The short answer
We checked 72 chiropractic practices in the San Antonio area, and we asked ChatGPT and a second AI assistant four patient-style questions about who to see — eight checks in total. AI assistants named 17 of the 72, or 23.6%. The other 55 never came up once. That measures one narrow thing — whether a practice's name comes back when a patient asks — and nothing about the quality of anybody's care.
What we actually did in San Antonio
Before asking anything, we built the list. 72 chiropractic practices in the San Antonio area — real, licensed, open, seeing patients. Nearly all of them sit inside San Antonio itself: 66 of the 72.
Then we asked the questions a patient actually types, phrased four ways, of two different AI assistants — eight checks for San Antonio. Every check came back with named practices, in order. Not "here is how to choose a chiropractor" — actual names.
- Who is the best chiropractor in San Antonio, Texas?
- Who's the best chiropractor near San Antonio, Texas for back pain?
- What is the most recommended chiropractor in San Antonio, Texas?
- Which chiropractor should I go to in San Antonio, Texas?
A practice counts as named if it came back in at least one of those eight checks. We recorded the name exactly as the assistant gave it and matched it to the practice on our list. No practice was added because it is a customer of ours, and none was left out for not being one.
| Town | Practices on our list | Share of the cohort |
|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 66 | 92% |
| Spring Branch | 3 | 4% |
| 3 other towns | 3 | 4% |
The questions all say "San Antonio", so every practice in those 5 towns is competing inside the same question — a Spring Branch practice is up against the San Antonio ones.
The number: 17 of 72
17 of 72 is 23.6% — about one in four. 55 practices in the San Antonio area did not come back in a single one of the eight checks.
Our data
San Antonio against the metros closest to it in size
San Antonio has 72 practices on our list. These are the four measured metros nearest that size, so the comparison is between markets of roughly comparable crowding rather than between a big city and a small one.
| Metro | Practices checked | Named | Share named |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio, TX | 72 | 17 | 23.6% |
| Fort Worth, TX | 64 | 21 | 32.8% |
| Daytona Beach, FL | 74 | 12 | 16.2% |
| Melbourne, FL | 82 | 13 | 15.9% |
| Cape Coral, FL | 73 | 10 | 13.7% |
San Antonio ranks 10th of 26 measured metros on share named. That is mid-pack: common enough that it clearly happens, rare enough that most of the field is missing.
Source: the Grow Your Chiropractic Practice AI recommendation benchmark, run 2026-07-28. We asked ChatGPT and a second AI assistant the same 4 patient-style questions in each measured metro — 8 checks per metro — and recorded every practice named by name. A practice counts as named if any assistant named it. Nobody can pay to appear.
Which San Antonio practices came up
This is the published top of the San Antonio list — the practices the questions came back to most often, best first. 17 practices were named in total; the 10 below are the ones the public board publishes.
| Practice | Town | Checks named in | Which assistants | Google rating | Google reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Family Chiropractic | San Antonio | 7 of 8 | Both | 5.0 | 536 |
| Moore Chiropractic San Antonio - Sports Injury | Neck & Back Pain | San Antonio | 6 of 8 | Both | 5.0 | 703 |
| Pura Vida Chiropractic | San Antonio | 5 of 8 | Both | 4.8 | 163 |
| Airrosti Southtown | San Antonio | 4 of 8 | ChatGPT only | 5.0 | 291 |
| South Texas Spine & Joint Institute | Shavano Park | 4 of 8 | ChatGPT only | 4.8 | 105 |
| Alamo Pain and Injury Chiropractic | San Antonio | 2 of 8 | The other assistant only | 4.9 | 133 |
| Stratton Sport & Spine | San Antonio | 2 of 8 | The other assistant only | 5.0 | 349 |
| Alamo Heights Chiropractic Health Center | San Antonio | 2 of 8 | ChatGPT only | 4.9 | 198 |
| Peterson Chiropractic | San Antonio | 2 of 8 | Both | 5.0 | 490 |
| The Joint Chiropractic | San Antonio | 2 of 8 | Both | 4.9 | 492 |
San Antonio Family Chiropractic came back in seven of the eight checks, more than any other San Antonio-area practice. That is a count of how often a name appeared, not a judgement that it is the best practice in San Antonio — we did not assess anybody's care.
Only 5 of the 10 listed San Antonio practices came back from both assistants. 3 came from ChatGPT alone, and 2 came from the other assistant and never from ChatGPT. If you are on this list because of one assistant, you are invisible to patients using the other.
Watch the San Antonio check
Every number spoken in the video is on this page. If you would rather read, nothing is missing here.
Why you'll see 9 in one place and 17 in another
We run the same questions past more than one AI assistant, because patients do not all use the same one. ChatGPT named 9 San Antonio-area practices. Counting a practice if any assistant named it gives 17. Both figures describe the same 8 checks.
| Counting method | Practices named | Share of the 72 |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT only | 9 | 12.5% |
| Any assistant we asked | 17 | 23.6% |
So a headline that says "we asked ChatGPT" has to quote 9, and the board — which counts every assistant — shows 17. Quoting the bigger number under the ChatGPT headline would overstate it, which is the one mistake this whole exercise exists to avoid.
The practical read: the assistants do not agree with each other. 8 San Antonio-area practices were named by the other assistant and not by ChatGPT. Being named by one is not being named by all of them.
What the named San Antonio practices had in common
The practices that got named carry a median of 285 Google reviews. Across the whole San Antonio cohort the median is 121. The named group is the better-reviewed end of the field — but plenty of well-reviewed San Antonio practices were not named, so reviews alone clearly do not decide it.
The heaviest review file on the San Antonio list belongs to Moore Chiropractic San Antonio - Sports Injury | Neck & Back Pain, at 703 Google reviews and 5.0 stars. It is not the practice named most often, though: that is San Antonio Family Chiropractic, named in seven checks. So review volume did not set the order here either. What every named practice did have was something readable — a page saying who the doctor is, what the practice treats, and where it is.
What the San Antonio numbers do not tell you
- Not a quality ranking. We looked at no outcomes and assessed no care. 55 San Antonio-area practices were not named — far too many for that to be a verdict on any of them.
- Not a prediction. We have not measured whether being named brings patients in, so we do not claim it.
- A snapshot, taken 2026-07-28. Ask again next month and the San Antonio list will have moved.
- Not for sale in either direction — no paying in, no paying to be removed.
What a practice owner can actually do about it
Start by repeating the measurement by hand: ask an assistant the four questions above, with San Antonio in them, and read what comes back. That is the entire method. If your name is not in it, the rest of this is the unglamorous work of becoming describable — something an assistant can read and repeat about your San Antonio practice without guessing.
- A straight answer at the top of your home page: what you treat, where you are, whether you are taking new patients. Not a slogan.
- Who the doctor is and how long you have been in practice, in writing.
- Your street address, not just a phone number — somebody whose back has gone out wants to know the drive.
Whether that changes what an assistant says about you in San Antonio, we cannot promise, and we would rather say so than sell you a number we made up.
Common questions
How many chiropractors in San Antonio does ChatGPT recommend?
Across four patient-style questions, ChatGPT named 9 of the 72 San Antonio-area practices on our list. Counting every AI assistant we asked, the figure is 17 — 23.6% of the field. Measured 2026-07-28.
How many chiropractic practices are there in the San Antonio area?
Our San Antonio list holds 72 real, licensed, open practices, nearly all of them within San Antonio. It is the field every number on this page is measured against.
Can a practice pay to be on the San Antonio list?
No. There is no paid placement and no sponsorship. The list is whatever the AI assistants returned when asked. Most of the 17 named San Antonio practices have never spoken to us.
Does being named mean a practice is better than one that isn't?
No, and we would push back on reading it that way. We measured whether a name comes back when a patient asks. We did not look at outcomes or assess anybody's care. 55 San Antonio-area practices were not named, which is far too many for that to be a verdict on any of them.
Will getting named bring my San Antonio practice more patients?
We do not know, and we are not going to claim it. We have measured naming, not bookings. What is true is narrower: a practice that never comes back in the answers is not in that conversation at all.
How often is the San Antonio measurement re-run?
The current figures are from the 2026-07-28 run — 8 checks in San Antonio. We re-measure periodically and the published numbers move with the run; there is no manual editing of the results.
Where does your San Antonio practice stand?
The free check takes about sixty seconds — practice name and city. It reports what we can see when we go looking, and it does not promise you patients.
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What ChatGPT says about chiropractors in these cities
We ask ChatGPT who it recommends in each metro and publish the answer at mostrecommendedchiropractors.com. It is a measurement, not a directory listing — there is nothing to buy, and hiring us does not put a practice on it. In most metros ChatGPT names fewer than a dozen practices out of hundreds, which is the whole reason this work is worth doing.
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