Neck Pain Solutions in Portland, Maine
Neck Pain Solutions in Portland, Maine The Annals of Internal Medicine recently (January 2012) published a study showing that spinal manipulation (chiropractic) was more effective than medication for pain relief at the end of treatment as well as one year later. Neck pain often appears out of nowhere according to patient accounts. In addition to neck pain solutions, there are warning signs and preventive measures that if respected, may reduce your risk of waking up with a “pinched nerve” and inability to move your head. If you are reading this and had to hold your head in the morning to get it off the pillow, you should call us now (207) 774-6251. 1. Don’t sleep on your stomach. If you don’t think that you can change your sleep position, Dr. Lou Jacobs can help you. Call (207) 774-6251. 2. Reduce stress. Mental stress tends to accumulate in the muscles of the neck, often resulting in headaches, twinges and other “pinched nerve” like sensations. 3. Desk work. Desk work for 8-10 hours a day puts a lot of strain on your neck muscles. One solution for neck pain is to quit your job and live on a beach. Kidding, but it...
read moreDr. Lou Jacobs, Portland, Maine Chiropractor collection featured in Gastronomica magazine
Dr. Lou Jacobs, owner of Jacobs Chiropractic Acupuncture in Portland, Maine, studied Chinese culinary theory and cooking in Beijing, China, from 1993-1995. Jacobs has collected culinary memorabilia and photography for years. He donates time as a balloon artist and clown at children’s organizations, charities and hospitals. He can be reached at drj@drloujacobs.com or by calling (207) 774-6251. His collection of culinary mug shots is currently being displayed in the spring 2012 Gastronomica magazine in a six page spread. For more information on Dr. Lou visit...
read moreAlleviating Low Back Pain in Portland Maine
Alleviating Low Back Pain in Portland Maine Alleviating low back pain in Portland can be a challenging task. Between snow shoveling in the winter and hiking, stacking wood and gardening in the summer there are lots of things that can cause low back pain. There are dozens of doctors and people claiming to have solutions for your pain. Drugs, surgeries, therapies. Here are a few tips for finding the doctor who will best help you eradicate your low back pain. 1. Tests. The doctor you choose should perform the tests that will determine what is wrong and how to fix you. 2. Explanation. Your doctor should explain how they will alleviate your low back pain and why what they will do should work. 3. Answers. Your doctor should answer your questions. If they don’t have time to answer your questions, move on. 4. Treatment Plan. Your doctor should explain your treatment plan, why it should work and how long it should take. 5. Touch. If your doctor has never touched your low back, you should move on to the next office. 6. If your gut tells you that you are in the wrong place, you probably are. Move on. There...
read moreWhat’s the real value of good crack?
How do you put a dollar value on good crack? Have you ever received a diagnosis on your car that seemed really bad, only to find out that the fix is a .35 cent rubber ring? As a chiropractor with a great deal of respect for the profession, our education and the lengths we go to to help people, I also don’t get caught up on semantics. Crack, pop, snap-crackle-pop, rack & crack, I don’t really care what you call what I do, as long as you get well and get well soon. Incidentally, “adjustment” is the proper term for a chiropractic manipulation. I don’t really care if you ask how many chiropractors it takes to change a light bulb and then answer your question with “one, but it will take 20 visits”. All the jokes, the misnomers and the puns used for describing the adjustments that our profession has fought so hard to change, don’t upset me if you understand what we really do. What’s the value of good crack? We recently had a mother bring her 20 month old child into the office. The toddler has had ear infections for 16 of her 20 months on earth. ...
read moreWhat you don’t know about chiropractors could kill you.
That’s right, if you don’t understand what really happens at a chiropractic office, your life could be in danger. Extreme? Not at all. Look at the facts. – 1.9 million Americans are addicted to pain medications. – Every 19 minutes an American dies because of misuse of a prescription medication. Remember Heath Ledger? – Prescription drugs kill more people each year than cocaine, heroine and a handful of other illegal drugs combined. – Hospital acquired infections kill as many as 98,000 americans a year. – One study done by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database for the years 2005 to 2008 showed that 10 of every 3745 spinal stenosis surgery patients dies. – Rates of death from pain killers after spinal surgery are high as well. What you don’t know about chiropractic could kill you. Chiropractic is safe. Statistically safer than driving to the grocery store. Chiropractic works. If it didn’t work, the 117 year old profession would not have millions of loyal patients who spend billions of dollars a year on our services. 117 years ago, medical doctors were cutting hair and performing bloodletting. Chiropractors were doing exactly what they are doing today, adjusting...
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