Spine Care
When it comes to treating neck and back pain, no two care plans are alike. That’s why our Providence team includes neurosurgeons, spine and pain specialists, and a dedicated team of nurses and support staff to create a plan that’s right – just for you.
Spine Conditions We Treat
Nearly 100 million Americans suffer from neck and back pain each year. If you’ve been experiencing persistent aches and pains that keep you from enjoying daily activities, it might be time to see your doctor.
Conditions we treat include:
- Herniated discs
- Myelopathy, a spinal cord dysfunction due to neck compression
- Radiculpathy such as a pinched nerve
- Sciatica or nerve pain
- Spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal
- Spinal curvature such as scoliosis, kyphosis and other deformities
- Spondylosis, spine pain such as degenerative disc disease, bone spur or spinal osteoarthritis
- Spinal arthritis
- Spondylolisthesis, or disk degeneration and slipped vertebra
- Spinal cord compression
- Spine fractures
- Spinal tumors
Non-surgical Treatments
There are many effective ways to treat neck and back pain without surgery. You can be confident that your spine care team will always start with the most conservative care plan for you. Your team will discuss your treatment options, which may include any of the following.
- Injections to relieve pain
- Integrative therapies such as acupuncture, biofeedback and massage
- Lifestyle changes such as low-impact exercise and nutrition
- Over-the-counter pain medications
- Prescription medications
- Physiatry and physical therapy focused on restoring physical function
Spine Surgical Services
Our spine surgery experts are at the forefront of surgical advances for both complex and common spinal procedures. Advances in neurosurgery mean there are more minimally invasive approaches for neck and back pain than ever before, resulting in smaller incisions, less impact to the surrounding tissue and shorter recovery times.
Artificial disc replacement surgery (ADR) uses advanced surgical techniques to remove damaged intervertebral discs and replaces them with a prosthesis. This recreates normal dynamic function of the spine and eliminates back pain.
A discectomy involves removing all or part of a damaged or herniated intervertebral disc that is pressing on a spinal nerve or the spinal cord, helping relieve pain, numbness or weakness in the back and extremities.
Foraminotomy is a procedure focused on widening the opening where nerve roots exit the spine to relieve nerve compression.
Minimally invasive procedures that treat spinal compression fractures by injecting bone cement into the damaged vertebra to stabilize it and restore height, with kyphoplasty also using a balloon to create space before the cement is inserted.
A laminectomy is a surgical procedure that removes part or all of the lamina, the back portion of a vertebra, to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerves.
Laminoplasty is a surgical procedure that involves the partial removal of the lamina from the cervical spine and slightly rotates it away from the spinal cord to relieve compression.
A laminotomy, sometimes called a spinal decompression, is a surgical procedure that involves the partial removal of the lamina from specific regions of the spinal column to help relieve the pain of spinal stenosis.
A minimally invasive spine surgery that uses a small endoscope and camera to remove a herniated disc fragment that is pressing on a spinal nerve, resulting in less muscle damage and faster recovery than open surgery.
Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure that permanently joins two or more vertebrae together using bone grafts, metal rods, screws, or plates to eliminate painful motion between them and stabilize the spine.
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