What We Treat

Back pain and sciatica treatment in Holland.

The stiffness standing up off the couch. The twinge that decides whether today is a good day. Pain that shoots past the knee. We find what is driving it.

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Sound Familiar?

Does this sound like you?

  • Bracing on the sink to stand up straight
  • A burning line down one leg that starts before you are even out of the car
  • The moment your back goes and drops you mid-step
  • Stiff enough at 6am that you plan your first ten minutes around it
  • Pain that shows up on cue after eight hours in a desk chair
  • Letting your kid pick up their own toy because bending is not worth the risk

Two or more? Keep reading.

Why It Happens

Back pain is a symptom. Something causes it.

Your back does not hurt for no reason, and it is almost never one thing. It is usually some mix of an irritated disc sending pain down the leg, spinal joints that got stiff and stopped sharing the load, deep stabilizing muscles that quietly weakened after the last flare-up, and daily habits that keep reloading the same spot before it heals.

None of that shows up on a quick glance. It takes a cause-first evaluation to sort out which one is actually driving your pain. That is why rest, ice and a generic stretching sheet so often fall short: they treat the symptom, not the source.

A therapist pointing out the lower spine and pelvis on a skeleton model

The Honest Truth

Waiting on a back does not make it wait on you.

If you keep waiting

  • Your hips and knees start picking up the slack, and start hurting too
  • Flare-ups stop being a once-a-year thing and start being a monthly one
  • You move less to avoid the pain, which weakens the exact muscles meant to protect your spine

If you start this week

  • You know the actual cause by the end of visit one
  • Hands-on relief starts before you leave the building
  • Nerve pain down the leg usually settles before the back does

Nobody regrets starting too early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting.

How We Fix It

The same four phases. Built for your back.

Every plan has an endpoint. Here is what the four phases look like for back pain and sciatica.

Weeks 1–2

Pain

Calm the pain down.

Hands-on techniques calm the irritated nerve and take the edge off inflammation, starting your very first visit.

Weeks 2–6

Prime

Get your motion back.

Targeted mobility work restores motion in the stiff segments that have been quietly guarding the injury.

Weeks 6–10

Perform

Make it strong enough to trust.

Progressive core and hip strengthening builds the stability your spine was missing in the first place.

Weeks 10+

Prevent

Keep it from coming back.

Lifting, sitting and training in a way your back tolerates, plus the early warning signs worth acting on.

She’s helped me with IC, plantar fasciitis, back pain, foot pain, knee pain. I love that she explains the why and how during each visit so it makes sense.

Jennifer K. · via Google

Told to rest, stretch, and wait it out

Meaningful change for most people inside 4–6 visits

Back Pain & Sciatica 4–6 visits

Related Conditions

Pain rarely stays in one place.

Compensation patterns often show up nearby. Here’s what else we treat.

1

Hip Pain

That pinch in the crease when you cross your legs to tie your shoes

Learn More 2

Pelvic Pain

Pain with sitting that makes a long meeting genuinely hard

Learn More 3

Neck Pain

Turning to check your blind spot in three small movements instead of one

Learn More

Questions, Answered

What people ask before booking for back pain.

Usually not, and it is rarely the first step. Most back pain improves without imaging, and scans routinely show disc bulges and wear and tear in people with no pain at all, so an image does not always point at the cause. We start with a hands-on evaluation, and if imaging becomes genuinely necessary we will help you get it.

In most cases movement helps more than rest does. Hurt does not always mean harm, and total rest tends to leave a back stiffer and weaker, which sets up the next flare. The difference is doing the right movement at the right stage, which is exactly what the evaluation is for.

Most people feel meaningful change within 4 to 6 visits. A full plan runs through all four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform and Prevent, typically over 8 to 10 weeks depending on how long you have been dealing with it. You get a plan with an endpoint, not an open-ended string of appointments.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Mon–Thu 8am–6pm · Fri 8am–12pm
  • (616) 537-6613 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
  • One-on-one, every visit

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