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Patient Information: Spine Information Your Spine Deserves Special Care Your spine is at the center of a delicately balanced system that controls all of your body’s movements. Bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves all work together to balance the weight of your body. Even minor damage to one component of your back’s structure can upset this fragile balance and make movement painful. It is not surprising, then, that back pain is second only to headache as the most common cause of pain, or that 8 out of 10 people will have a problem with back pain at some time. The causes of back pain can be simple or complex; the vast majority can be treated nonsurgically, but in some serious cases, surgery is necessary. Complete Spinal Care At Helena Orthopaedic Clinic, we provide complete diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation capabilities, as well as preventive intervention. We specialize in the treatment of back and neck pain due to injury, deformity, and degenerative conditions, including:  •
Painful degenerative disc disease• Spinal fractures and trauma • Spinal deformity –Scoliosis –Kyphosis –Ankylosing spondylitis –Congenital –Neuromuscular • Herniated cervical, thoracic, and lumbar discs • Spondylolisthesis • Spinal stenosis • Instability • Osteoarthritis • Failed back and neck surgery • Bone cancer and related tumors Treatment Most cases of back and neck pain can be treated with nonsurgical interventions, but more serious cases may require surgery. Spinal treatments are chosen with an eye towards reducing hospital stay and recovery time, minimizing pain, and lowering costs. Your orthopaedic specialist will discuss your treatment options with you, so that a decision can be made together about what treatment is best for you. Spinal treatment options include: Physical and Occupational Therapy • Individualized spine rehabilitation program • Back school instruction • Exercise physiology • Job site evaluation • Aquatic therapy • Posture correction Nonsurgical Interventions • Epidural steroids • Trigger point injections • Nerve root blocks • Facet joint injections Surgical Interventions Surgery is chosen only after nonsurgical options have been exhausted. Surgical interventions are individualized to your particular condition and situation, and are available for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine conditions. Our orthopaedic surgeons are board-certified and qualified to perform a full spectrum of spinal procedures, from minimally invasive microsurgical techniques to complex anterior and posterior spinal reconstruction. And they use advanced surgical techniques that have been developed to reduce surgical trauma and pain, thereby shortening postsurgical recovery time. |
