At SWCA, we believe the best results come from mutual trust between physician and patient. Our team of Double Board-Certified physicians aims to put their extensive knowledge and combined years of experience towards helping you get back to being you. All of our patients can achieve optimum health with the right support system.



SWCA is a world-recognized team of spine experts offering revolutionary, professional, and effective healthcare. We specialize in minimally invasive treatments and our innovative practices are geared towards your health and wellness. From sophisticated and cutting-edge options to treat pain and optimize function to individualized treatment plans, SWCA looks forward to being a part of your healthy lifestyle. 

Dr. Mark Abumoussa graduated from the University of North Carolina and went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from Mississippi College receiving his Master's Degree in Biology-Medical Sciences. He received his M.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was the recipient of both the Wilder Medical Scholarship and the Thomas J Dark Medical Scholarship.

He has conducted research and studied Clinical Neurosurgery and Pain Medicine at several different universities, colleges, and research centers. His interests include interventional procedures targeted at pain pathway modification, including spinal cord stimulators, peripheral nerve stimulators, and DRG. He completed his anesthesiology training in Charleston, SC, and speaks 3 languages including English, Spanish, and Arabic.

Dr. Abumoussa is an avid volunteer at youth organizations and in his free time also enjoys soccer, basketball, tennis, everything UNC sports, and hiking/mountaineering. He has a passion for serving the Latin community and plans to do mission work in South America with his twin brother.

To book your appointment with Dr. Mark Abumoussa please contact us at 305.974.5533.

Nothing ruins a great day of golf like low back pain. Swinging a golf club uses forceful, repetitive lateral rotation in the lower back and the lumbar spine. This may cause a variety of low back pains including discogenic pain, muscle strains, sacroiliac dysfunction, and facetogenic pain. Facetogenic pain is arthritis in the lower back.

What are the symptoms of arthritic back pain?

Symptoms are usually in the lowest area of the back, just above the buttocks. Pain does not extend into the legs, nor the pelvis. It generally appears as stiffness and difficulty standing up straight. Patients with arthritic back pain frequently walk hunched over for relief and have trouble getting up out of a seated position.

What causes this?

Most often, it is part of degeneration. In golf, your pivot increases the likelihood of arthritic back pain.

How is arthritic back pain diagnosed?

Your doctor will listen to your history of the pain and perform a physical exam. You may also have imaging, such as an MRI, to confirm the diagnosis.

What is the anatomy?

In simple terms, arthritis is joint inflammation. Arthritis can affect the back, similarly to any other joint in the body.

The lumbar facets, also known as zygapophysial joints or Z-joints, are areas where the individual lumbar vertebra (spinal column bones) touch each other. The medial branch nerve of the spinal dorsal ramus, or MBN for short, provides sensory information of the facet joint. Each facet is innervated by two levels of MBN’s.

What are MBN injections?

MBN block injections involves injecting local anesthetic near the MBN, thus blocking the nerve from sending arthritic pain sensation signals to the brain. If successful, some patients are eligible to progress to Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA).

What are RFA injections?

RFA results in ablating the sensory medial nerve through the heat of 80 degrees Celsius for 90 seconds. Results typically last 6 months to a year, but in many cases, they last even longer.

Are these procedures covered by insurance?

Always check with your doctor and your insurance company, but most commercial insurances and Medicare do cover the injections.

Dr. Josephine Clingan is Double Board-Certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine in Miami, Florida. To learn more call us today at 305.974.5533.

Dr. Michelle Weiner gets to the root cause of one’s suffering using a biopsychosocial model to heal the whole person.

Ketamine is a transformative medication that acts as a catalyst to change. With proper preparation, integration, and personalizing dose and route of administration, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy allows for long-lasting benefits.

Ketamine is an anesthetic that was approved by the FDA in 1970 and is considered an essential medication for the management of chronic pain by the World Health Organization. Cleveland Clinic called It a “Top 10 medical breakthrough” for treatment-resistant depression.

Ketamine’s unique mechanism of action means that it works differently from the typical medications used for these conditions, offering patients new hope when all others have failed them.

Ketamine offers cognitive flexibility, allowing us to unlearn beliefs that do not serve us, depattern and reinforce positive thoughts, attitudes and behaviors while promoting new neural connections (neuroplasticity).

Using a team approach and evidence-based medicine, Dr. Weiner and the therapist or integrative coach support the patient to heal past trauma using ketamine as a tool to cultivate health and improve well-being.

To schedule a Ketamine consultation with Dr. Weiner please call our centers at 305.974.5533. Dr. Weiner offers Ketamine Assisted Therapies in Miami, Hollywood, and Boca Raton.