Conditions we help with
Each guide explains causes, warning signs, and what reputable research says, honestly, including where the evidence is limited. Car-crash and PIP questions are in PIP answers.
Neck Pain
Most neck pain comes from strained muscles, irritated joints, or stiffness from posture, sleep, or a minor injury, and it often improves within weeks.…
Read the guide →Low Back Pain
Most low back pain is “nonspecific,” meaning it comes from muscles, joints, and discs rather than a serious disease, and most acute episodes improve w…
Read the guide →Sciatica
Sciatica is pain that travels from the low back or buttock down the back of the leg, often with tingling or numbness, usually from irritation of a lum…
Read the guide →Headaches & Migraines
Many recurring headaches are tension-type headaches, migraines, or headaches referred from the neck (cervicogenic). Cochrane reviews found acupuncture…
Read the guide →Whiplash
Whiplash is a neck injury from a rapid back-and-forth motion, most often in rear-end crashes. Symptoms like neck pain, stiffness, headaches, and shoul…
Read the guide →Acupuncture
Acupuncture uses very thin, sterile, single-use needles at specific points. The NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health reports…
Read the guide →Dry Needling
Dry needling places a thin, solid filament needle into tight bands of muscle (trigger points) to reduce pain and tension. A 2017 JOSPT review found lo…
Read the guide →Work Injuries
In Florida, tell your employer about a work injury within 30 days (s. 440.185). Workers’ compensation care has to go through the providers your employ…
Read the guide →Sports Injuries
Most sports injuries are sprains, strains, and overuse problems. Early on, protect the area, use relative rest and comfortable movement, and gradually…
Read the guide →Pinched Nerve
A “pinched nerve” (radiculopathy) happens when a nerve root near the spine is irritated, often by a disc herniation or bone spur. It causes pain, ting…
Read the guide →Posture & Desk Pain
Dr. Carlson assesses posture-related pain using Dr. Vladimir Janda’s upper crossed syndrome (forward head, rounded shoulders) and lower crossed syndro…
Read the guide →Treatments we offer
Laser Therapy
Low-level laser therapy (also called photobiomodulation) shines low-power light on sore tissue. It isn’t hot and doesn’t cut. A 2009 Lancet review fou…
Read more →Graston (Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue)
Graston is a form of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM): Dr. Carlson uses smooth stainless-steel tools to work over tight or tender …
Read more →Cupping
Cupping places cups on the skin and uses suction to lift the tissue underneath. A 2020 review in the Journal of Pain found cupping may reduce chronic …
Read more →Kids’ Chiropractic
Dr. Carlson sees kids and teens for musculoskeletal problems such as sports injuries, back and neck aches, and posture-related pain, using gentle, age…
Read more →Services at our clinic
We don’t take X-rays in office; we refer out for imaging when needed. We don’t treat workers’ comp claims.