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Patient
Information
Your Spine Deserves Special Care
Your spine is at the center of a delicately balanced system
that controls all of your body’s movements. Bones, muscles,
ligaments, tendons, and nerves all work together to balance the
weight of your body. Even minor damage to one component of your
back’s structure can upset this fragile balance and make movement
painful.
It is not surprising, then, that back pain is second only to headache
as the most common cause of pain, or that 8 out of 10 people will
have a problem with back pain at some time. The causes of back pain
can be simple or complex; the vast majority can be treated nonsurgically,
but in some serious cases, surgery is necessary.
Orthopaedic Spinal Treatment Pathway
To ensure the most accurate diagnosis, Dr.
Frazier
has access to a complete range of advanced diagnostic equipment
such as high-speed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized
tomography (CT scan), bone densitometers, myelography, and discography.
More than 90% of back and neck pain responds to conservative interventions,
so we also keep current with and provide the latest physical and
occupational therapy programs and equipment, including:
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Individualized spine rehabilitation program
• Back school instruction
• Exercise physiology
• Job site evaluation
• Aquatic therapy
• Posture correction
Nonsurgical interventions such as epidural steroids, trigger
point injections, nerve root blocks, and facet joint injections
offer additional therapeutic alternatives when more conservative
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Surgical
procedures are chosen only after non-surgical options have been
exhausted, and are individualized to your particular condition and
situation. Dr.
Frazier is board certified and qualified to perform a full spectrum
of spinal procedures. Dr. Frazier has performed thousands of spinal
surgeries, including the latest minimally invasive procedures. In
this type of surgery, microscopic camera lenses and specialized
instruments are inserted through very small incisions. While viewing
the transmitted image on a video monitor, Dr. Frazier is able to
repair the damaged area of the spine. Most patients with disc surgery
are able to go home the same day and can resume regular activity
within 1 to 2 weeks.
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