like I may have some kind of chronic fatigue.  My emotions were usually okay, but lately I felt a little out of control and anger and sadness came more readily and for no apparent reasons.  I was gaining weight, yet training harder than I ever had, sometimes up to three hours a day, seven days a week.  And my digestion was a nightmare.  Not to get graphic but if I was stressed, there were days and days that I just wouldn’t even go to the bathroom and digestive teas and fiber pills were becoming a way of life.  Cat and I had talked about what she did and finally I decided that maybe the way I was feeling wasn’t actually just ‘normal’ and I went along for a session with Cat.  This was the beginning of a path that changed my life.

The great thing about Catalina is that although in that first visit she found enough wrong with me to overwhelm me, she didn’t overwhelm me with requested changes.  She understands that most people can’t drop everything and make the lifestyle changes required to heal all the problems she sees.  So she looks at priorities.  For me, my blood was extremely acidic and toxic and my blood cells were starving for oxygen.  My stomach was very alkaline and therefore not digesting food properly.  The reality is that blood should be alkaline and the stomach should be acidic so my internal system was essentially back the front.  I also had major liver issues and digestive issues but we will come to them later.  Cat patiently and simply explained the steps needed to reverse this process and we discussed what I felt I could begin to change to make this happen.  For me, if I make drastic changes to my diet or lifestyle, I can stay with them for a short while but will eventually “fall off the wagon” which is why I think most diets don’t work for most people.  So we took out a few bad food habits and replaced them with better ones and added a few supplements to my diet.  I was on my way.

Catalina also suggested I attend a mud-packing session with her to begin to heal injury sites I had obtained growing up and in my career as a stuntwoman.  She felt that such impacts to my body (and indeed everyone’s bodies) were impacting the way it functioned.  This I all took with a pinch of salt but committed to the process anyway.  Mud-packing it was then.  And so I found myself on a sunny Saturday being plastered with patches of special volcanic mud.  Again, kinesiology is used to pinpoint areas of concern and a few mudpacks applied to various scars and injuries.  It was when Catalina applied the mud to my 10 year old appendix scar that I became a believer.  My appendix had burst before they removed it and my system had become infected.  I was left with a long purple raised scar across my stomach.  After only a few minutes of the pack being applied, this gross stench of smelly cheese smell filled the air.  After further investigation, it was coming from my appendix region.  I was mortified.  We had to open all the windows and still the stench filled the room.  We mud-packed that region 3 times and each time, the smell of cheese filled the room.  After the last pack dried we washed it off and my scar was merely a thin white line, barely visible on my skin. I had been existing for over 10 years with infection in that region of my body and hadn’t even known!  Who knows how that had been affecting my body or how it would have affected my body in the future.  I have been to the mud-packing sessions 4 times now and although there have been a few more weird smells (like a vaccination site smelling like horse manure) and crazy sensations, I needed no more convincing than cheese scent oozing out of an old scar for me to see how it can make you better.

I have been working with Catalina for two months now and at my latest testing session I was pleased to see that most parts of my body were registering as strong and healthy. These supplements, small diet changes and small lifestyle changes were exacting huge change on my body.  I had cut back to 1 yoga class a day, 5 days a week and my body was looking and feeling better than ever.  My digestion was still sluggish though and nothing was budging that.  So we narrowed the focus to this.  For the faint hearted, please do not read on…  Apparently my digestive issues were all to do with parasites.  Now this may make me sound diseased or dirty, I know my mum sure is embarrassed, but over 50% of the population has some kind of parasites living in them.  They can be contracted from pets, dirt, farms, travel, food and partners.  There are over 100 different kinds of parasites that can exist within the human body in various organs and the digestive tract.  For me, according to my own body, they were in my large intestine causing havoc. 

Cat subscribed a mix of castor oil packs (apparently the little buggers coat themselves with mucus in order to stay put which the castor oil breaks down), some pills to kill them and then some pills to get them out of your system once they are dead.  Again, I figured I’d give it a go, not really expecting much of a show.  How wrong am I!!!   By day two I had two 2 foot worms make an appearance in my toilet bowl.  I was shocked but glad that they were no longer in me.  I thought “great, parasite cleanse done!”. Wrong again… I am at day five as I write this and I have had foot long worms, clusters of babies, eggs and what I’m sure could be classified as teenagers make their appearance out of my digestive system.  They are dead now but I can’t imagine the space that they took up when they were alive and the toxins they were polluting my system with.  No wonder it sometimes took two coffees to get up in the morning.  And I thought I was healthy!

I don’t know where else this journey of health will take me and believe me there are times that you may feel sicker rather than healthier but when you begin to see light at the end of the tunnel, you’ll feel happier and healthier than you have in years.  As for the cheese smells and the nasty little parasites, there is an old saying – “better out than in”.  I could never have done it without Catalina and her knowledge and guidance.  Do it, she’ll change your life…

-Ky