Chiropractor Near Oakland Park, FL

Oakland Park is a working city between Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach, split by the FEC railroad and Dixie Highway, with the Culinary Arts District growing up around its downtown. Its residents are tradespeople, restaurant and warehouse workers, and a growing number of professionals who bought in because the housing was reachable and the commute to downtown Fort Lauderdale is short.

From Oakland Park Boulevard the office is twelve minutes north on Federal Highway or Dixie Highway to Lighthouse Point. That is far enough that we are not the walk-in clinic around the corner, and close enough that people come for the programs and stay for the care.

The injuries that bring Oakland Park patients here come from work. Lifting, carrying and repetitive bending in the trades and in the warehouses along the rail corridor produce low back strain and, over years, disc injuries. Long days on concrete produce plantar fasciitis. Long days at a desk in the newer offices and home offices produce neck pain, headaches and the slow forward-head posture that turns into a cervical disc problem by fifty. General chiropractic care handles most of it; the Spinal Decompression Program is there for the disc cases that basic care cannot resolve.

The second reason is accidents. Oakland Park Boulevard, Commercial Boulevard, Dixie Highway and I-95 all cross the city and all produce daily collisions. We treat Oakland Park accident patients under Florida PIP, bill the carrier directly and keep the records a claim or an attorney needs. Read the Florida PIP guide before your first visit so the 14-day rule does not catch you.

Oakland Park also has a serious cycling and running community that uses the flat grid streets and the ride north on A1A. Overuse injuries in knees, hips and Achilles tendons are treated with Class IV laser and shockwave, and custom orthotics address the foot mechanics underneath them. Our article on cyclist back pain is a good starting point.

• Low back strain and disc injury from lifting in the trades and warehouses.
• Neck pain and tension headaches from desk work and the daily I-95 commute.
• Plantar fasciitis in restaurant, kitchen and retail workers on their feet all day.
• Cycling and running overuse injuries: knee, hip and Achilles.
• Whiplash and post-accident back pain after collisions on Oakland Park and Commercial Boulevards, billed to Florida PIP.

From Oakland Park: Federal Highway (US-1) north through Pompano Beach, past Atlantic Boulevard and Copans Road. The office is just before Sample Road. Dixie Highway north to Copans Road, then east to Federal, is the alternative when US-1 is backed up. About twelve minutes either way.

Free parking in front of the building. Early appointments at 8:00 am Monday, Wednesday and Friday suit people who need to be on a job site or at a desk by nine-thirty.

I hurt my back at work. Can I be treated here?

Yes, we treat work-related back injuries. If a workers' compensation claim is involved, call (954) 902-6371 first so the office can confirm how the visit will be billed before you come in.

I was rear-ended on Oakland Park Boulevard two days ago and feel mostly fine. Should I still come in?

Yes. Crash symptoms often appear two or three days later, and Florida PIP requires initial treatment within 14 days of the accident or the medical benefit is lost. An examination now protects both your health and the benefit.

Can I get an appointment before work?

Appointment hours begin at 8:00 am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Those slots go first, so book a few days ahead.

Do you offer massage for tight shoulders and neck?

Yes. Licensed massage therapy is provided in the office by Dawn Marie Teufel, LMT, with dedicated massage appointments on Thursdays. Massage is not billable to PIP, so accident patients pay for it separately.