Integrative chiropractic and acupuncture care.

Doctor of Chiropractic · Licensed Acupuncturist · MPH · DipMDT

Nearly 50 years of integrative care for neck, back, and extremity pain in Pacific Palisades and greater Los Angeles.

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Mission Statement

Hello. My name is Gary Alan Jacob. For almost 50 years now I have been a clinician providing care for neck, back and extremity pains as a Doctor of Chiropractic and Licensed Acupuncturist.

As a result of childhood injuries, I was plagued by headache and neck pains in high school. Medical Doctors could find no cause nor could they offer any relief. Chiropractic care quickly relieved my complaints. This was in the late 1970s, at a time when chiropractic was not considered to be scientific, causing me to wonder what exactly science must be.

Dr. Gary Jacob, DC, LAc, MPH
Gary A. Jacob, DC, LAc, MPH

Services

Chiropractic and Acupuncture

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Examination, Evaluation, and Treatment

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Evaluation Methods

  • Computerized range-of-motion testing (Read)
  • Computerized muscle-strength testing
  • McKenzie Method (Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy) (Read)
  • Manual muscle testing for length and strength
  • Posture analysis

Treatment Methods

  • Manipulation and mobilization (Read)
  • McKenzie Method (Read)
  • Mulligan Concept
  • Myofascial release
  • Posture analysis and correction
  • Acupuncture and electroacupuncture
  • Progressive exercise: cardio, strengthening, stretching
  • Relaxation and meditation technique
  • Herbal and supplement counselling

Personal Injury and Medical-Legal Work

Drawing on decades of clinical experience, I provide medical-legal services for personal-injury and workers’-compensation matters.

  • Lien-based personal injury treatment. Individuals hurt in automobile accidents or at work often receive substandard care. I attend to these patients in the most cost-effective, time-efficient manner possible.
  • Independent and Qualified Medical Exams. When required, I can examine a patient to answer questions related to a personal injury (IME) or a work injury (QME).
  • Review of records. I have decades of experience enabling me to answer questions that may arise as to the relevance or cost of care performed by others for compensable injuries.
  • Expert witness. I provide testimony on the standard of care and ...

Contact the office

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Get in touch

dclacmph@gmail.com

310-399-6009

2232 Santa Monica Blvd.

Suite #101

Santa Monicoa, CA 90404

Academic Training

BA: Philosophy Of Science

I obtained my BA in Philosophy of Science at SUNY Binghamton. My interest in the history and philosophy of science was due, in part, to my personal experience with being helped by health care that at the time was deemed non-scientific by the medical establishment. Understanding the differences between science and pseudoscience served me well in my subsequent alternative health care studies as I encountered multiple approaches that were yet to be critically evaluated. The critical reasoning skills developed helped me to separate the “wheat from the chaff” of the myriad of alternative health care techniques that I was to encounter.

DC: Doctor Of Chiropractic

I graduated from Los Angeles College of Chiropractic in 1978, skilled in spinal manipulation and other manual techniques.

LAc, OMD: Licensed Acupuncturist – Doctor of Oriental Medicine

I graduated from the California Acupuncture College in 1978 at which I served as a faculty member and administrator.

MPH: Master of Public Health

In 2003 I graduated UCLA with a Master of Public Health degree with a special concentration in Community Health Education and Promotion. My Masters Thesis was The Biopsychosocial Model and Lower Back Pain. My professors nominated me for and I was admitted as an “elected enrollee” to the honorary public health Delta Omega Iota Chapter at Johns Hopkins University

Myofascial Pain & Dysfunction

I was trained by Janet Travell, MD regarding the identification and treatment of myofascial pain (trigger points). Dr. Travell had been the White House physician for President John F. Kennedy and was the lead author of the Myofascial Pain & Dysfunction textbook.

McKenzie Method – Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy

I was the 12th individual and first chiropractor or acupuncturist, in the world, to receive the DipMDT (Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy) from the McKenzie Institute International.

Author

As one of the original chiropractors to promote exercise and self-care as a front-line approach, I authored multiple textbook chapters and articles concerned with the physical and psychological dimensions of rehabilitation.

Writings

Internal Educator

An unexpected effect of my writings were invitations to teach internationally. I taught for multiple Chiropractic and Acupuncture postgraduate programs as well as presenting for the World Federation of Chiropractic at multiple locations. My role as an educator took me all across the USA and Canada as well as to Japan, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Holland, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Brazil, South Korea and Greece.

Guidelines Delphi Panelist

I have been an invited contributor to multiple consensus committees for guidelines developments regarding chiropractic care of Adults with Musculoskeletal Pain, Adult Patients With Mechanical Low Back Pain, Cervicogenic and Tension-Type Headaches in Adults and Older Adult Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain.