Spine care
Spine specialists, who can be orthopedists or neurosurgeons, diagnose and treat injuries, trauma and diseases related to the spine. Spine care doctors also offer care for herniated discs, nerve damage, sciatica, neck pain or chronic back pain.
Parham Doctors’ spine program servicing Richmond and Central Virginia
The spine physicians at the Parham Spine Center help restore your quality of life.
Persistent back pain can affect everything you do, from playing with your kids to sleeping well. At Parham Doctors’ Hospital, our specialists can pinpoint the cause of your pain and effectively treat it so you can get back to what you love.
Expert advice, available 24/7
Free health-related advice is just a phone call away. Our licensed nurses will help you understand your symptoms, answer health-related questions, and navigate where to seek care.
Free health-related advice is just a phone call away. Our licensed nurses will help you understand your symptoms, answer health-related questions, and navigate where to seek care.
Spinal conditions we treat
Our spine surgeons treat a variety of injuries, diseases and disorders that affect the neck and back, including:
- Back pain
- Curvature of the spine
- Degenerative disc disease
- Herniated discs
- Myelopathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Sciatica
- Slipped vertebra
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal tumors
- Spine fractures
- Spine infections
- Sports injuries
Types of spine care we offer
We provide comprehensive treatments that includes both orthopedic and neurological services. We also offer in-house pain management and rehabilitation so you can get what you need from one team, in one place.
Back and spine treatments
We offer nonsurgical and minimally invasive spine treatments, including:
- Nerve stimulation techniques — pain relief through a low-voltage electrical current to the nerves
- Physical therapy and rehabilitation — core strengthening and stabilization using supervised exercises and stretches
- Radiofrequency energy and heat ablation — outpatient procedure using radiofrequency energy or heat to destroy the nerves that cause pain
- Spinal injections — pain relief and inflammation reduction through medications that are injected using image-guided technology
Advanced spine surgery
- Discectomy/microdiscectomy — This surgery removes all or part of the disc.
- Laminectomy or laminotomy — This procedure removes the back of one or more vertebrae to relieve pressure on the spinal nerves. It's often performed along with spinal fusion surgery.
- Spinal fusion — This procedure joins two vertebrae using bone grafts and sometimes implants, such as rods and screws. It helps improve the stability of the spine.
Endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery
What is Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Ultra-minimally invasive spine surgery designed to pinpoint the source of back pain and address it, with significant patient benefits
Treats conditions that cause back pain, numbness, weakness, muscle stiffness, etc.
Benefits
- Faster recovery time and return to normal activity
- Smaller incision leading to less post-operative complications and pain
- 75% of patients show significantly reduced pain after 5 years
Non-surgical rehabilitation and pain management
Physical therapy and rehabilitation
Core strengthening and stabilization using supervised exercises and stretches
Radiofrequency energy and heat ablation
An outpatient procedure using radiofrequency energy or heat to destroy the nerves that cause pain
Spinal injections
Pain relief and inflammation reduction through medications that are injected using image-guided technology
The Joint & Spine Center
Parham Doctors’ Hospital is home of the award winning Joint & Spine Center, with multiple program accreditations from the Joint Commission.
About our Joint & Spine Unit
The newly renovated inpatient unit is dedicated to spine and total joint surgical patients, with orthopedic trained nursing and therapy staff.
About our spine surgery classes
A coach can be a family member, friend or caregiver who will help you at home after surgery. The coach is invited to attend the presurgical class with you.
The spine program coordinator will work with you and your coach through your spine surgery to be sure you are progressing. They will also ensure your satisfaction throughout the entire care experience.
Cervical (neck) surgery classes are offered:
- Thursdays at 9:30am at Parham Doctors' Hospital
Lumbar (back) spine surgery classes are offered:
- Thursdays at 1:00pm at Parham Doctors' Hospital
For more registration information, please contact us at (804)-967-5352.
The newly renovated inpatient unit is dedicated to spine and total joint surgical patients, with orthopedic trained nursing and therapy staff.
A coach can be a family member, friend or caregiver who will help you at home after surgery. The coach is invited to attend the presurgical class with you.
The spine program coordinator will work with you and your coach through your spine surgery to be sure you are progressing. They will also ensure your satisfaction throughout the entire care experience.
Cervical (neck) surgery classes are offered:
- Thursdays at 9:30am at Parham Doctors' Hospital
Lumbar (back) spine surgery classes are offered:
- Thursdays at 1:00pm at Parham Doctors' Hospital
For more registration information, please contact us at (804)-967-5352.