At MU Health Care, we can manage your neck or back pain. Whether caused by an unexpected injury or a complex medical condition, our spine specialists can improve your quality of life.
From walking your dog to running errands, everyday activities shouldn't hurt. When neck or back pain gets in the way of living your life, our spine specialists are here to help. At MU Health Care, we can give you a personalized treatment plan to help you live life to the fullest.
A Seamless Approach to Spine Care
From diagnosis to treatment, our goal is to make your spine care as easy and convenient as possible. That's why we have a full range of specialists committed to improving your spine health, all in one place.
Your Spine Care Team
Your spine care team can include:
- Orthopaedic doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating conditions that affect your bones, joints and muscles.
- Neurologists who specialize in diagnosing and treating conditions that affect your nervous system, brain and spinal cord.
- Radiologists who specialize in diagnosing conditions using medical imaging like X-rays and MRIs.
- Chiropractors who use pressure techniques to adjust your joints and realign your spine, helping ease pain and discomfort.
- Physiatrists who provide treatments like injections and nerve stimulators to help you move and function better.
- Physical therapists who develop personalized exercise plans to improve your strength, flexibility and mobility.
- Spine surgeons who perform procedures to correct spine conditions.
- Trauma surgeons at our Level I Trauma Center who deliver fast care for severe spinal injuries that need immediate attention.
Spine Specialties and Services at MU Health Care
No matter what level of care you need, we're here to help get you back on your feet.
Spine Diseases We Treat
MU Health Care provides spine care for a broad range of common and complex injuries, irregularities and degenerations. Spine problems we treat include:
- Scoliosis
- Spinal cord compression
- Spinal deformities in children and adults
- Spinal fractures
- Spinal infections
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal tumors
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
Advanced Diagnostics at MU Health Care
We can precisely identify what's causing your pain using leading-edge technologies. Advanced technologies include electrodiagnostic testing, which accurately identifies injuries associated with nerve or muscle function.
Nonsurgical Spine Treatments
Often, your back and neck pain can be resolved without surgery. At MU Health Care, our spine specialists use nonsurgical treatments and minimally invasive procedures to lessen your neck or back pain. This means you can heal quicker and more comfortably.
Nonsurgical treatment plans may include:
They may also include one of our more advanced minimally invasive procedures:
- Injection therapy, including Botox, epidurals and nerve blocks
- Microscopic discectomy
- Neurostimulation
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
Spine Surgery
If nonsurgical treatments don’t reduce or eliminate your back pain, more advanced options may work better. Our spine surgeons are board-certified and trained to perform surgery for both routine and complex spine procedures.
We can perform:
- Anterior cervical arthroplasty
- Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion
- Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)
- Laminectomy, both posterior lumbar laminectomy for back pain and posterior cervical laminectomy (with or without fusion) for neck pain
- Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF)
- Posterior cervical laminoplasty
- Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)
Leaders in Neck and Back Pain Treatments
Our spine team leads research efforts in spine care. We’re able to translate our insights into approaches that benefit you. This means you have access to the latest treatments for spine problems unavailable elsewhere.
Our spine team also dedicates time to teach the next generation of doctors. By doing so, we help to ensure the future of spine care is reliable and readily available in Missouri and beyond. Because no one should have to travel far for specialized care.
