Back Surgery

Alternatives to Spine Surgery

If you have been suffering from severe neck or back pain for weeks on end and have not found relief through chiropractic treatment or pain medication, you may have started to think that back surgery is your only option. While it is true that in some cases back surgery can significantly alleviate and even abolish debilitating back pain, it should be a last resort. Many people who opt for back surgery come to regret it when their pain is not improved or even made worse as a result of the procedure. Luckily, the pain management specialists at Peachtree Spine practice alternative treatments designed to treat a number of back pain symptoms. With six locations in the metro Atlanta area, you are likely to find a location that is convenient to where you live and work. By making an appointment for a consultation with a specialist at a Peachtree Spine office near you, you will be taking a positive step toward recovery through high quality, specific procedures that will target and treat your type of back pain without the risks of invasive back surgery. With experience performing a variety of blocks and injections designed to decrease your back pain, the expert physicians at Peachtree Spine can help you get back to your daily life.

When Should You Consider Disc Surgery?

Doctors recommend that you try a number of non-surgical procedures before you undergo back surgery, since surgery is not for everyone. If you have already tried prescription pain medication, chiropractic treatment, and/or physical therapy and your back pain symptoms have not improved or gone away, or you have gotten an MRI that suggests that you are experiencing a herniated disc, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, vertebral fractures, or discogenic back pain, back surgery may have been recommended by your primary care physician or another doctor. You may also fall into one of two groups of people for whom back surgery is usually recommended; people in the first group may suffer from chronic low back pain, a herniated disc, Sciatica, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, or vertebral fractures that have affected nerves. People in the second group usually have some form of degenerative disc disease and suffer predominantly from lower back pain without leg pain. Many patients whose symptoms align with one of these predominant groups may find relief in other forms than back surgery at one of Peachtree Spine’s six locations around Atlanta. Doctors Jeffrey S. Grossman, M.D., Matthew M. Richardson, M.D., Christopher D. Taylor, M.D., Rayden C. Cody, M.D., Derron A. Jones, M.D., and Michael D. Greene, M.D., are certified medical doctors who have studied and practiced physiatry successfully on patients with a wide range of symptoms at offices in Dunwoody, South Atlanta, Marietta, Johns Creek, Decatur, and Gwinnett County. With a large, knowledgeable staff and a history of success, Peachtree Spine physicians can apply their expertise in a timely manner to provide you with effective back pain relief quickly.