Neck Pain Treatment in Coral Springs, FL

Why Coral Springs patients choose us for neck pain treatment

Plenty of Coral Springs residents could find a chiropractor closer to home. They make the drive to us for neck pain treatment in Coral Springs for three practical reasons.

• It is a straightforward drive. Our clinic at 5675 Coral Ridge Drive is about 5 to 10 minutes from Coral Springs via University Drive, Wiles Road or Coral Ridge Drive, with free parking at the door. Patients from Heron Bay, Eagle Trace and the Coral Springs Sportsplex are here every week.
• Hours that fit a working week. We are open until 7:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, with Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning hours, so you can come after work or before the commute without using a vacation day.
• We already know Coral Springs. We typically see Coral Springs families, youth athletes from the Sportsplex and Mullins Park, golfers from Eagle Trace and Heron Bay, and commuters who use the Sawgrass every day. Your plan is built around how you actually spend your days, not a generic template.

Why does my neck hurt — and why won’t it settle?

If you have been looking for neck pain treatment in Coral Springs, you probably know the routine already: a stiff morning, a neck that will not turn to check the blind spot, a headache that creeps up from the base of the skull by mid-afternoon. Pain relievers and a new pillow buy a day or two. Then it comes back, because the structure driving it was never identified.

Your head weighs roughly 10 to 12 pounds, and every inch it drifts forward of your shoulders multiplies the load on the cervical spine. Over months that forward posture flattens the natural neck curve, overworks the muscles at the base of the skull, and leaves the discs and facet joints doing work the muscles should do. That is why ‘text neck’ is not a joke — it is the most common pattern we see in Coral Springs patients.

Our clinic on Coral Ridge Drive has cared for Coral Springs families since 2005 under the clinical direction of Dr. Jared Cohen, DC. Decompression, gentle adjustments, soft-tissue work and posture rehab are sequenced around what the exam and scans show, never a one-size plan. For the full method, see our neck pain treatment overview.

What is neck pain treatment in Coral Springs like at The Spine and Wellness Center?

We treat the neck 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 where you start.

1. Repair. Interrupt the pain at its source. Cervical spinal decompression on the Triton DTS table for disc and arm-symptom patterns, gentle specific adjustments for locked facet joints, cold laser and ultrasound for inflammation. 3–5 visits a week for 4–8 weeks.
2. Rebuild. Correct the structure — the cervical curve, forward-head posture and the deep stabilizers — with corrective care, physical therapy and Graston Technique for scar tissue. 2–3 visits a week for 8–16 weeks.
3. Regenerate. Support recovery and energy with red light, PEMF and IHHT oxygen therapy. About twice a week for two months or more.
4. Refine. A short tune-up roughly once a month so the correction holds through screen time, travel and stress.

The sequence is what makes the result durable. Relief that stops at Repair leaves forward posture and a flattened curve in place; correction attempted before Repair rarely holds on an inflamed, guarded neck. We do them in order, and we re-scan along the way so you can see the change.

Which neck pain patterns do we see most from Coral Springs?

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

• The arm neck (disc or nerve root): neck pain with a line of pain, pins and needles or weakness into the arm or hand. The disc or a narrowed opening is loading a nerve; decompression comes first.
• The stuck neck (facet joints): cannot turn fully to check the blind spot, sharp and one-sided, worst in the morning. The small joints behind the discs are inflamed and locked.
• The screen neck (posture): builds through the day at a desk or on a phone, settles across the base of the skull and the tops of the shoulders, and often arrives with a headache.
• The crash neck (unresolved whiplash): flares months or years after a collision, with guarding muscles and a curve that never came back.

Nerve symptoms change the plan. Arm numbness, tingling or weakness means decompression comes first and aggressive stretching waits. The evidence supports a conservative-first approach: Mayo Clinic reports that most neck pain improves with home care and conservative treatment, with surgery rarely needed (Mayo Clinic, Neck pain).

What happens at your first two visits?

Two visits, two jobs. The first measures; the second explains and begins treatment. Coral Springs patients often tell us it is the first time anyone has shown them what is actually going on in their neck.

• Visit one — the exam. A conversation about your pain, habits and goals; a hands-on exam of posture, cervical motion, orthopedic and nerve-tension tests and an arm neurological screen; surface EMG and thermal scanning along the spine; and digital X-rays when indicated. We review any MRI you bring.
• Visit two — the plan. Your report of findings, with scans and images in front of you, mapped onto the 4R Method: the structure driving the pain, the phase you start in, visit frequency and expected duration. Treatment starts at this visit.
• Along the way. Re-exams and re-scans at set points so progress is measured, not assumed, and the plan adjusts to how you respond.

Want a head start? The 60-second spine assessment produces a Spine Score and likely pattern we will have in hand before you arrive from Coral Springs.

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

Your plan will include the right movements at the right stage, but a few principles apply to almost every cervical spine from day one:

• Head over shoulders. Screens at eye level and a chin that sits back, not forward. Posture is the daily dose that either helps or undoes care.
• Motion in small doses. Gentle range-of-motion and shoulder rolls every half hour beat one long stretch session.
• Protect the drive. Adjust the headrest, keep the shoulders relaxed, and move at every stop on the commute.
• Sleep unloaded. One supportive pillow, side or back; never on your stomach.
• Don’t force it. Self-manipulation and deep stretches on an irritated disc can aggravate arm symptoms.

And know the warning signs that need a doctor today rather than a chiropractor: arm or hand weakness that is worsening, numbness in both arms or in the legs, neck pain with fever or a neck too stiff to flex, new trouble walking or with balance, or pain after a serious fall or accident. Please see a doctor or urgent care today if any of those apply. For everything else — the stiff neck, the arm tingling, the headaches that start at the skull — see our guides to neck pain relief and headache treatment, then call us.

Getting to our Coral Springs clinic from Coral Springs

From Coral Square Mall at University Drive and Atlantic Boulevard, head north on University Drive to Wiles Road, turn west to Coral Ridge Drive, then north; the clinic is on Coral Ridge Drive just south of the Sawgrass Expressway.

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 Coral Springs, 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 Coral Springs:

“Professional, friendly, highly knowledgeable and trustworthy. After years of chronic pain, their precise adjustments resolved the issue and restored proper alignment. Highly recommend.”

Related care for Coral Springs residents

Start with the full guide to neck pain treatment, then explore the other care we provide for Coral Springs patients.

Serving neck pain patients from Coral Springs 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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