Massage Therapy in Tamarac, FL

Why Tamarac patients choose us for massage therapy

When someone from Tamarac calls about massage therapy in Tamarac, three things usually settle the decision to come to Coral Springs instead of somewhere closer.

• The drive is easier than it sounds. It is about 15 to 20 minutes up University Drive or the Sawgrass Expressway, and parking is free, right outside the door. We see patients from Kings Point, the Woodlands and Colony West Golf Club every week.
• Evening and early slots. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday run until 7:00 pm; Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings round out the week. Most Tamarac patients can fit visits around work and school runs.
• We understand who lives in Tamarac. Our typical Tamarac patients are active retirees from Kings Point and the Woodlands, golfers from Colony West, and Tamarac families who want care close to home — and the plan reflects those loads, not a template.

Clinical massage versus a spa massage: what Tamarac patients should expect

If you are searching for massage therapy in Tamarac, it helps to know which kind you are looking for. A spa massage is designed to feel good for an hour. The therapeutic massage we provide at The Spine and Wellness Center is designed to change something — the resting tone of the muscles beside an irritated joint, the knot in the upper trapezius pulling your neck forward, the tight hip flexors tilting your pelvis.

That is why it lives inside a chiropractic clinic. Our therapist works from the same exam findings and surface EMG scans Dr. Jared Cohen, DC uses, so the muscles being treated are the ones the scans show are guarding — not a full-body routine. Sessions are focused, sometimes more intense than a spa session, and judged by what your spine does the next day rather than how you feel on the table.

We have cared for Tamarac families since 2005, and between golf at Colony West and the Woodlands and walking the lake at Caporella Park there is no shortage of tight backs and shoulders to work on. Start with our main massage therapy guide for the full picture; this page covers what matters for Tamarac patients specifically.

How does massage release guarding, trigger points and fascia?

Three things keep a painful spine locked after the original injury has calmed down: muscle guarding, trigger points and fascial restriction. Massage addresses each differently, and the surface EMG scan from visit one tells us which one your region is dealing with.

1. Guarding shows up on the scan as a band of high muscle activity beside the irritated segment. Sustained pressure and slow deep strokes bring the tone down so the adjustment can go in and hold.
2. Trigger points are the knots that refer pain — upper trapezius into the head, glutes down the leg. Direct, held pressure on the band releases it, and the referred pain usually fades with it.
3. Fascial restriction is the thickened wrap around a muscle after an old injury or years of walking the lake at Caporella Park. Myofascial release stretches it slowly; cupping lifts and decompresses it where pressure alone has plateaued.

Where tissue has become truly fibrotic, massage hands off to Graston Technique. The evidence for massage itself is modest but real: NCCIH notes that research suggests it may help with low back and neck pain in the short term and is generally safe when provided by a trained professional (NCCIH, Massage Therapy: What You Need To Know). Short-term tissue change is exactly what we ask of it.

Why pair massage therapy in Tamarac with adjustments and decompression?

Because muscles and joints are one system. An adjustment restores motion to a locked joint, but if the muscles around it are still in spasm they pull it right back within hours. Massage before the adjustment relaxes those muscles so the correction goes in with less force and holds longer; massage after calms any soreness and keeps the segment moving.

A Repair-phase visit at our Coral Springs clinic often looks like this for a Tamarac patient: 30 minutes of targeted massage on the guarded region, then a specific chiropractic adjustment, then cold laser or PEMF to settle inflammation. For disc cases, massage prepares the lumbar muscles so spinal decompression on the Triton DTS table can separate the vertebrae without the paraspinals bracing against the pull.

It also pairs with Graston Technique: massage handles broad tone and guarding, Graston’s instruments break down the specific adhesions hands cannot reach. Patients with neck pain from desk and phone posture feel this combination most clearly, because the upper traps and suboccipitals are usually both guarded and knotted.

Where does massage fit in the 4R Method?

Every plan at The Spine and Wellness Center follows the 4R Method — Repair, Rebuild, Regenerate, Refine — and massage therapy in Tamarac shows up in more than one phase, with a different job in each.

Repair — support (3–5 visits a week, 4–8 weeks)

In Repair, massage is a support tool. Its job is to release guarding so adjustments and decompression can do their work, and so you sleep — many Tamarac patients in acute pain have not slept through the night in weeks. Sessions are shorter and highly targeted.

Rebuild and Regenerate — as needed

Once the pain has settled and rehab takes over (2–3 visits a week for 8–16 weeks, then about twice a week in Regenerate), massage drops to as-needed: a session when physical therapy loading leaves the hips or mid-back tight, or when the surface EMG re-scan shows a region guarding again.

Refine — recovery (monthly)

In Refine, massage becomes recovery. A monthly 60-minute session alongside your structural tune-up keeps tissue supple, catches new trigger points early, and — for the golfers, pickleball players and desk workers of Tamarac — is often the difference between a tight week and a flare-up.

What is a session like, who benefits most, and what happens at your first two visits?

No full-body routine, no menu of add-ons. A clinical massage session at The Spine and Wellness Center is 30 or 60 minutes in a private room on the regions your exam and scans identified, with pressure you control — deep enough to change tissue, never more than you can breathe through. It is usually booked immediately before your adjustment so the two work together.

Who benefits most

• Acute lower back pain with heavy guarding — the back so tight you cannot stand up straight.
• Neck pain and tension headaches from desk and phone posture, where trigger points in the upper traps and suboccipitals refer pain into the head.
• Hip and SI joint pain with tight hip flexors, piriformis or glutes holding the pelvis rotated.
• Athletes in rehab who need tissue recovery between training sessions — a familiar story around Kings Point.
• Stress-driven tension — the shoulders that live up by the ears after a long week of walking the lake at Caporella Park.

Your first two visits

Visit one is an exam, not a massage: a conversation about your history, a hands-on structural exam, surface EMG and thermal scanning along the spine, and digital X-rays when indicated. The scan is what tells the therapist which muscles are guarding. Visit two is your report of findings with Dr. Jared Cohen, DC — and treatment, massage included, begins. The 60-second spine assessment gives us your Spine Score before you drive in from Tamarac. Please mention skin conditions, blood thinners, recent surgery or pregnancy beforehand, and if you have new bladder or bowel changes, fast-progressing weakness or spinal pain with fever, please see a doctor or urgent care today.

Getting to our Coral Springs clinic from Tamarac

Take University Drive north through Coral Springs to Wiles Road, turn west to Coral Ridge Drive, then north; or join the Sawgrass Expressway at Commercial Boulevard and follow it north and east to the Coral Ridge Drive exit, then head south. The clinic is just south of the expressway.

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 Tamarac 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 Tamarac 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 Tamarac residents

Start with the full guide to massage therapy, then explore the other care we provide for Tamarac patients.

Serving massage therapy patients from Tamarac 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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