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. 

Treating one’s trigger points is the key to reducing Myofascial pain as well as muscle pain in general. Trigger points are the centralized area where the pain is located and they are formed when one’s fascia contracts and sticks to itself. Trigger point injections are the proven method that our specialists use to help treat Myofascial pain as well as pain from tension headaches, fibromyalgia, and any other muscle pain that produces painful trigger points.

Many patients who have tried a variety of other methods find that trigger point injections are the only treatment they respond to, and have come to rely on the injections to live a better lifestyle.

The procedure is simple - your healthcare professional will inject a small needle filled with local anesthetic that is often combined with steroids or other medications to help relax the muscles and give much needed pain relief. It only takes a few minutes, and at this point in the procedure, the trigger point has become inactive and the patient is on their way. It’s quick, easy, and most importantly - effective.

Patients can do more than one injection during a visit if they have multiple areas of pain, and patients that may be allergic to some medications can request a dry-needle technique. The most common areas treated are the back, neck, shoulders, arms and legs.

The relaxation and pain relief that the injections provide is unmatchable. With the muscles relaxed, all the surrounding blood vessels, tissue and nerves can function freely again. With the muscle relaxed, your body is able to repair, restore and rebuild.

There’s no need to “muscle up” and suffer through pain when there is such a viable solution.

Talk to our team of professionals today who can help assess and decide if trigger point injections are the best option for you.

Summer and Migraines by Dr. María Alejandra De La Peña.

Almost every adult has experienced at least a minor headache, but what happens when the pain becomes unbearable or even chronic? And how does one distinguish between the pounding intensity of a major headache and the severe pain that comes along with a migraine? If your discomfort is getting in the way of your routine, it’s time to get answers.

If the pain surrounding your head, face and neck feels like a band of pressure, you’re experiencing a tension headache. Tension headaches are extremely common as they affect 42% of the adult population. They can be episodic or chronic in nature and can be triggered by stress, lack of sleep, or any sort of strain to the neck and jaw. Their counterparts, cluster headaches, cause pain on just one side, typically behind the eye. They are more cyclical in nature, lasting for anywhere from 6-12 weeks followed by periods of relief.

Headaches themselves are a symptom of migraines, a much larger issue at hand. The headaches associated with migraines usually occur on one side of the head, but can occur on both sides, and symptoms can last for hours or even days.

At Spine and Wellness Centers of America, we use evidence-based treatments to treat chronic migraine pain using Non-Surgical or Minimally Invasive pain relief techniques backed by science. We create a long term treatment plan individualized to you, your unique pain and your goals using cutting edge pain relief.

One of the most popular treatments offered is Botox, as it is minimally invasive while being maximally efficient. People who use Botox for their headache pain report more “pain-free” days per month. Looking at the science behind this unexpected solution, we see that Botox acts as a blocker for neurotransmitters that would otherwise signal pain to the brain. The Botox injections prevent that pain from reaching the nerve endings in your head and neck. The number of injections will differ per patient, but sufferers can expect to find some relief in 2-3 weeks after their first treatment.

The most important part of your treatment is your communication with your specialist. As no person is the same, no headache or migraine is the same, and by truly listening to your concerns and symptoms, at SWCA we can prescribe the best plan of action for you.

VIA Disc NP is a non-surgical, off-the-shelf, human nucleus pulposus (NP) allograft that is intended to supplement degenerated intervertebral discs. VIA Disc NP is a non-surgical option that can be delivered through a 22G spine needle. The purpose of this injection is to recreate the tissue of the disc to aid in movement and prevent pain.

VIA Disc NP is a non-surgical option that can be delivered through a 22G spine needle. The purpose of this injection is to recreate the tissue of the disc to aid in movement and prevent pain.

Age-related wear and tear of the intervertebral disc can cause loss of hydration and degeneration. VIA Disc NP is delivered into the degenerated intervertebral disc to supplement the degenerated intervertebral disc. In-vitro testing of nucleus pulposus tissue demonstrates the ability of the disc to absorb water similar to original nucleus pulposus tissue. Transplanted nucleus pulposus tissue may support biomechanical function of the supplemented disc.

The nucleus pulposus particulate is mixed together with saline for delivery into your intervertebral disc. During the procedure, the physician will use fluoroscopy (a computer tomography scan that takes images so that the physician can see where the needle is going). The physician inserts a needle through the skin and muscle into the center of the intervertebral disc. VIA Disc NP will slowly be delivered into that center.

The VIA Disc NP procedure can be performed under local anesthesia or moderate sedation may be recommended. Call us today to learn more about VIA Disc NP.