Headache & Migraine Treatment in Coral Springs, FL

Why Coral Springs patients choose us for headache and migraine treatment

Plenty of Coral Springs residents could find a chiropractor closer to home. They make the drive to us for headache 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 do my headaches keep coming back?

If you are searching for headache treatment in Coral Springs, there is a good chance you already know the pattern: a tightness at the base of the skull by early afternoon, a band of pressure around the head on long desk days, a migraine that follows a week of poor sleep and tense shoulders. The over-the-counter bottle empties faster every month, and the headaches keep their appointment anyway.

Here is what is usually going on. The top three segments of the neck sit directly under the skull and share nerve connections with the trigeminal system that carries head pain. When those joints lock, the suboccipital muscles guard, and the head drifts forward of the shoulders, the neck starts sending pain that is felt in the head. Clinicians call it a cervicogenic headache, and it is the single most common pattern among the Coral Springs patients we see.

Our clinic on Coral Ridge Drive has cared for Coral Springs families since 2005 under the clinical direction of Dr. Jared Cohen, DC. Gentle upper-cervical adjustments, soft-tissue work, posture correction and recovery therapies are sequenced around what the exam and scans show. For the full method, see our headache treatment overview.

Is it a cervicogenic headache, a tension headache, or a migraine?

Before any treatment, we sort the headache by its fingerprint. Among Coral Springs patients, these are the questions that separate the three main types:

1. Where does it start? At the base of the skull or one side of the neck, then forward — that points to a cervicogenic source. Both temples at once, like a band — tension-type. Deep, throbbing and one-sided with nausea — migraine.
2. What sets it off? Turning or holding the neck, long desk sessions, the drive home — the neck is involved. Missed sleep, certain foods, hormonal cycles, bright light — classic migraine triggers, though neck tension often lowers the threshold.
3. Does the neck move fully? Restricted upper-cervical rotation with tenderness under the skull is the hallmark finding we look for on visit one.
4. Is there a sequence? Many people have a neck-driven headache most days and a migraine a few times a month. Treating the neck often reduces both.

The point is not the label; it is the contributor we can change. NINDS describes tension-type headaches as the most common kind and names muscle tension and posture among the usual contributors (NINDS, Headache). That contributor is measurable on a surface EMG scan — and treatable.

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

Headache treatment in Coral Springs runs in four phases — the 4R Method: Repair, Rebuild, Regenerate and Refine. Each has a job, a frequency and a duration, and your report of findings on visit two tells you where you start.

1. Repair. Stop the neck sending the signal. Gentle upper-cervical adjustments, suboccipital and upper-trap soft-tissue release, Graston Technique for fibrotic tissue, cold laser for inflammation, and cervical decompression where a disc is involved. 3–5 visits a week for 4–8 weeks.
2. Rebuild. Correct the cause — forward-head posture, a flattened cervical curve and weak deep neck flexors — with corrective care, posture correction and physical therapy. 2–3 visits a week for 8–16 weeks.
3. Regenerate. Support recovery, sleep and stress regulation with red light, PEMF and BrainTap. About twice a week for two months or more.
4. Refine. A short tune-up roughly once a month so the headache-free weeks stay that way.

The sequence is what makes the result durable. Relief that stops at Repair leaves posture and the upper-cervical joints to re-lock; correction attempted before Repair rarely holds on a guarded neck. We do them in order and re-scan along the way, so fewer headache days is something you can see on paper, not just hope for.

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. Headaches are treated badly when the neck is adjusted before anyone has confirmed the neck is the problem.

Visit one: measurement

Expect a proper conversation about your headache history, triggers, sleep and screen habits, then a hands-on exam: posture, upper-cervical motion, palpation of the joints and muscles under the skull, tests that reproduce or ease the headache, and a neurological screen. We follow that with surface EMG and thermal scanning along the spine, which maps the 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 cervical curve and upper-cervical alignment underneath.

Visit two: your report of findings

We sit down with your images and scans and explain what is driving the headaches, 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 Coral Springs.

What helps between visits — and when a headache needs a doctor instead

What you do between appointments decides how fast the headache days fall. For most Coral Springs patients, these habits make the biggest difference:

• Chin tucks, not pain relievers. A few gentle chin tucks several times a day wake up the deep neck flexors and unload the joints under the skull.
• Eye-level everything. Monitor, laptop and phone at eye height; forward-head posture is the quiet daily load behind cervicogenic headaches.
• Reset on the drive. Headrest touching the back of the head, shoulders down, a minute of neck movement at every stop.
• Regular sleep, regular meals, water. The three triggers most people can control, and the three most often skipped.
• Heat on the neck, not the head. Warmth on the suboccipitals and upper traps eases the guarding that feeds a tension pattern.

Some headaches mean something other than the neck is going on and need a physician the same day: a thunderclap headache that peaks within a minute, headache with fever and a neck too stiff to flex, headache after a blow to the head, headache with weakness, numbness, confusion or vision changes, or a brand-new pattern after age 50. In those cases please see a doctor or urgent care today. Otherwise, you are in the right place — and our guides to neck pain treatment and chiropractic care are a good next read.

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.

Free parking is right at the door — no garage, no meters. Same-day appointments are usually available: call (954) 341-2256 or book online, and we will find a slot that fits your Coral Springs schedule.

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 headache and migraine treatment, then explore the other care we provide for Coral Springs patients.

Serving headache and migraine 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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