Spine

The spine acts as your body’s central support structure, supporting your weight while protecting your spinal cord. From walking and sitting to bending and twisting, your spine provides needed flexibility. But your spine is vulnerable to injury and other complex disorders.

Your spine comprises vertebral bones, intervertebral discs, spinal nerves and your spinal cord. All work seamlessly together to allow movement and other critical body functions. Your spinal cord, which is part of your central nervous system, acts as a highway of signals from your brain to your body and back again. If injuries or conditions impact your spinal column, you may experience pain and numbness beyond the damaged spinal area.

If you suffer chronic back pain in any part of your spine, consult a board certified spinal doctor. The spine specialists at Premier Brain & Spine in New York and New Jersey use advanced equipment and specialized skills to treat a wide range of spinal conditions and spinal cord injuries.

Spinal conditions are complex and varied. An early diagnosis often leads to successful treatment, so your doctor carries out extensive tests to determine the exact condition and cause. Symptoms of common spinal conditions include:

• Spine deformities
• A sharp, stabbing pain or a dull aching pain in your neck or lower back
• Loss of bladder or bowel control
• Neurological problems because of nerve damage
• Pain radiating from your lower back to your buttocks or thighs
• Stiffness or tightness in your back
• Pain that increases with movement

Causes of spine conditions range from degeneration with old age to falls, sports injuries, auto accidents, poor posture and poor lifting techniques. Risk factors include family history, excess weight and certain occupations.

• Vision disturbance
• Confusion and drowsiness
• Difficulty breathing
• Dizziness and loss of balance
• Nausea or vomiting
• Numbness or weakness on one side of your body
• Difficulty walking, speaking or understanding speech
• Loss of consciousness

Many spinal conditions cause pain. Your spine specialist identifies the source of your pain through advanced diagnostic tests. Spinal conditions include:

• Degenerative disc disease
• A herniated disc
• Kyphosis
• Myelopathy
• Radiculopathy
• Sciatica
• Scoliosis
• Spinal fractures or compression fractures
• Spinal tumors
• Spondylosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Stenosis

At the NJ and NY spine care centers of Premier Brain & Spine, spine specialists have the expertise to treat these and other spinal complications. Using the most advanced techniques and equipment, they offer treatments in-house, without having to visit a hospital.

The best spinal doctors use a multi-pronged approach to spinal treatment. Your spinal doctor may recommend conservative treatments before considering spine surgery. If the non-invasive approach doesn’t work, surgery may be necessary. Common treatments for spinal conditions include:

• • Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
  • Anterior lumbar interbody fusion
  • Corpectomy
  • Decompression surgery
  • Discectomy or microdiscectomy
  • Disc replacement surgery
  • Hemilaminectomy
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Laminectomy
  • Lateral lumbar interbody fusion
  • Lumbar foraminotomy
  • Minimally invasive laminectomy and foraminotomy
  • Posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion
  • Posterior lumbar interbody fusion
  • Revision surgery
  • Scoliosis surgery
  • A spinal cord stimulator
  • Spinal fusion
  • Spinal reconstruction surgery
  • Thoracic laminectomy and fusion
  • Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Scoliosis surgery
  • A spinal cord stimulator
  • Spinal fusion
  • Spinal reconstruction surgery
  • Thoracic laminectomy and fusion
  • Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
  • Vertebroplasty

  You can be treated at any of the ten Premier Brain & Spine locations in New Jersey, including West Caldwell, Union, Rutherford, Paterson, Hackensack, Freehold, Edison, West Orange, and Bayonne, or in Goshen, New York. Contact the doctors at the nearest spine center today to enjoy a return to a pain-free life.