The journey from injury

Nearly 15 years ago, Dr. Bobby Jones fell from a ladder landing on his left hip and lower back causing severe pain. After three hours waiting in the emergency room before finally being examined and x-rayed, doctors informed him, “Nothing was broken.” They handed him prescriptions for muscle relaxers and pain medication and sent him home to recover, which they said, would take a couple of days. But, for the ensuing three days, Dr. Jones was unable to raise either leg high enough to climb the stairs out of his basement apartment.

Luckily, a friend took matters into her own hands and took him to her chiropractor. After a comprehensive evaluation and additional x-rays, the chiropractor determined that Dr. Jones’ pelvis and lumbar spine were out of alignment. According to Dr. Jones, “He did a very thorough exam, adjusted me, and when I got off of the table I was 90% better. I experienced a miracle.”

It took a few years before Dr. Jones decided to become a chiropractor, but that event changed his entire outlook on healthcare, and he is now lucky enough to observe similar “miracles” with his patients every day.

Education and Experience

Dr. Bobby Jones graduated valedictorian with the University of Western States’ class of 2001 and has practiced in the Portland area since 2005. He also has BS degrees in biology, chemistry and secondary education and an MS in geology.

Dr. Jones has studied numerous chiropractic techniques and obtained several supplemental certificates. He is an Activator Methods Advanced Proficient practitioner. This technique allows him to check the body at each visit to determine what levels of the spine need to be adjusted and which segments should be left alone.

He also studied with Dr. Tedd Koren, learning the Koren Specific Technique (KST) that allows the patient to be adjusted in a position that reproduces the stress and pain they regularly experience throughout their daily lives. This provides an even better way of analyzing segments that are causing stress to the body but only in certain positions.

In addition to expertise with various cutting-edge adjusting tools and methods, Dr. Jones is a strong advocate for proper nutrition including identifying specific diet sensativities as well as necessary dietary deficiencies. Based upon the work of Dr. John Brimhall, Dr. Jones believes proper nutrition is vital to help the body heal injured tissue.

The personal details

Dr. Jones was born at the end of the baby boom on his family's tobacco farm in Tennessee. He has lived in several regions of the country, moving to the Portland, Oregon area in 1999 to receive his chiropractic education. After graduation, Dr. Jones traveled to the east coast and back practicing chiropractic before returning to Portland to settle down. He has a grown daughter, two brothers, and a sister, all of whom still live in the southeastern United States.

In his spare time, Dr. Jones and his wife, Sandy (a technical editor for an environmental engineering company) enjoys traveling (visiting 46 states, Russia and Ireland so far) and spends their spare time renovating their 1912 farmhouse in Gresham, Oregon.

A former college newspaper editor and editorial cartoonist, Dr. Jones hopes to get back into cartooning in the near future.