Low Back Pain · Tampa, FL
Low Back Pain Treatment in Tampa, FL
Low back pain is the most common pain problem there is — and one of the most commonly mistreated, because “back pain” is a location, not a diagnosis. The exam finds what is actually generating yours.
Find the generator first
“Back pain” is a location, not a diagnosis
These need different treatment — which is why your first visit is a hands-on Pain Mapping Visit: palpation, movement testing, and targeted examination designed to reproduce your familiar pain and find the tissue that matches your actual complaint.
Then treat the target
The tool depends on what we find.
Treatment happens the same day when appropriate — and then we recheck. Can you move better? Did the familiar pain change? Your response refines the diagnosis and builds the plan.
From our Google reviews
“After one treatment with Dr. Hanson, the next day I literally felt 80% better! I went back for a second treatment the following week and now I’m totally 100% better. I swear I feel like my back is better than before the pain started!”
Clifford Frias · ★★★★★ Google review
Questions, answered
Low Back Pain, explained
Why does my back pain keep coming back?
Usually because treatment has been aimed at the painful area instead of the pain generator. A tight spot that gets massaged flat every week but always returns is often protecting something else — an irritated joint, an unstable ligament, or a trigger point referring pain from somewhere nearby.
My imaging showed degeneration. Is that why I hurt?
Not necessarily. Disc and joint degeneration show up on scans of people with no pain at all. We compare your imaging with a hands-on exam — if pressing a specific muscle or joint recreates your exact pain, that matters more than the report.
Do I need to stop working out?
Usually not — most backs do better moving than resting. Once we know the generator, Dr. Hanson will tell you what to modify and what to keep doing.
What treatments do you use for low back pain?
It depends on what the exam finds: dry needling and trigger point injections for muscular generators, prolotherapy for ligament and joint instability, electroacupuncture to calm guarded muscle, and acupotomy for chronic restrictions. The map decides the tool.
How do I start?
Book a Pain Mapping Visit ($150). We map the likely generators, treat the target the same day, recheck your response, and build your plan.
Meet your doctor
Dr. Josh Hanson, DACM
I’m the doctor people come to when pain has become something they thought they had to live with forever.
My approach is simple: map the painful tissues with a thorough hands-on exam, identify the exact muscle, tendon, joint, fascia, or nerve creating the pain signal, and treat that target directly using the best tool for the job. Many patients tell me I’m the first doctor who actually took the time to put his hands on the painful areas instead of just looking at images.
Over a decade in practice and more than 35,000 procedures later, I’ve treated patients other clinics gave up on.
- 10+ years clinical experience
- Florida's most experienced dry needling practitioner
- Performed 35,000+ procedures
- Consulted with MLB, NFL & MLS organizations
- Consults with practitioners from all over the country
- 175,000+ followers · 12M+ video views worldwide
Stop guessing. Map the pain.
One visit: exam, targeted treatment, recheck, and a clear next step. Book online or call or text.
Visit the clinic
Contact
Hanson Complete Wellness1202 W. Linebaugh Ave
Tampa, FL 33612
813-534-0311
office@hansoncomplete.com
Mon–Thu · 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Fri–Sun · Closed