Orthopedic neck and back pain care in Baltimore
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. We have safety precautions in place so you don’t need to delay an elective or necessary surgery.
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 non-invasive 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.
Orthopedic services, now closer to home
If you are looking for an orthopedic surgeon in the Greater Baltimore area or seeking a second opinion, we're here to help. We provide a range of orthopedic care - from non-surgical treatments such as physical therapy and injections to minimally invasive arthroscopy, hip and knee replacement and spine surgery. At Ascension Saint Agnes, we can connect you with an orthopedic doctor that's right for you.
Our ER care team at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital provides rapid medical evaluations of orthopedic injuries. From the ER, we can connect you with an orthopedic specialist.
If you experience a life-threatening emergency, go directly to the ER or call 911.