Localized low-back pain
Pain may remain around the lumbar joints and muscles or change with specific positions and loads.
Palm Springs · Back pain & sciatica
Back Pain & Sciatica Care in Palm Springs, CA
Connect spinal mechanics, pain patterns, and whole-body recovery.
Low-back pain and sciatica may involve discs, joints, nerves, muscles, movement, posture, and recovery. Palm Springs care can draw from chiropractic and acupuncture without assuming that every patient needs the same combination.
Integrated back care Structure. Relief. Resilience.
Chiropractic & acupunctureCBP® structural analysisDecompression availableActive-lifestyle recovery
Back pain is not one diagnosis
Pain, structure, and recovery can overlap.
A painful lower back does not tell us whether the primary contributor is a joint, disc, nerve, muscle, movement pattern, or another condition. Sciatica requires additional attention because symptoms may travel into the buttock or leg.
The Palm Springs team evaluates mechanical and neurologic findings while also considering muscular tension, stress, sleep, recovery, and activity demands. Recommendations may use one discipline or a coordinated plan.
Explore our CBP® structural approachWhat patients often notice
How the pain behaves provides important clues.
Sitting, walking, bending, golf, tennis, pickleball, sleep, and recovery can reveal patterns that shape the evaluation.
Sciatic symptoms
Radiating pain, tingling, numbness, or weakness into the leg requires careful neurologic screening.
Activity-related strain
Golf, racquet sports, fitness, lifting, and prolonged standing can challenge mobility, control, and recovery.
Recurring flare-ups
Repeated episodes may reflect unresolved loading, structural, conditioning, or recovery factors.
Your evaluation
Understand the likely driver and the appropriate path.
The goal is to connect symptoms with examination findings before deciding what role each treatment should play.
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Listen
Review onset, radiation, activity, sleep, stress, previous care, imaging, and the goals that matter most.
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Examine
Movement, posture, orthopedic, neurologic, and chiropractic findings help narrow the contributing factors.
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Measure selectively
Digital imaging may be considered when structural information would affect recommendations.
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Coordinate
Define whether chiropractic, acupuncture, rehabilitation, decompression, co-management, or referral is appropriate.
Personalized care
Match each treatment to a clinical goal.
Integrated care is useful only when each component has a reason to be included.
Chiropractic care
Targeted adjustments and structural strategies may address relevant motion, alignment, and mechanical findings.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture may support pain modulation, muscular balance, recovery, stress regulation, and tolerance of activity.
Spinal decompression
Controlled decompression may be incorporated for appropriate disc-related or radiating symptoms after screening.
Rehabilitation
Condition-specific movement builds control, strength, endurance, and confidence for daily and recreational demands.
Integrated Palm Springs care
Treat the mechanical pattern and support the person responding to it.
Chiropractic and acupuncture are coordinated around shared findings and goals while remaining distinct disciplines.
Structure
Evaluate spinal motion, curves, posture, loading, and relevant neurologic findings.
Regulation
Support pain modulation, muscular relaxation, recovery, and nervous-system balance.
Function
Build capacity for walking, work, sleep, golf, racquet sports, training, and daily life.
Objective findings
Progress should show up in function.
We track the things that matter to the individual while using structural measurements only when they are clinically relevant to the care goal.
- Pain distribution and frequency
- Neurologic and movement findings
- Walking, sitting, sleep, and activity tolerance
- Spinal alignment when relevant to the plan
Imaging is used only when clinically appropriate. Individual results vary.
Is this the right next step?
Start when the problem affects movement, recovery, or confidence.
An integrated evaluation may help when symptoms are recurring, radiating, activity limiting, or difficult to manage with basic self-care.
- Low-back pain affecting sleep or daily activity
- Pain, numbness, or tingling into the buttock or leg
- Recurring flare-ups with golf, tennis, pickleball, driving, or lifting
- Disc findings that need clinical interpretation
Clinical review
Structural and whole-body care under one roof.
Dr. Eric Swartz, DC and Dr. Bill Bastian, DACM, LAc coordinate chiropractic and acupuncture around the same clinical picture while tailoring each role to the patient.
Common questions
What to know before you begin.
How are chiropractic and acupuncture combined for back pain?+
Chiropractic may address relevant spinal motion, structure, and loading, while acupuncture may support pain modulation, muscular relaxation, recovery, and regulation. The plan may use one or both disciplines.
Is sciatica the same as low-back pain?+
No. Sciatica generally refers to symptoms traveling along a sciatic nerve distribution, often into the buttock or leg. Low-back pain can occur without nerve involvement.
Do you offer decompression for disc-related pain?+
Yes. Non-surgical decompression may be considered after screening when symptoms and findings suggest that a controlled traction approach is appropriate.
Will everyone receive the same integrated program?+
No. Care is individualized. Some patients receive chiropractic, some acupuncture, and others a coordinated plan that may also include rehabilitation or decompression.
Palm Springs · Ready when you are
Start with answers—not assumptions.
Schedule an evaluation to understand your findings, options, and appropriate next steps.