Back Pain Treatment in Parkland, FL

Why Parkland patients choose us for back pain treatment

The Spine and Wellness Center has cared for Parkland families since 2005. Here is why they keep choosing us for back pain treatment in Parkland rather than a clinic down the street.

• Close enough to be routine. The clinic is about 5 to 10 minutes from Parkland straight down Coral Ridge Drive or University Drive. Free parking is at the door, and we schedule follow-ups around your commute so the drive stays a non-issue.
• Hours built for working people. Open until 7:00 pm three evenings a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday), plus Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings.
• Care that fits Parkland life. We regularly treat Parkland families and youth athletes from Pine Trails Park, golfers from Heron Bay and Parkland Golf & Country Club, and parents juggling long days behind a desk and the carpool line. That experience shapes everything from the exam to the home-care plan.

Why does back pain keep coming back?

If you have been searching for back pain treatment in Parkland, you have probably already tried the usual things: rest, a heating pad, a stretch routine from the internet, maybe a few adjustments that felt good for a day. When the ache returns, it is rarely because you did something wrong. It is because the structure driving it was never identified.

The lumbar spine has several pain generators sitting within a few centimeters of each other. The disc, the facet joints behind it, the sacroiliac joint below and the deep muscles that guard all three each produce a different pattern — worse sitting, worse standing, worse rolling over in bed. Reading that pattern correctly is the whole job on your first visit.

Our clinic on Coral Ridge Drive has cared for Parkland families since 2005 under the clinical direction of Dr. Jared Cohen, DC. Everything we do — decompression, chiropractic, rehab — is sequenced around what the exam and scans show rather than a one-size plan. For the full picture of how we approach the lumbar spine, see our back pain treatment overview.

What is back pain treatment in Parkland like at The Spine and Wellness Center?

We treat the back in four phases — the 4R Method: Repair, Rebuild, Regenerate and Refine. Each phase has a job, a frequency and a duration, and your report of findings on visit two tells you exactly where you start and how long each stage should take.

1. Repair. Take pressure off the irritated disc, joint or nerve. Non-surgical spinal decompression on the Triton DTS table for disc and sciatica patterns, precise adjustments for locked facet and SI joints, cold laser and ultrasound for inflammation. 3–5 visits a week for 4–8 weeks.
2. Rebuild. Correct the structure that caused it — lumbar curve, pelvic balance and the deep core — with corrective care, physical therapy and Graston soft-tissue work. 2–3 visits a week for 8–16 weeks.
3. Regenerate. Support tissue recovery and energy with red light, PEMF and IHHT oxygen therapy. About twice a week for two months or more.
4. Refine. A brief tune-up roughly once a month so the correction holds through golf season, travel and desk work.

The sequence is what makes the result durable. Pain relief that stops at Repair leaves the cause in place; correction attempted before Repair rarely holds on a guarded spine. We do them in order, and we re-scan along the way so you can see the change, not just feel it.

Which back pain patterns do we see most from Parkland?

Before any scan, the way your back hurts tells us where to look. Among Parkland patients, four patterns account for most of what walks through our door:

• The sitting back (disc): aches after a long drive or a day at a desk, worse bending forward, often with a line of pain or pins and needles into one leg. A loaded or herniated disc, sometimes with sciatica.
• The morning back (facet joints): stiff and sharp on waking, eases with movement, worse arching backward. The small joints behind each disc are inflamed and locked.
• The one-sided back (sacroiliac joint): pain over the dimple at the base of the spine that catches when you stand from a chair or roll over. Often linked to a rotated pelvis and uneven gait.
• The ‘it went out’ back (strain plus guarding): sudden spasm after a lift or a twist. The muscle is protecting a joint or disc underneath — which is why it keeps happening.

Nerve symptoms change the plan. Leg numbness, tingling or weakness means decompression comes first and aggressive stretching waits. The evidence supports this conservative-first approach: NINDS notes that most acute low back pain improves without surgery, which is reserved for progressive neurological loss or pain that does not respond to other care (NINDS, Back Pain).

What happens at your first two visits?

The first appointment is built around a proper examination — and, when it’s appropriate, your care starts the same day. What we don’t do is the five-minute look and quick adjustment that manages back pain instead of resolving it.

Visit one: measurement

Expect a proper conversation about your history and goals, then a hands-on structural exam: posture, lumbar and hip motion, orthopedic and nerve-tension tests, and a neurological screen of reflexes, strength and sensation. We follow that with surface EMG and thermal scanning along the spine, which maps muscle guarding and likely nerve irritation in a way we can re-scan later. If the exam calls for it, digital X-rays show the disc spacing, curvature and wear underneath.

Visit two: your report of findings

We sit down with your images and scans and explain what is driving the pain, which 4R phase you start in, how often you will come and for how long. Then Most patients have already begun care on visit one; this is where the full plan takes over. If you would rather arrive informed, the 60-second spine assessment gives us your Spine Score and likely pattern before you leave Parkland.

What helps back pain at home — and when to see a doctor instead

Between visits, small choices speed recovery or stall it. These are the ones that matter most for the lumbar spine:

• Keep moving, gently. Short, frequent walks beat bed rest; prolonged rest stiffens the joints and weakens the stabilizers.
• Break up sitting. Stand or walk for two minutes every 30–45 minutes, especially on the commute or at a desk.
• Hinge, don’t bend. Keep loads close and hinge at the hips; rounding the lower back under load is how discs get hurt.
• Sleep smart. On your side with a pillow between the knees, or on your back with a pillow under the knees.
• Skip aggressive stretching early. Forcing a flexion stretch on an irritated disc can make leg symptoms worse.

Ice in the first 48 hours of a flare, heat for stiffness after that. A few symptoms are not chiropractic problems and need same-day medical evaluation: loss of bladder or bowel control, numbness in the groin or inner thighs, rapidly worsening leg weakness, back pain with fever or unexplained weight loss, or pain after a serious fall or accident. If any of these apply, please see a doctor or urgent care today — we will be here for the recovery afterwards. For related reading, see our guides to herniated discs and lower back pain relief.

Getting to our Coral Springs clinic from Parkland

From Heron Bay or Parkland Golf & Country Club, head south on Coral Ridge Drive across the Sawgrass Expressway; the clinic is on Coral Ridge Drive just south of the expressway, before Wiles Road. From east Parkland, take Hillsboro Boulevard west to Coral Ridge Drive, then south.

There is free parking at the door and no building to navigate — you walk straight into reception. For a same-day appointment, call (954) 341-2256 before you leave Parkland, or book online.

Clinic hours

Monday	9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Tuesday	9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Wednesday	3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Thursday	9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Friday	9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Saturday – Sunday	Closed

The Spine and Wellness Center
5675 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33076
Phone: (954) 341-2256
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What patients say

A Google review from a patient who, like you, comes to us from Parkland:

“My first time seeing a chiropractor I was nervous, but the whole office is welcoming and the doctors were so helpful. I trusted them enough to fix me — they make you feel brand new.”

Related care for Parkland residents

Start with the full guide to back pain treatment, then explore the other care we provide for Parkland patients.

Serving back pain patients from Parkland across North Broward

Our clinic at 5675 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33076 serves Coral Springs, Parkland, Coconut Creek, Margate, Boca Raton, Tamarac, Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach. Same-day appointments are usually available — call (954) 341-2256 or book online. Most patients from Parkland and Coral Springs are here in under 15 minutes.

Medically reviewed by Dr. Jared Cohen, DC — Co-Founder & Clinical Director, The Spine and Wellness Center. Last reviewed October 2026.

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