Chiropractor Near Royal Palm Isles

Royal Palm Isles is a canal-front neighborhood in northeastern Pompano Beach, so close to the Lighthouse Point line that many residents think of Lighthouse Point's shops and offices as their own. Homes back onto the water, boats sit on lifts behind them, and weekends are spent on the Intracoastal and out the Hillsboro Inlet.

Boating is the neighborhood's pleasure and its occupational hazard. Lifting coolers and gear over a gunwale, standing braced against chop, hauling lines and climbing on and off a lift produce low back strain, disc injuries and shoulder overuse in a pattern this office has seen from Royal Palm Isles for three decades. The drive is five minutes, which matters when a back goes out on Sunday and you want it seen on Monday.

• Low back strain and disc injury from lifting and bracing on the boat, treated with adjustments or the Spinal Decompression Program.
• Shoulder overuse from lines, dock work and casting, treated in the Shoulder Restoration Program.
• Knee arthritis aggravated by ladders, docks and lifts, evaluated for the Knee Restoration Program.
• Neck pain after a rough day offshore.
• Collision injuries from Federal Highway and Sample Road, billed to Florida PIP.

Federal Highway (US-1) north, or the neighborhood streets to Federal and north; the office is 3320 N. Federal Highway, between Copans Road and Sample Road, about five minutes. Free parking directly in front of the door.

I hurt my back lifting a cooler onto the boat. How soon can you see me?

Usually within a day or two. Call (954) 902-6371. An acute strain seen in the first week resolves faster and is less likely to become a chronic problem, and the exam will tell you whether it is muscular or a disc.

Can I keep boating during treatment?

Usually, with changes to how you lift and brace while the back or shoulder calms down. Patients leave with a specific list: hip-hinge lifting, two-person carries for coolers and batteries, and how to step on and off the lift without loading the low back.

Is the neighborhood close enough to be seen on short notice?

Yes. Appointments are required so no one waits, but Royal Palm Isles is five minutes away and the office can often fit a neighbor in the same day.

What about shoulder pain that has lasted months?

A shoulder that has plateaued with rest usually has rotator cuff tendinopathy, impingement or, after fifty, frozen shoulder or calcific tendinitis. The Shoulder Restoration Program uses Class IV laser and shockwave to treat the tendon directly, and the exam identifies the minority of cases that need a surgeon.