Herniated Disc Treatment in Parkland, FL

Why Parkland patients choose us for herniated disc treatment

When someone from Parkland calls about herniated disc treatment in Parkland, 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 5 to 10 minutes straight down Coral Ridge Drive or University Drive, and parking is free, right outside the door. We see patients from Heron Bay, Parkland Golf & Country Club and Pine Trails Park 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 Parkland patients can fit visits around work and school runs.
• We understand who lives in Parkland. Our typical Parkland patients are 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 — and the plan reflects those loads, not a template.

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

If you are searching for herniated disc treatment in Parkland, 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

Patients often arrive asking us to “put the disc back.” We cannot, and neither can anyone else — the material that pushed through the ring is under pressure, and pressure is the only lever that moves it. The good news is that pressure is exactly what non-surgical spinal decompression controls.

The Triton DTS table separates the vertebrae above and below the disc in gentle, computer-controlled cycles. Old-style traction pulled continuously and the back muscles fought it; cycled decompression keeps them relaxed, so the force actually reaches the disc. Inside the disc, pressure falls toward negative. Herniated material is drawn inward, off the nerve root, and fluid and nutrients are pulled into a tissue that has no blood supply of its own. Session by session — about 20 minutes each — the disc rehydrates and the herniation retracts.

That mechanism is why we tell Parkland patients that time is on their side. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons reports that most herniated lumbar discs improve without surgery over weeks to months, and that surgery is reserved for symptoms that persist or for progressive weakness (AAOS OrthoInfo, Herniated Disk in the Lower Back). Our plan is built to make those weeks count.

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

Every plan follows the 4R Method: Repair, Rebuild, Regenerate, Refine. For a disc the order is not negotiable — the herniation has to be unloaded before the structure that overloaded it can be corrected.

Repair — unload the disc and calm the nerve

Decompression on the Triton DTS table leads, about 20 minutes per session, paired with precise adjustments at the segments above and below the disc and cold laser or therapeutic ultrasound for inflammation around the nerve. Typically 3–5 visits a week for 4–8 weeks. Most patients notice a change in the leg or arm symptoms within the first two to three weeks.

Rebuild — correct what loaded the disc

Once the nerve is quiet, we correct the architecture that let the disc fail: the lumbar or cervical curve, pelvic balance, and the deep stabilizers that switched off. Corrective care, physical therapy and Graston soft-tissue work, 2–3 visits a week for 8–16 weeks. This is the phase most clinics skip, and why their disc patients come back.

Regenerate and Refine — protect the disc

Regenerate adds red light, PEMF and IHHT oxygen therapy to support disc and nerve recovery, about twice a week for two months or more. Refine is a brief tune-up roughly monthly so the disc stays unloaded through desk work, travel and sport.

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

You do not need an MRI before your first visit. Imaging is useful — bring any you have — but a herniation on a scan is common in people with no symptoms, so the scan alone cannot say what is causing your pain. The first appointment is built to answer that, and it begins with a proper examination — and, when appropriate, your first treatment.

Visit one: measurement

Expect a proper conversation about where the symptoms run and what provokes them, then a hands-on exam built around the disc and the nerve: posture and range of motion, orthopedic tests that load and unload the disc, nerve-tension tests, and a neurological screen of reflexes, strength and sensation that identifies the level involved. Surface EMG and thermal scanning along the spine then map muscle guarding and likely nerve irritation in a way we can re-scan later. If the exam calls for it, digital X-rays show disc spacing, curvature and alignment, and we correlate any MRI with what we found.

Visit two: your report of findings

We sit down with your images and scans and explain which disc and which nerve are involved, 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 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 Parkland 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 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.

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 Parkland 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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Related care for Parkland residents

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

Serving herniated disc 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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