Professor Rothbart Brian Rothbart Professor Rothbart ripped me off for $25,000. He is a liar and a phony!!! Spain Spain

I have been in chronic foot pain for the better part of 10 years. After exhausting all resources to help the pain, I was  driven to the internet and to a man named Professor Rothbart. He is a former podiatrist living with his wife in Spain. That should have been my first red flag. He claims that he cannot practice medicine the way he wants to in the U.S. and so he left. Let me give a disclaimer that when you are in pain and have tried everything, it leads to a desperation of sorts, and clouds your thinking, making you do things that look foolish to others. Please know that I am a very intelligent, and sane woman.

I have vast knowledge of medical practices, as I am an RN. I did a phone consult with Professor Rothbart, and he was able to identify issues with my feet and body that seemed more knowledgeable than anyone else I had seen. He has testimonials on his website, and it looked very promising. He works long distance, but we decided that because my case seemed complicated, it would be better for him to see me in person. I went to Spain, and he wanted 9000 euros up front, which as the time was $12,000. I borrowed money from a friend, which caused me great hardship to pay off. He made an insole for me, even though I had had numerous orthotics and insoles.

I went home and they did seem to work for about 3 months. After they did not work anylonger, he decided that I needed a new pair to the tine of $7000.00. My husband and I were floored, and angry, but felt I was already in it, and needed to see it through. I got the second pair which took him 2 months to get to me, and I wore them, and they did not work. He then decided that part of the second pair of insoles included 3 months of contact with him, and after that, he would charge $450.00 for a phone conversation. He also decided that my jaw was the real culprit, and that I would need to travel 4 hours from my home to spend another $3500.00 on a mouth device that would relax the muscles in my jaw.

I did it, and it did nothing. He then said he needed a very specialized set of X-rays to see my jaw alignment. This required a trip to Las Vegas, and cost me another $500.00. This was a year and a half after my trip to Spain. Our last phone conversation had to with him telling me that there was no reason his treatment was not working, and that I needed to see a psychic!!!! That was the last insult, and I cut him off. Everytime he spoke to another practitioner on my behalf, he charged me, and I was paying them money for that which I stopped. He never could explain why I would need to wear an appliance (which was meant for temporary use) forever. His wife, who handles most of the business, became very pushy and aggressive toward me, and very unprofessional.

I have to say, that he was always very kind to me, but obviously did not know what the hell he was doing. The testimonials on their website are all from years ago, and have hardly any new ones. I don't doubt that he has helped some people, but is exhorbtantly expensive and his wife is all aobut the money. It is no mystery why she handles that part of things. Before I went to Spain, I asked to speak to some of the people that worked with him, and they were very odd about handing out information. I did exhange emails with a woman from Italy. They gave me the excuse that people were not into re-living their chronic pain experience and they would try their hardest to find someone. WHen I paid them, it was by money order, and it went into some off-shore bank account.

A family friend  who is a banker said a lot of ex-pats put their money there to avoid taxes. So, how did an intelligent person like myseff get so duped??? I guess the desire to be out of pain. It has been two years since I ended contact with him, and I paid off my debt, but it made my life very diffucult. I have found some people in the U.S. for the pain, and would love to help anyone struggling, but please do not believe this man, no matter how compelling, or how much his website makes sense, He is a charlatan!!! I actually think that his wife is worse than him, as she is so aggressive about the money side of things. They pass themsevels off as being humble vegetarians who meditate everyday, and are living a peaceful life in Spain. They are nice liars. Don't be fooled!!!