Back Pain

Back pain is the most common reason people end up on a chiropractic table, and CorePoint in Laguna Hills approaches it with chiropractic care as the anchor, bringing in massage therapy and cupping when the muscles need work of their own. Whether yours started under a barbell, in a garden bed, or during one long week at a desk, the entry point is the same: an initial chiropractic visit with Dr. Tina Navarifar, a full hour, $240.

One section matters more than everything else here, so it comes first. A small number of backs need a medical doctor before they need anything on this website.

Warning signs that outrank everything else

Go to an emergency department right away if back pain arrives together with numbness in the groin or inner thighs, new trouble controlling your bladder or bowels, or leg weakness that is spreading. That combination can signal serious pressure on the nerves at the base of the spine, and it cannot wait for a chiropractic appointment.

See your physician first, not a chiropractor, if your back pain follows a car accident or a hard fall, comes with fever or unexplained weight loss, wakes you at night without easing in any position, or if you have a history of cancer or significant osteoporosis. Dr. Navarifar screens for these same red flags during every new patient exam, and she refers out promptly when a case shows them.

What most back pain actually is

Here is the reassuring consensus about backs. The large majority of episodes are mechanical, meaning the pain comes from muscles, joints, discs, and ligaments rather than from anything sinister. Most acute low back pain also improves substantially within a few weeks, and gentle movement generally serves people better during that window than strict bed rest.

None of that makes the weeks in between pleasant. And it offers little comfort to the person whose "few weeks" quietly became years of flare-ups that return whenever life gets busy. Care here is built for both of those people.

The first hour, step by step

Your initial visit runs sixty minutes, and none of it is rushed. It opens with your story: when the pain began, which movements light it up, what a bad day takes away from you. Dr. Navarifar then examines how your spine actually moves, tests strength and sensation where your history calls for it, and explains what she thinks is happening in plain English before any treatment starts.

When same day treatment fits, it usually pairs joint work with muscle work. Dr. Navarifar practiced as a licensed massage therapist for over a decade before earning her Doctor of Chiropractic degree, and back pain is where that double background earns its keep. The adjustment addresses a joint that stopped moving well; the soft tissue work addresses the muscles that clenched around it.

Follow-up chiropractic visits are 45 minutes and $150 each, priced per visit and booked one at a time. The plan gets reviewed against how your back actually responds, appointment by appointment, by the one clinician who has seen every one of those appointments.

If the pain shoots down your leg

Back pain that radiates below the knee, or brings tingling or numbness down one leg, has its own name and its own exam. Read the sciatica page if that description fits you, because both the assessment and the treatment considerations differ from ordinary back pain.

The muscular side: massage and cupping

Some backs hurt mainly at the joint level. Plenty of others are dominated by muscle: a broad, gripping tightness across the low back or between the shoulder blades that never quite lets go. For that pattern, a one hour deep tissue massage at $145, or a Swedish massage at $125, can stand alone or prepare the tissue before an adjustment.

Cupping approaches the same territory from the opposite direction, lifting the tissue instead of pressing into it. It can be added to a chiropractic or massage appointment for $15 to $25, or booked as its own short session for $40, and the back is where patients request it most.

Between appointments

The advice that helps most mechanical back pain is stubbornly unglamorous: take short, frequent walks, change positions before your body demands it, and let comfort pace a gradual return to normal activity instead of waiting for a completely pain free day. Dr. Navarifar makes this specific to your case, including which activities to pause and which to resume on purpose.

If something changes sharply between visits, call the clinic and describe it rather than sitting on it until your next appointment.

Costs, stated before you book

CorePoint publishes every price it charges, so the numbers sit right here: $240 for the initial chiropractic hour, $150 for each follow-up, $125 or $145 for an hour of massage, and $15 to $40 for cupping. If plans change, the clinic asks for a day of notice, because an hour held for your back cannot be handed to someone else at the last minute.

Related care at CorePoint

Three services carry the back pain work at this clinic:

• Chiropractic care for the exam, the diagnosis, and the joint treatment
• Massage therapy for the muscular side of the problem
• Cupping therapy as a low cost addition for broad, stubborn tension

When your back has earned a full hour of attention, book the initial chiropractic visit or call (949) 377-4707.