Back and Spine

Why choose Ochsner for back and spine care?

At Ochsner Health's nationally recognized Back and Spine Center, a team of medical experts from multiple specialties works together to create a treatment plan that's unique to you, your pain and your goals.

Our dedicated back and spine treatment team delivers the most effective treatment and support available all in the same clinic. This means you won't have to travel to see multiple doctors at different locations for your care.

Our team includes fellowship trained orthopedists, neurosurgeons, pain specialists, physical therapists and more who will provide you with specialized knowledge that can make all the difference in treatment, quality of life and recovery. Their goal is to get you back to doing what you love.

Healthgrades rated the Ochsner Back and Spine Center as a top spine program in the United States with 5 stars.

The medical experts at Ochsner's Back and Spine Center treat a variety of conditions, including:

Neck and back pain
Degenerative diseases of the spine
Spinal deformities including:
- Complex adult spinal deformity
- Complex pediatric spinal deformity
- Chin on chest deformity
Scoliosis
Sagittal imbalance (when the spine is curved in such a way that you cannot stand up straight)
Kyphosis (an exaggerated, forward rounding of the upper back)
Cervical and lumbar disc herniations
Traumatic spinal fractures including:
Cervical fractures
Thoracic fractures
Lumbar fractures
Spinal infections
Tumors including:
- Spinal tumors
- Metastatic (cancer that has spread) and primary tumors
- Tumors arising from neural structures
Tumors affecting the spinal column
Chiari malformations (structural defects in the base of the skull and cerebellum)
Nerve injuries and nerve tumors
Carpal tunnel and other nerve entrapment neuropathies (conditions in which a nerve becomes compressed, or entrapped between two other structures in the body)
Radiculopathy (pinched nerve)
Spinal stenosis (a narrowing of the spaces in your spine)
Cervical dystonia (rare movement disorder that causes neck muscles to contract involuntarily)
Sacroiliac joint pain (oain arising from the sacroiliac joint is one of the potential causes of low back pain)
Spondylolisthesis (when one of the bones in your spine — called a vertebra — slips forward and out of place)
Migraines
Trigeminal neuralgia (a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve, one of the most widely distributed nerves in the head)
Spinal infections

Surgery should not always be the solution for back and spine pain. But when surgery is necessary, our team is here for you.

Ochsner’s Back and Spine surgeons are experts in minimally invasive and advanced surgical approaches, giving our patients better results and quicker recovery times. The surgical and nonsurgical treatments we offer are:

Surgical treatments:

Discectomy
Disc replacement
Kyphoplasty
Laminectomy
Minimally invasive spine surgery
Robotic spine surgery
Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Fusion
Spinal cord stimulation
Spinal fusion
Spinal reconstruction
Vertebroplasty

Nonsurgical treatments:

Botox therapy for migraines
Dry needling
Iovera – cryotherapy
Massage
Nerve blocks
Platelet-Rick Plasma
Radiofrequency ablation/rhizotomy
Steroid injections
Therapeutic exercise
Viscosupplementation injections

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Referring physicians can contact Ochsner Clinic Concierge, our dedicated physician referral line, at 1-855-312-4190. They can also contact our clinics at the numbers below.

New Orleans: 504-842-2000

Baton Rouge: 225-761-5200

Slidell/Covington: 985-875-2727

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