Orthopedic spine care at Ascension Saint Agnes

Getting the right spine care at the right time for your neck and back pain is critical for your health. At Ascension Saint Agnes Orthopedic Surgery, our orthopedic care team helps connect you with orthopedic spine specialists in Baltimore, Catonsville and Columbia, Maryland.

Specialty care for neck and back arthritis and spine injuries

Our orthopedic spine doctors listen to understand you and devote time to understand your health concerns. Then, we create a personalized care plan to help you get back to the activities you love.

Nonsurgical and surgical treatments are available to help relieve neck and back pain and improve your spine health. Common spinal conditions include:

• Arthritis
• Herniated disc
• Muscle strain
• Nerve impingement (sciatica)
• Osteoporosis stress fracture
• Spinal stenosis

Relief from back and neck pain begins here

If you have neck or back pain, even the simplest activities can be difficult. Whether you’re seeking relief from pain due to an injury or osteoarthritis in your back, Ascension Saint Agnes orthopedic care teams are here to help.

Back surgeons specialize in minimally invasive surgery to release pressure on the nerves, remove spinal spurs and provide pain relief. Treatment options may include:

• Minimally invasive discectomy
• Pain management and spinal injections
• Physical therapy
• Minimally invasive spinal fusion using 3D navigation software
• Disc replacement

Leaders in spine surgery

Spine surgery may be an option if you have chronic back or neck pain that hasn’t gotten better with other treatment, such as injections, medication or noninvasive therapy. Your doctor works with you to create a personalized care plan.

Some spinal conditions that may require surgery include:

• Back pain
• Broken vertebra
• Cervical disk disease
• Herniated disk
• Infection
• Neck pain
• Sciatica (nerve pain in your lower back and down your leg)
• Scoliosis (curved spine) and other spinal deformities
• Spine infection
• Spinal instability (spondylolisthesis)
• Spinal stenosis or narrowing of the spinal canal
• Spinal tumor
• Spondylosis (age related degeneration of the spine)

Providing the latest spine surgery techniques

When spine surgery is recommended as part of your care plan, experienced spine surgeons at Ascension Saint Agnes use the latest spine surgery techniques. Whenever possible, minimally invasive procedures are recommended, which use smaller incisions, spare soft tissue dissection, and lead to less pain and a shorter recovery.

Types of spine surgery include:

• Disk replacement
• Minimally invasive spine surgery
• Peripheral nerve surgery
• Removal of spinal tumors
• Robotic spine surgery
• Scoliosis surgery
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Spinal deformity correction surgery
• Spinal radiosurgery

From preparation for surgery through recovery, you are connected with specialists in physical rehabilitation. We focus on therapies to help safely increase your muscular strength and flexibility.