PANAMA CITY SPINE, LLC
PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA

About Panama City Spine Medicine is becoming increasingly specialized all for the benefit of the patient. Recognizing that back and neck pain requires a specialized spine center approach, Dr. Michael Rohan launched Panama City Spine. The goal of Panama City Spine is to improve the care of those who suffer from back pain, neck pain, degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, scoliosis or stenosis. Each year, Dr. Michael Rohan, Jr. DO at Panama City Spine is referred back pain and neck pain patients from across the Gulf Coast, including the Florida Panhandle, Southern Georgia, Southern Alabama, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Destin, Fort Walton and as far away as Mobile, AL. As a community service, the spine center distributes a free 36 page Home Remedy Book on back pain. Recognizing that the best quality healthcare comes from a well-informed health care consumer, Panama City Spine created this online encyclopedia about back and neck pain at In addition, Panama City Spine produces a 16-page educational Back to Life Journal that provides home remedies for back pain, neck pain and other spine problems. Panama City Spine emphasizes nonsurgical treatment options like spinal injections that can relieve the symptoms of a herniated or bulging disc. Through the use of an epidural steroid injection, the spine specialist is able to reduce inflammation around a nerve root. This in turn can relieve the symptoms of radiating pain into a leg or arm, or deficit (weakness or numbness in a hand or foot). Panama City Spine is affiliated with spine specialized physical therapists that excel at treating back and neck pain. One of the only way to permanently relieve pain involves changing the physiology of the back by using exercise to make it stronger, more flexible and resistant to injury. When all nonsurgical treatment options fail to provide relief of symptoms, we emphasize minimally invasive spine surgery which shortens the incision, reduces time in the hospital, lessens pain during rehab, and speeds the return to activity and one's work. Each year, Dr. Michael Rohan, Jr. DO at Panama City Spine is referred back pain and neck pain patients from across the Gulf Coast, including the Florida Panhandle, Southern Georgia, Southern Alabama, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Destin, Fort Walton and as far away as Mobile, AL. One of the most prevalent providers of care for back and neck pain are chiropractors. While there are MDs who challenge the science related to HOW chiropractic relieves back or neck pain, and IF the benefits of manipulation are temporary vs. permanent, few argue that manipulation seems to help many people with simple back and neck pain to relieve symptoms. Sometimes the relief may be temporary, sometimes the manipulation of the back and neck yields more permanent relief. Advocates of osteopathic medicine argue that the D.O. degree background with manipulation, musculoskeletal and wellness can provide yet another facet to the physician’s expertise with assessing back and neck pain. Provide contant information below so we can advise you based on your above symptoms: As a community service, Panama City Spine mails out a free 36-page Home Remedy Book with customized stretches that can relieve some back and neck pain symptoms. Enter your name and address and we will mail you a copy. What do exercises have to do with relieving pain? Research in sports medicine and spine care exercises have shown to help relieve joint, ligament, muscle problems in the legs, arms, neck and back and increase range of motion. Dr. Michael Rohan, Jr. is fellowship-trained in spine surgery, the highest level of medical education in the U.S. Consequently, Panama City Spine is referred back and neck pain patients from across the Gulf Coast who can benefit from the most advanced minimally invasive spine surgery and artificial disc replacement surgery. Back in action quickly with minimally invasive spine surgery at Panama City Spine Scott, at 54 years old, is the very active owner of a jet ski rental company in the Panama City area. It’s not only a busy business to be in, but also physically demanding on a person’s back. “It’s a very physical business,” Scott explains. “I work 12 hour days, 7 days a week lifting 800-pound jet skis in and out of the water.” As a small business owner, Scott's income relies solely on his ability to perform these physically demanding tasks to keep his jet ski business afloat. “My health is my business,” Scott said, “Without my health, I can’t make money.” When Scott began experiencing terrible backaches and hip pain, he knew he needed to take action. After his long days hauling around jet skis, Scott notes that he would come home stiff as a board. Unfortunately, rest wasn’t an option for this busy small business owner, so to help manage the pain, Scott purchased a $3,000 massage chair to try to relieve the pain symptoms. Each night he’d sit in his chair, take anti-inflammatory pills and try to get ready for his next 12-hour day. Weeks later, finally recognizing the massage chair and pills were not helping, Scott sought professional help at a pain management clinic. The steroid injections Scott received would provide temporary relief, but the pain inevitably returned a few weeks later. He also tried various stretches, yoga and other nonsurgical options, but nothing alleviated the pain in his back or down his leg. Scott visited Dr. Rohan at Panama City Spine where diagnostic tests at the spine center revealed he had spinal stenosis. Stenosis is a condition that can develop as a person ages, particularly in those over 50. It relates to a narrowing of the spinal canal, which places pressure on the spinal cord and nerves because there is not enough room for them. Much like having a ring on a finger, if the finger becomes injured or inflamed, the ring constricts and causes pain. The pain caused by stenosis is typically focused in the low back area and can shoot down the legs and flare up after walking or exercising. After spine surgery, Scott remembers that he woke up in the recovery area with zero back pain. And the next day following surgery, Scott was able to walk around Walmart without pain. “I felt like a new guy,” he said, “There was such little pain after surgery that I didn’t even need any narcotics or painkillers, just a couple Tylenol.” Following a brief recovery period, Scott was a able to phase back into his business.