Beirut, Gemmayzeh
Pasteur Street, Zoghbi 45 Building, 6th Floor
Tuesday9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Thursday9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Saturday8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Stay healthier, live longer
Four disciplines. One practitioner. Two clinics.
Dr Khalil E. Badaoui is a Doctor of Chiropractic who is also a spine specialist, a sports doctor and a nutritionist, and who teaches health sciences at university level. Most spinal complaints are not only a spinal problem. Being able to examine, adjust, prescribe the rehabilitation and correct the nutrition in the same room is the difference.
- Chiropractic
- Spine specialist
- Sports doctor
- Nutritionist
- University professor
Where is Dr Khalil today
Gemmayzeh, Beirut: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Gemmayzeh is open Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, and Saturday morning. For Jounieh, please call to check the day's hours.
Appointments are taken by phone. There is no online booking, and there is no answering service standing between you and the clinic.
What is different here
The same person examines, adjusts, rehabilitates and feeds you
A back that keeps going out is rarely just a back. It is often a training error, a desk, an old injury the other side is compensating for, or a diet that is not supporting repair. Sending that between four practitioners loses the thread. Here it does not leave the room.
01
Chiropractic
Examination, spinal and joint assessment, and adjustment. Findings are explained to you before anything is done.
02
Spine
Review of existing X-rays and MRI, posture and alignment assessment, and a clear answer on whether chiropractic is the right tool for your case.
03
Sport
Injury assessment and rehabilitation programming, built on a background in exercise biomechanics and kinesiology.
04
Nutrition
Nutritional counselling from a Master's in sports nutrition and health science, aimed at recovery, inflammation and weight load on the spine.
There is no effect without a cause. Chiropractors adjust causes. Others treat effects. B.J. Palmer
What people come in with
Common reasons for a first visit
If your complaint is not on this list, that is not a reason to stay away. It is a reason to call and ask. Part of the job is telling you honestly when chiropractic is not the right answer and where to go instead.
Your first visit
What actually happens
- History and examination. What hurts, when it started, what you do all day, and what has already been tried. Bring any X-rays, MRI or scan reports you have.
- The findings, explained. You are told what was found and what it means before anything is adjusted.
- Adjustment and plan. Treatment where it is appropriate, plus the exercise and nutrition side, and an honest estimate of how much care your case needs.
Chiropractic here is drug-free and non-surgical. Where a case needs imaging, a specialist or a surgeon, you will be told so and referred.
Two clinics
Gemmayzeh in Beirut, and Jounieh
One practitioner, two rooms, on opposite sides of the bay. Check the panel at the top of this page before you set off: it knows which clinic is open right now.
Photograph of the Jounieh clinic to come
Jounieh
Ghazir Highway, Spinneys Building, 1st Floor
Dr Khalil alternates between the two clinics, so Jounieh is not open every day. Ring before you travel, particularly if you are coming down from Kesrouan or up from Beirut.
Opening hoursCall to confirm
Emergency line
For emergencies only, there is a direct number. It is not for booking, and it is not a substitute for an ambulance or a hospital: if you have chest pain, a head injury, sudden weakness in a limb, or loss of bladder control, go to an emergency department first.
The practitioner
Dr Khalil E. Badaoui
A practising Doctor of Chiropractic with a Master's degree in sports nutrition and health science, and a university professor of health sciences. His doctorate covered anatomy, human dissection, physiology, pathology, neurology, orthopaedics, radiology and biochemistry. His master's and bachelor's work was in exercise biomechanics and kinesiology, exercise testing, and the treatment and prevention of sports injuries.
- Doctor of Chiropractic
- Master's degree, sports nutrition and health science
- University professor of health sciences
- Has directed a multidisciplinary chiropractic, wellness and sports clinic
- Has assessed and treated professional athletes, including at NBA level
He has never advertised. Every patient who has walked through the door was sent by another patient. This page exists because a recommendation now gets checked online before it gets acted on.
Before you call
Questions people ask
If yours is not here, ask on the phone. You will speak to the clinic, not to a call centre.
No. You can call and book directly. If your case
needs a medical specialist rather than a chiropractor, you will be told that at the
first visit and pointed in the right direction.
Most people describe it as a firm, brief pressure
followed by relief. The popping sound is gas releasing in the joint, not bone.
Some soreness for a day afterwards is normal, particularly after a first visit.
That depends on what is found, how long it has been
going on and what you do all day. You will get an honest estimate after the
examination rather than a package sold before it.
Any X-rays, MRI scans or reports you already have,
a list of medication you take, and clothes you can move in.
Whichever is closer, on a day it is open. The panel
at the top of this page shows which one is open right now, in Beirut time.
Yes. Consultations are held in Arabic, French or
English.