Greg arrived barely able to sit through a meeting — he flew home pain-free

Greg, a 43-year-old project manager from Brisbane, had lived with L4-L5 disc irritation for three years. Two rounds of physio and a cortisone injection at home had cost him over AU$3,000 and bought only a few weeks of relief. Sitting through a full workday was rating 8 out of 10 on the pain scale.

A MaiCare video consultation reviewed his MRI within 48 hours and matched him with Dr. Daniel Cao at Saigon Spine & Chiropractic in District 1. The programme was eight sessions across twelve days: structured spinal adjustments, spinal decompression on days three and seven, plus daily soft-tissue work and a corrective exercise plan.

By session four the morning stiffness had gone and he was rating the pain 4 out of 10. By the final session he was sitting through a three-hour workshop pain-free and scoring 2 out of 10 — his best in three years.

Total cost including the full programme, hotel and flights came to under US$1,400. The equivalent programme quoted in Brisbane was AU$3,400 for the treatment alone. Greg now follows the clinic's home exercise plan and books a review video call every three months.