Back pain is one of the most leading causes of disability worldwide. While there are many reasons why people experience back pain, our team at Great Lakes Spine & Sport are experts in this field of care and can efficiently help you address the root cause of your pain. We create individualized treatment plans tailored to each specific person and teach you at-home strategies and long term prevention. This way patients can proactively take care of their own back and stay pain free.

Do you live in the West Michigan (Holland, Zeeland, Saugatuck, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids) area and are dealing with back pain? Low back pain has been shown to be a cause in approximately 80-85% of people in their life time. While back pain and sciatica type symptoms are impacting lives and debilitating individuals on a daily basis our team at Great Lakes Spine & Sport using the most evidence based and researched protocols to properly assess, diagnosis, and treat your pain. Using an integrated approach beyond chiropractic adjustments with implementing Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy protocols, soft tissue therapies, strengthening and functional rehabilitation exercises, and at home programs so you will be an active participant in the process of taking care of your own back pain and not becoming dependent on a medical provider to “fix” it for you. With self-care strategies, and proper education on long term prevention we will be able to get you out of pain quickly and keep you pain free.

How Long Will It Take to Correct My Problem? Many patients have been dealing with episodes of back pain for some time before they ever see a chiropractor. The majority of chiropractors and physical therapy clinics generally want to see you several times a week for months on end. At Great Lakes Spine & Sportwe have a very high success rate in typically 10 visits or less in total. With our integrated approach beyond typical chiropractic adjustments, we are able to find the root cause quickly and implement a plan to effectively fix the issues at hand. While surgery has a time and place, it should always be considered as a last resort and all conservative care must be exhausted beforehand. While we commonly work alongside referral from surgeons, the work of MDT (Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy) is extremely powerful in the Orthopedic world and plays a large role in delegating cases as surgical or not (typically in 3-4 visits), ultimately reducing time and money spent when it may not be necessary. All the while a lot of patients who have been told by surgeons that they need surgery, fully reduce with the proper mechanical care and therapy.