When to Visit the Neck and Back Specialist
While types of neck and back pain can be temporary, certain symptoms may indicate your pain will not go away on its own. If you experience any of the following, it is important to seek precision diagnosis and treatment from a professional neck and back specialist:
- Severe pain that has not responded to over-the-counter medication, heat/ice application, rest and other initial treatment steps
- Prolonged pain that lasts longer than two weeks
- Sharp or shooting pain, combined with numbness, tingling or weakness in the shoulder, arm, buttocks or legs.
- Mobility problems caused by pain, such as difficulty when turning your head, standing, walking or performing daily tasks
If you have any of the following symptoms, it is vital to seek immediate medical attention, as these can indicate a serious condition: dizziness, confusion, fever, lack of bowel/bladder control, and a loss of coordination.
How a Back, Neck, and Spine Physicians Can Help
At the EmergeOrtho—Triangle Region Spine Center, our physicians and spine surgeons establish personalized treatment plans, based on precision diagnosis. X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized axial tomography (CAT or CT) scans, and bone density tests, in addition to thorough physical examinations, enable your neck and spine specialist to determine an accurate diagnosis.
Once a spinal disorder has been identified, a personalized treatment plan can be implemented.
Under the leadership of Dr. David Musante, our Spine Center physicians routinely treat:
- Degenerative cervical and lumbar disorders
- Disc herniation
- Spinal stenosis
- Deformity
- Scoliosis
- Trauma
- Pars fracture/Pars defect
- Cervical disc degeneration
Our Spine Center doctors utilize a multidisciplinary approach when addressing diseases and disorders of the back, neck, and spine. We strive to apply conservative treatment methods whenever possible. We have an entire team specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as physical therapy, providing safe and evidence-based pain management strategies.
And, we have a dedicated staff of highly-adept and practiced spine surgeons, should surgery be recommended for a spinal disorder.
Our Spine Center surgical team performs a wide range of innovative and minimally-invasive surgical approaches, which include:
- Cervical disc replacement
- Lumbar disc replacement
- Minimally-invasive spine surgery
- Outpatient spine surgery
- Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)
- Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF)
- Cervical discectomy and fusion
- Lumbar discectomy/laminectomy
- Lumbar fusion
- Cervical laminectomy
- Cervical laminoplasty
- Posterior cervical foraminotomy/discectom
- Kyphoplasty
No matter what is causing your neck and back pain, we have the comprehensive services needed to help you recover safely and effectively.
Request a consultation now. Or, please call us any time at 984.279.3661.