Seattle Chiropractor Dr. Jeffery R. Abrams

I’ve been a chiropractor for 25 years, but I wasn’t always sold on chiropractic. In fact, I didn’t even know anything about it until I really needed it. And I do mean really needed it! As a former high school and college football player, I thought migraines and pain in my lower back, hip, and shoulder was the price I would have to pay for (too little) gridiron glory. When it got so bad that I couldn’t even handle the stick shift in my car, my best friend made me go see his chiropractor.

Like most first time patients, I was a bit skeptical, but soon that skepticism turned to amazement! After one month of treatment, there was no pain in my lower back, hip or shoulder, and no migraines. I could drive again! I remember thinking then and there that “there is something to this” and thought, “this is for me!” …that is until I found out I needed to take Organic Chemistry. That almost made me change my mind, but after a year of stumbling through it, I managed to pass the class and my education and career in chiropractic began.

Officially, I earned my Bachelor of Science degree from Philadelphia University in 1969, my Master of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1972, and was awarded my Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1982.

How, you might wonder, did an east coast oriented guy get from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts to Iowa to Seattle? I was tricked, plain and simple. I came out here on vacation. I visited the rain forest and it didn’t rain! Under continuously beautiful blue skies, I caught a 30 pound salmon. I tasted my first Dungeness crab while sitting in Gasworks Park looking back at the growing Seattle skyline and watching the sailboats glide across Lake Union.

That was 25 years ago. I’ve been here ever since.

Then, as now, my philosophy is to treat patients like I treat my three children. So when you visit, think of me as a combination of a little bit Dad, a little bit Mom, and a good measure of Doctor. Like any of them individually, I will always treat you with kindness, fun, and every now and then, when I think it’s necessary, a little bit of “I told you so!” Most of all, I want to relieve your pain as soon as possible.

I am excited about my life and my work, and would love the opportunity to talk to you about how chiropractic and natural health care can help you reach your full and health potential.