Spine Care
Struggling with back or neck pain? MetroHealth’s spine specialists offer expert care.
You have access to leading experts specializing in treating back, neck and spine problems at the MetroHealth Spine Center. Whether you have a new injury or need a second opinion, we’re here to help.
When you come to the MetroHealth Spine Center, you’ll have access to highly skilled spine specialists who are well-versed in treating a variety of conditions, whether common or complex.
Our spine surgery team consists of highly skilled specialists from diverse medical fields. These include orthopedic spine surgeons, neurosurgeons, physiatrists, pain management physicians, nurse practitioners and physical therapists. Receiving care at a center with such a wide range of expertise ensures you get the most effective treatment for your spine condition from the right specialist.
Our areas of expertise include:
- Compression fractures.
- Degenerative spine conditions, such as spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal) and myelopathy (severe compression of the spinal cord).
- Pinched nerves and bulging or herniated discs.
- Chronic back and neck pain.
- Pediatric and adult scoliosis and spine deformities
- Failed back syndrome—when a previous back surgery fails to meet your expectations of pain relief.
- Trauma. As a Level 1 Trauma Center, MetroHealth has extensive experience with acute spinal trauma, including spinal cord injuries, in the most difficult and time-sensitive cases.
Our world-class spine specialists are faculty of Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine, where they conduct research while teaching the next generation of physicians. They are committed to staying current with the latest advancements in spine care.
Collaborating To Provide Spine Care Solutions Tailored To You
We know that you are coming to us because you have pain and want answers and solutions. We are here to address your concerns, without putting up barriers.
That’s why your path to recovery starts with just one call to our Spine Center team . We’ll work as a team to coordinate your care and connect you to the right specialist. So you can be confident that you will receive an accurate diagnosis and a tailored treatment plan that meets your unique needs.
As needed, we’ll connect you with other MetroHealth specialties such as pain management or physical therapy. It’s another way provide comprehensive care for your spine condition.
There typically isn’t a need to rush into surgery to treat a spine issue. Many people who have moderate to severe back or neck pain can benefit from nonsurgical treatments. We focus on providing you with the right treatment plan tailored to your needs and diagnosis. This may include options, such as:
- Physical therapy. Our spine providers work closely with MetroHealth’s experienced physical therapists conveniently located across Northeast Ohio.
- Non-opioid medications. We tailor medications, like anti-inflammatories and neuropathic drugs, to each patient’s needs when managing both acute and chronic conditions.
- Muscle, joint and nerve injections, and minimally-invasive procedures. Our pain management specialists perform various types of spinal injections and procedures to manage the symptoms of a spine problem.
- MILD (minimally invasive lumbar decompression) procedure for lumbar stenosis, an outpatient surgery that relieves pressure on the spinal nerves.
- Spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation, to disrupt pain signals to targeted areas of the body.
- Nerve ablation, to disrupt nerve fibers that carry pain signals.
- Vertebral augmentation (kyphoplasty), a minimally-invasive treatment for vertebral compression fractures.
If nonsurgical measures aren’t enough to help with your spine problem, we may offer you a procedure performed by one of our world-class back surgeons. When possible, they use minimally invasive techniques that require only small incisions and techniques that preserve the motion of the spine.
Spine procedures we perform include:
- Microdiscectomy, to treat small disc herniations.
- Laminectomy, to relieve pressure on the spinal canal.
- Laminoplasty, to open the spinal canal without fusing the spine.
- Facet joint replacement (total posterior spine procedure) to treat spinal stenosis while preserving motion.
- Spinal fusion.
- Scoliosis surgeries.