Solutions for Back and Neck Pain

MetroSouth Medical Center’s approach to back and neck pain centers around a multidisciplinary team of family medicine, pain management and surgical experts. These professionals collaborate daily to identify a patient’s pain generator – what specific structure or structures in the neck or back are causing the pain. This specific diagnosis then drives the development of a structured and effective treatment plan. A strategic combination of non-invasive solutions, such as medications, physical and occupational therapies and suggestions for daily activities are effective in the majority of situations.

Please call 708-489-7925 for a referral to a family medicine physician or pain management anesthesiologist to treat your back or neck pain. Don’t wait. “New” back and neck pain very frequently responds well to non-invasive treatment options.

In some cases, back and neck pain will persist despite the use of medications and non-invasive therapies. In those cases, a board-certified pain management anesthesiologist at MetroSouth Medical Center or a Cleveland Clinic fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon will develop an approach using the most advanced minimally-invasive treatment options. Spinal injections including epidural steroid injections, facet blocks and various nerve root blocks may successfully treat an inflamed nerve which puts the patient on the road to recovery.

New surgical approaches are also available. Disc replacement or minimally-invasive laminectomy, discectomy or fusion may be options depending upon the structure in the spine causing the pain. MetroSouth Medical Center spine experts also offer vertebral body augmentation, sometimes referred to as kyphoplasty, to treat patients with spinal fractures as a result of osteoporosis. Frequently, patients undergoing this short procedure feel pain relief immediately upon leaving the procedure room and are discharged to home within a few hours of the procedure.

Common back and neck conditions treated at MetroSouth Medical Center

  • Arthritis
  • Bone Spurs
  • Bulging Disc
  • Degenerative Disc Disease
  • Facet Disease
  • Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
  • Foraminal Stenosis
  • Herniated Disc
  • Pinched Nerve
  • Sciatica
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Vertebral compression fracture (as a result of osteoporosis)

Common spine surgical procedures performed at MetroSouth Medical Center

Lumbar Spine/Low Back

  • Minimally invasive microdiscectomy
  • Minimally invasive laminectomy
  • Minimally-invasive spinal fusion
  • Disc replacement
  • Kyphoplasty

Cervical Spine/Neck

  • Minimally invasive anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)
  • Disc replacement
  • Posterior decompression

Please call 708-489-7925 for more information about the spine specialists at MetroSouth Medical Center.