WELCOME TO
SPINE & STRENGTH
At Spine & Strength, our physician-supervised programs
offer the safest, most productive, and highest quality
personal training utilizing MedX equipment.
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Our MedX equipment delivers the most efficient, most
effective exercise available to:
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Decrease pain levels
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Increase flexibility and mobility
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Improve quality of life
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Spine & Strength's expert trainers utilize an evidence based,
science backed approach to safely and effectively build muscle.
We are committed to helping you achieve your fitness goals
and strengthen your spine for a healthier stronger body.
Join today and experience the difference!​
WHO WE ARE
Spine & Strength is a family owned small business that has been an integral part of Volusia County for over 40 years. We are a spine rehab clinic and fitness center dedicated to helping people live their most active and healthy life. Our programs and our health club provide alternatives, through medical grade exercise programs, that differ from what you may have experienced at traditional physical therapy clinics
or fitness facilities.
Dr. Michael Fulton and the professionals at Spine & Strength provide individualized exercise programs based on protocols scientifically proven at the University of Florida College of Health and Human Performance, with a focus on prevention and rehabilitation techniques to help clients return to and maintain their active lifestyles.
OUR HISTORY
Dr. Michael Fulton became involved in orthopaedic rehabilitation in the 1970’s when the medical profession was strongly inclined toward surgery as the best treatment for spinal pain and injuries. After years of study and research, Dr. Fulton concluded that if an appropriate program for strengthening musculoskeletal tissue were developed, orthopaedic rehabilitation could be successful without the need for surgery.
In the early 1980’s Dr. Fulton began working in conjunction with Nautilus, the company that introduced the concept of selectorized strength equipment. Dr. Fulton and Arthur Jones, the founder of Nautilus, opened a strength training and Sports Medicine clinic in Lake Helen, Florida to treat athletes in the area of orthopaedic rehabilitation. During this time, he assisted in designing specialized strength training machines and developed protocols to help athletes and non-athletes alleviate spinal pain.
Dr. Fulton has compiled one of the world’s largest databases related to stengthening the spine. Thousands of patients who followed the exercise protocol were tested and evaluated with outcome studies and established norms. The results of these studies showed an 80% success rate for decreasing spinal pain.
His name has become synonymous with medical expertise for spinal rehabilitation. Even though he is fully credentialed as an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Michael Fulton’s successful rehabilitation approach has been non-surgical for over forty years.​
TESTIMONIALS
FROM OUR AMAZING MEMBERS
Discover what our members have to say about their transformative experiences with Spine & Strength,
and join our community of dedicated individuals on
the path to better health and quality of life.
“FEEL SO MUCH BETTER"
"I seriously cannot live without going to Spine and Strength. Andy is the best and always encouraging me. I feel so much better and not afraid to live my life to its fullest. Thank you!"
MARIAN B.
“CURED MY CHRONIC BACK PAIN”
I love this gym. Dr. Fulton cured my chronic back pain in 2009, I have continued at the gym following the back strengthening exercise protocol."
ROBERT A.
“BIG DIFFERENCE IN MY HEALTH”
"This gym is terrific. I have used it for many years. The personal trainer, Andy, is especially knowledgeable and is a pleasure to work with! They have made a big difference in my health. I recommend them highly."
RON Z.
“STAY YOUNG & STRONG”
This is the place where you go to stay young and strong. I am still surfing, mountain and road biking and maintain the strength to do these activities without pain and with the agility of someone much younger than my age of 64. I highly recommend this facility and the people who run it. Chris Fulton and Andy will get you where you want to be with your health and fitness.
RICHARD C.