Spine Expertise from a Team of Specialists
Back pain can negatively affect your quality of life and make everyday tasks nearly impossible. At St. Joseph’s Health, our goal is to find the source of any spine- or back-related pain and determine the best treatment to fix the problem, so you can lead an active, pain-free life.
St. Joseph’s Health provides comprehensive spinal care, close to home, by offering innovative surgical and nonsurgical therapies for the full range of spinal disease and disorders—from the simplest cases to the most complex. We use the latest technology to treat your condition and control your pain, reserving surgery when nonsurgical treatments are not effective. Our spine care team includes physicians, nurses, physical therapists, physician assistants and care coordinators who collaborate to tailor a personalized plan of care. From diagnostic tests before surgery to treatment and rehabilitation after surgery, we connect you with all the services you need to regain function and return to your daily activities.
Conditions We Treat
- Arthritis
- Degenerative disk disease: the deterioration of the disks in the neck or lower back
- Degenerative spine disorders
- Fractures
- Herniated disk: a rupture of a disk in the neck or lower back
- Kyphosis: an abnormal rounding of the spine
- Radiculopathy: a shooting pain down the arm or leg
- Scoliosis: a S- or C-shaped curvature of the spine
- Spinal deformities
- Spinal stenosis: the narrowing of the canal surrounding the spinal cord and/or nerves
- Spinal tumors
- Spondylosis: abnormal wear on the bones and cartilage of the neck or back
- Spondylolysis: a defect in a segment of bone in the lower back
- Spondylolisthesis: the slippage or displacement of one vertebra relative to another
Advanced Treatment Options
Our physicians often recommend non-surgical therapies first. Pain and anti-inflammatory medications, cortisone injections, nerve blocks, and physical therapy are all proven nonsurgical options that may alleviate your pain. But when conservative methods fail to provide relief and restore mobility, surgery may be necessary. Our surgeons perform a wide range of spine surgeries, using the latest, minimally invasive techniques whenever possible. This means significantly less pain, shorter hospital stays, and quicker return to your life.
Surgical treatments include:
- Cervical disk replacement
- Microdiscectomy or laminectomy
- Spinal fusion
- Traditional spine surgery
- Vertebroplasty
