The MRI Was Normal. The Pain Isn't.
Came back from a long flight and couldn't move for three days? Picked something up wrong. Sat through a deadline week and paid for it Friday.
Every time, the same place. Every time, the same arc. Rest, anti-inflammatories, maybe a few PT sessions. Back to baseline. Until the next time.
Imaging showed nothing significant. The GP said it was muscular. PT gave exercises. Everything helped until it didn't.
Nobody has explained why it keeps happening.
Dr. Fiksel built his practice around the patients standard treatment runs out of answers for.
Why This Is Different
14+
Years in practice
Treating complex pain that standard care couldn't resolve. Two doctorates. One focus.
60
Minutes. Every session.
Every visit. Because chronic pain doesn't fit in a standard appointment.
100%
One-on-one care
The same expert care, every time. We work together until the very end.
3
Systems most clinicians ignore.
Musculoskeletal, nervous, and digestive. Standard physio only looks at one.
An MRI rules out serious pathology. It doesn't assess how the lumbar spine loads, how the hips move, how the thoracic spine compensates for restrictions elsewhere, or why the back is absorbing force it was never designed to absorb.
Most chronic low back pain has a movement-based explanation. The pelvis doesn't transfer load efficiently. The hips don't move through full range. The thoracic spine is stiff.
The back fills the gap, every rep, every step, every hour at the desk.
Standard treatment strengthens what's weak and stretches what's tight around the site. Temporary relief. The loading pattern stays.
Dr. Fiksel maps the full mechanical picture: lumbar mechanics, hip mobility, thoracic contribution, load transfer patterns, and identifies the specific driver of the recurrence cycle.
This is for you if...
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Back pain returns predictably after long travel, desk weeks, or heavy lifting
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Imaging showed nothing significant but the pain is real and recurring
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PT and rest only return you to baseline but never fully resolve it
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Manageable most of the time, until suddenly it isn't
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Managing it has become part of daily planning
What Working With Dr. Fiksel Looks Like
Step 1: Free Discovery Call
15 minutes. You explain the injury history, what you've tried, and where you are now. Dr. Fiksel tells you honestly whether he thinks he can help and what the assessment would involve.
Step 2: Full Doctoral-Level Assessment
One hour. One doctor. Dr. Fiksel maps the full kinetic chain: joint mechanics, load transfer patterns, mobility restrictions, and the compensations your body built around the original injury. The goal is to find what made the injury site vulnerable, not just what's symptomatic now.
Step 3: A Real Plan
Not another generic program. A specific explanation of what was found, a clear path back to full activity, and honest timelines.
Dr. Oron Fiksel, DSc
Fellowship-trained manual therapist. Doctor of Science in physical therapy. Private practice in Boca Raton, FL.
Dr. Fiksel works exclusively with complex musculoskeletal cases, active adults and athletes who have already been through standard treatment and are still looking for a real answer.
One doctor, one hour, no handoffs, no insurance. and no protocols telling Dr. Fiksel how long to spend with you or what to address.
That's the point. The path back to full performance starts with one conversation.
Business Info
Location & Contact Info
Hours
Tuesday - 2:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Thursday - 6:00 am - 11:00 am
Friday - 7:00 am - 2:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 am – 11:00 am