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Spine Care

Comprehensive care for neck and back conditions

Spine Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham

When you’re experiencing neck or back pain, you want relief. The specialists at the BID Needham Spine Center can diagnose and treat a range of neck and back problems. We work with you to get you the care you need, when you need it, all right here in your community.

Treatment for Back and Neck Problems

In many cases, neck and back problems can be treated with minimally invasive options like injections or other forms of non-surgical care. These options can help reduce your pain and get you back to doing the things you love.

When surgery is needed, you work with a surgeon who is specially trained to care for the spine.

Expert Care to Meet Your Needs

Spine conditions are common. Our spine specialists can care for many problems you may be experiencing. For complex problems involving the bones and nerves, however, you may need to see a specialist. This is especially true if surgery is recommended for your condition. At the BID Needham Spine Center, we can quickly guide you to the right specialist.  Specialists you may work with include neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons. While both can provide similar care, they also have their own areas of specialization:

Neurosurgeon

Neurosurgeons specialize in problems related to your nerves. For example, they provide treatment for spinal cord tumors.

Orthopedic Surgeon

Orthopedic surgeons specialize in problems with your bones. This includes conditions like adult scoliosis and other spinal deformities.

Comprehensive Spine Care Services

At the BID Needham Spine Center, we offer care from start to finish. This includes evaluation and diagnosis, pain treatment and physical therapy to help you recover.

Evaluation and Diagnosis

Your spine care team can help determine the cause of your spine pain. Your team may recommend any of the following tests:

  • Complete musculoskeletal evaluation 
  • Imaging scans, including the following: 
  • Nerve studies
  • Neurological evaluations
  • Pain evaluations
Interventional Pain Procedures

Our team offers several treatments to help reduce neck and back pain:

  • Injections, such as:
    • Epidural injections
    • Nerve root blocks
    • Facet injections
    • Dorsal rhizotomy
    • Sacroiliac injections
  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Discectomy
Physical Therapy

Physical therapy can help reduce pain and improve movement. This care involves strengthening, stretching, core exercises and manual therapy. If your care team recommends this type of therapy, you work closely with our physical therapy experts.

Surgery

All surgeries are performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). Our surgeons use the most advanced surgical techniques, which may include the following:

  • Decompression
  • Fusion and instrumentation procedures
  • Laminectomy
  • Laminoplasty
  • Osteotomies

Meet Our Spine Team

Jatinder Gill, MD
Jatinder Gill, MD Specialty Pain Medicine

Conditions We Treat

Our specialists provide care for a variety of conditions affecting the spine. These include the following:

  • Arthritis of the spine
  • Conditions caused by aging
  • Lumbar and spinal stenosis
  • Herniated disc
  • Osteoporosis
  • Radiculopathy
  • Spinal fractures
  • Spondylolisthesis

Services & Specialties

Our team works with various specialties to ensure you receive the care you need. These include:

Make an Appointment

To speak with a member of our team, please call.