How Much to Eat?

To calculate the minimum calories a person should eat (Your Basal Metabolic Rate) use this calculation:





Women BMR = 655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)





Men BMR = 66 + (6.23 x weight in pounds) + (12.7 x height in inches) - ( 6.8 x age in years )





Take this number and multiply by : 1.2 for sendentary poeple , 1.375 lightly active , 1.55 moderate active , 1.725 if very active and 1.9 competetively active

Low Back Pain is the most common condition among obese patients. If you have low back pain and are in Portland, ME call 207-780-1070 or visit us @

http://www.healthsourceofportland.com/ or http://www.healthsourceofportlandwest.com/ .

8 Glass Challenge

We are 'supposed' to drink 8 glasses of water per day. Patients often ask if that is necessary. They wonder how drinking water effects low back pain, neck pain, and various muscle tension and pinching. Here and here are my thoughts:

1) The benefits of drinking water is proper cellular hydration meaning things can move where they need to be.

2) The body is designed to remove excess waste (that's why you go to the bathroom more)

3) You're body will accommodate higher water intake

4) IF YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH WATER it causes dehydration in your cells. Exercise or physical therapy is difficult. The cells needed to heal the body have a more difficult time getting to the site of injury.

The skin gets dehydrated leading to wrinkles. Our joints are not as 'cushioned' and we have an increased risk of joint damage. Waste produced by the cells can not properly be removed. We get decreased transport of oxygen to the muscles.

This all results in poor health! So Drink Up

Low Back or Neck Pain. Use Heat or Ice?

Many patients ask should I use heat or Ice? Well here is the best answer we have to give you: