Herniated Disc Treatment in Coconut Creek, FL

Why Coconut Creek patients choose us for herniated disc treatment

Plenty of Coconut Creek residents could find a chiropractor closer to home. They make the drive to us for herniated disc treatment in Coconut Creek for three practical reasons.

• It is a straightforward drive. Our clinic at 5675 Coral Ridge Drive is about 15 minutes from Coconut Creek via Wiles Road or the Sawgrass Expressway to Lyons Road, with free parking at the door. Patients from the Promenade at Coconut Creek, Wynmoor Village and Tradewinds Park 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 Coconut Creek. We typically see Coconut Creek families, active retirees from Wynmoor, pickleball and golf regulars, and people who walk and ride at Tradewinds Park. Your plan is built around how you actually spend your days, not a generic template.

What is a herniated disc, and how is it different from a bulge?

If you are searching for herniated disc treatment in Coconut Creek, you have probably been handed a label — bulging, slipped, herniated, ruptured — without much explanation. They are not the same thing. Think of the disc as a jelly doughnut between two vertebrae: a bulge is the doughnut flattening and spreading; a herniation is jelly pushing through a crack in the dough; a sequestration is a piece of jelly breaking off entirely.

• Bulge: the outer ring sags but stays intact. Common after 40, often painless, sometimes irritating a nerve when the canal is already tight.
• Herniation (protrusion or extrusion): the nucleus pushes through a tear in the ring and presses on the nerve root. The classic cause of sciatica from a lumbar disc or arm pain from a cervical one.
• Sequestration: a free fragment separates from the disc. Sounds worse, but free fragments are often reabsorbed by the body over months.

What they share is pressure on a nerve plus chemical irritation from the leaked material. Both respond to the same principle: give the disc room and time rather than trying to force it back. Since 2005, that has been the foundation of our care under Dr. Jared Cohen, DC. The full anatomy lives in our herniated disc guide.

Why the disc needs room and time, not a push

A herniated disc cannot be popped back into place. The nucleus that pushed through the ring is not a dislocated joint; it is soft material under pressure. What it responds to is a drop in that pressure. That is what non-surgical spinal decompression provides.

On the Triton DTS table, computer-controlled cycles of pull and release gently separate the two vertebrae around the disc. Each cycle lowers the pressure inside the disc — toward negative — which draws the herniated material inward, away from the nerve, and pulls fluid and nutrients back into a disc that has no blood supply of its own. Over a series of sessions the disc rehydrates and the herniation retracts. Sessions last about 20 minutes, and most patients find them comfortable enough to relax through.

The evidence supports patience over surgery. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, most people with a herniated lumbar disc improve with nonsurgical treatment over a period of weeks to months, and surgery is considered only when symptoms persist or progressive weakness develops (AAOS OrthoInfo, Herniated Disk in the Lower Back). Decompression inside a structured plan is how we make that window work.

What is herniated disc treatment in Coconut Creek like at The Spine and Wellness Center?

Our care runs in the sequence the disc heals: the 4R Method — Repair, Rebuild, Regenerate, Refine. Strengthening a spine while a disc is still pressing on a nerve is the most common reason disc care fails, so we never start there.

Phase 1 · Repair

The job is to get the herniation off the nerve. Decompression on the Triton DTS table does that — about 20 minutes per session, 3–5 times a week for 4–8 weeks — with precise adjustments at the segments around the disc and cold laser for inflammation. Lumbar discs are treated with the table configured for the low back; cervical discs with the neck configuration, as described in our neck pain treatment guide.

Phase 2 · Rebuild

With the nerve calm, we correct the structure that overloaded the disc — the spinal curve, the pelvis and the deep stabilizers — using corrective care, physical therapy and soft-tissue work. 2–3 visits a week for 8–16 weeks.

Phases 3 and 4 · Regenerate and Refine

Red light, PEMF and IHHT support disc and nerve recovery about twice a week for two months or more; a brief monthly tune-up then protects the result. The lumbar companion read is our lower back pain relief guide.

Do I need an MRI? What happens at your first two visits

An MRI shows a disc beautifully, but it does not tell us whether that disc is the one causing your symptoms — many people have herniations on imaging with no pain at all. The exam does. We measure before we treat, so your plan is built on your actual structure and your actual symptoms.

Visit one — we measure (and usually begin care)

1. A real conversation. Where the pain starts and where it travels, what makes it worse, what you have tried, and what you want to get back to.
2. A hands-on structural and nerve exam. Posture, range of motion, orthopedic tests that isolate the disc, nerve-tension tests, and a neurological screen of reflexes, strength and sensation that tells us which nerve root is involved and how much.
3. Surface EMG and thermal scanning. A painless scan along the spine that shows where muscles are guarding and where nerve irritation is likely — objective, and re-scannable to track progress.
4. Digital X-rays, when indicated. Disc spacing, curvature and alignment. Bring any MRI you have; we will read it with you and correlate it with the exam.

Visit two — findings and plan

Everything explained in plain English with your scans and images in front of you, mapped to the 4R phases: which disc, which nerve, what we recommend and how long it should take. Your full plan starts here — and in most cases care already began on visit one. For a head start, take the 60-second spine assessment before you drive in from Coconut Creek.

What helps a herniated disc at home — and when to see a doctor instead

What you do in the 23 hours a day you are not with us decides how fast the disc retracts. For most Coconut Creek patients, these habits make the biggest difference:

• Keep walking. Ten minutes, two or three times a day, on level ground. Movement feeds the disc without loading it.
• Reset your sitting. Set a timer and stand every half hour; add lumbar support on the commute. Sitting loads a lumbar disc more than any other everyday position.
• Lift with the hips. Load close, spine neutral, hinge at the hips — groceries, golf bags and toddlers included.
• Skip the stretch videos for now. Deep forward bends and twisting stretches push disc material toward the nerve. The right movements come at the right stage of your plan.
• Choose your sleep position. Side-lying with a pillow between the knees unloads the lumbar disc; a level pillow protects a cervical one.

Some signs mean the nerve needs a physician the same day, not a chiropractor: new bladder or bowel changes, numbness in the saddle area, rapidly progressing weakness in a limb, or symptoms following a significant fall or crash. In those cases please see a doctor or urgent care today. Otherwise, the aching, the sciatica and the disc you were told might need surgery are what we treat all day.

Getting to our Coral Springs clinic from Coconut Creek

From the Promenade at Coconut Creek, take Wiles Road west about 5 miles through Coral Springs to Coral Ridge Drive, then turn north; the clinic is just before the Sawgrass Expressway. From the Sawgrass, exit at Coral Ridge Drive and head south.

Park free in the lot outside the clinic. If you need to be seen quickly, call (954) 341-2256 — we hold same-day slots most days, and we will tell you exactly when to leave Coconut Creek to arrive on time.

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

We do not have a published review from a Coconut Creek patient yet, so here is one from a Coral Springs patient — the same clinic and the same team you would see:

“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 Coconut Creek residents

Start with the full guide to herniated disc treatment, then explore the other care we provide for Coconut Creek patients.

Serving herniated disc patients from Coconut Creek 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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