New Chiropractor in Bayside

“I wanted to be here in Bayside. I can see that this is going to be an even more desirable location five to ten years down the road. I wanted a place where people could walk to from downtown, where you wouldn’t have to get in your car to come here. It seems that this area is interested in healthier living, with Whole Foods opening up here as well as Eastern Mountain Sports.” Jeffery Clark, D. C., has long-range plans for his newly opened office at 47 Portland Street. “I’d like to see this building develop into a comprehensive health center, offering massage, acupuncture, family and nutritional counseling, and other services. People who come to my office remark that it is in a great location, and they love the relaxed atmosphere.” People can of course drive to his office, and there is a parking lot across the street for his clients. He has already contacted Councilor Kevin Donaghue about the need for a crosswalk on the corner of Hanover and Portland Sts.so that folks can cross Portland St. safely.

Dr. Jeff had a practice in Lisbon Falls for eight years before coming to Portland. He was inspired to become a chiropractor after being treated by a chiropractor for his chronic hip and back pain. “I was amazed at how the doctor helped me using just his hands and no drugs.” His chiropractor knew that Jeffery disliked his present job and urged Jeffery to go to chiropractic school. It did not take him long to head back to school, and he soon learned that chiropractic medicine was about more than just neck and back pain. “It deals with the nervous system, and we treat infants to the elderly for all kinds of conditions, from headaches and migraines to ear infections, bedwetting, asthma and colic in children to restless leg syndrome, foot and knee pain--the list goes on and on.”

More recently, Dr. Jeff has studied a new chiropractic technique called “Advanced Biostructural Correction,” which is based on body biomechanics. In this procedure, old injuries are unwound or retraced in all the places the body has compensated for the original injury. In traditional chiropractic, manipulation is done from the back side while the patient is lying face down; with this new technique, adjustments are done while the patient sits or stands, effecting an “unwinding” as the body corrects itself. Check out Dr. Jeff's web site – www.SpinalWellnessPortland.com – for a more complete explanation of this dynamic process. “This is the most exciting thing I have found in my ten years of chiropractic. I have been treated by fifty or more chiropractors, and this treatment was personally the best thing that has ever happened to my body from a health and healing standpoint. I had to learn it, and once I started using it on my patients, they responded like never before. There were more miracles of healing (as I call them) in the first two weeks I started doing this than I have had in the previous five years. Long-time injuries and problems seemed to resolve inside of a few visits and sometimes even the first visit.”

Dr. Jeff has another venture called Health Check Maine-- www.healthcheckmaine.com. Health Check Maine offers FREE Health Fairs for the businesses in the greater Portland area. “We simply get a group of dedicated health care practitioners together and educate companies about everyday health issues. We have massage therapists, N.D.'s, Acupuncturists, Nutritionists, dentists, the Cancer Society, Bicycle Maine, Financial Advisors, and the Partnership for a Tobacco-Free Maine, to name a few. We offer Lunch and Learn programs for businesses as well.”
Health Check Maine has scheduled three such events for the local YMCA’s, for both employees and members, in November. Dr. Jeff is interested in participating in Bayside’s Health Fair in May as well. Stop by Dr. Jeff’s office on Portland St. and say hello to his dog, Molly, too!