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Interventional Spine Care
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UT Southwestern’s Spine Center physicians offer advanced nonsurgical interventional spine treatments – including injections, nerve blocks, ablations, and other minimally invasive procedures – to help patients find effective relief from spine and back pain.
What Is Interventional Spine Care?
Interventional spine medicine uses nonsurgical methods to treat spine and musculoskeletal conditions, including back pain, neck pain, arm pain, and leg pain. Therapies include injections, nerve blocks, ablations, and minimally invasive procedures. These treatments are often combined with a comprehensive approach that may include physical therapy and optimization of medications.
Why Choose UT Southwestern for Interventional Spine Care?
UT Southwestern’s Interventional Spine team features experts from several medical subspecialties, including Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Anesthesia and Pain Management.
We take pride in helping patients identify the source of their pain and providing education on a comprehensive treatment plan. Our goal is to help optimize your physical function and quality of life. We can help with new/acute pain, chronic pain, degenerative conditions, and more.
Because we have a strong team of physicians from a variety of training backgrounds, we can connect you with the appropriate expert for your diagnosis. When interventional spine techniques do not provide adequate relief, we work closely with the Spine Center team to offer surgical evaluation.
With convenient locations throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area, patients can consult with an interventional spine physician close to home.
What Are the Benefits of Interventional Spine Care?
Interventional spine care benefits include:
- Faster recovery
- Less pain
- Reduced risks
- Improved function
- Enhanced quality of life
What Conditions Are Treated with Interventional Spine Care?
Interventional spine techniques are used to address a variety of spine-related conditions, including:
- Arthritis or spondylosis
- Chronic back and neck pain
- Chronic spine pain despite surgery (post-laminectomy syndrome)
- Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar radiculopathy
- Degenerative disc disease
- Discogenic low back pain
- Facet joint arthropathy
- Herniated or bulging discs
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Vertebral compression fractures
- Vertebrogenic low back pain
What Treatments Are Part of Interventional Spine Care?
Interventional spine care involves the use of injections, nerve blocks, and physical therapy to address spine, back, neck, and musculoskeletal pain.
- Basivertebral nerve ablation (Intracept)
- Epidural steroid injections
- Kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty, also known as vertebral augmentation
- Nerve blocks
- Peripheral joint injections (including hip, knee, and shoulder)
- Radiofrequency nerve ablation, also known as rhizotomy or “nerve burn”
- Regenerative medicine injections
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Spinal cord stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation
- Ultrasound-guided injections
What Can Patients Expect During Interventional Spine Treatment?
Patients will receive a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, including imaging and electrodiagnostic studies (EMG/NCS) if indicated.
Based on the specific diagnosis, our team will recommend a comprehensive treatment approach tailored to help you achieve your goals.
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at James W. Aston Ambulatory Care Center 5303 Harry Hines Blvd., 7th Floor, Suite 800Dallas, Texas 75390 214-645-2225 Monday-Friday: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Directions to Spine Center Parking Info for Spine Center
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at UT Southwestern Frisco 12500 Dallas Parkway, 3rd FloorFrisco, Texas 75033 469-604-9140 Directions to Spine Center Parking Info for Spine Center
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at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Richardson/Plano 3030 Waterview Parkway, 1st FloorRichardson, Texas 75080 972-669-7101 Directions to Spine Center
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at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Las Colinas 6121 N. Highway 161, 3rd Floor, Suite 300Irving, Texas 75038 214-645-2225 Directions to Spine Center
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