Personalized Neck and Back Care to Ease Your Pain

When chronic pain in your neck or back affects your quality of life, you want effective treatment and fast relief. Our ProMedica Spine Care experts are ready to help. We’ll schedule you for a visit within two business days at one of our convenient locations in Toledo or Perrysburg. You can also see one of our experts at our neurosurgery offices in Monroe and Adrian. Just call us to request an appointment.

Comprehensive Evaluation of Neck and Back Pain

With ProMedica Spine Care, you’ll receive prompt access to a convenient, comprehensive evaluation of your back, neck or spine pain, with a quality diagnosis. After a thorough evaluation and possible testing, we’ll recommend a comprehensive, focused spine treatment plan. 



Our clinics are open to anyone who is looking for neck pain treatment or back pain treatment. Here are some important things to know:

• You do not need a referral. 
• You do not need prior work-up or testing.
• Your pain may be from a new or old injury.
• Your pain may be new or chronic.
• Patients with all levels of pain are welcome.
• You may already be receiving treatment or want a second opinion. 

Testing and Diagnosis of Your Spine Issue

For an accurate diagnosis, our team of specialty-trained certified nurse practitioners may order and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies to begin your customed care plan.

Your testing may include:

• X-ray: Radiation is used to develop images of more dense parts of the body, such as bones and tissue. 
• Computed tomography (CT) scan: This series of X-rays takes various images of different angles of targeted body parts.
• Discogram. This x-ray procedure uses contrast dye to examine the disks in the spine.
• EMG (electromyography). This test looks for neuromuscular issues by measuring how a muscle responds to nerve stimulation.
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Using radio waves and a magnetic field, an MRI captures high-resolution images.
• Myelogram. Using contrast, this test looks for problems in the spinal canal, spinal cord and nerve roots. 

Pain Relieving Neck and Back Treatment

ProMedica’s vast network of specialists makes it easy for you to have access to the right expert for your diagnosis. You may be referred to a specialist in pain management, neurosurgery, orthopaedics, or physical medicine and rehabilitation. Our spine specialists will work closely with you to tailor your care plan and help you recover quickly. The goal is to improve your quality of life and get you back to your daily activities.

Throughout ProMedica, we offer a variety of conservative and surgical options to meet your needs. Our highly trained spine specialists may recommend:

• Complementary therapies, such as acupuncture or massage therapy.
• Disk replacement to replace damaged disks with artificial disks.
• Discectomy to remove part of a damaged disk.
• Epidural injections to provide pain relief.
• Home treatments, such as ice packs, heat pads and developing good posture.
• Laminectomy to remove part or all of the lamina, the back part of the vertebrae.
• Medication (anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxers and pain relief) for pain relief.
• Minimally invasive procedures.
• Occupational and physical therapy.
• Regenerative medicine, a nonsurgical procedure that uses the body’s own cells to foster healing.
• Spinal fusion to join vertebrae in the spine.
• Spine decompression, a surgery to treat a compressed spinal cord. 
• Steroids to reduce inflammation and provide pain relief.
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), which uses a mild electrical current to stimulate nerves and reduce pain.

 
We're here to support you before, during and after your spine treatments. That means helping you understand the risks, benefits and side effects of treatment. Our spine specialists will create a personalized follow-up spine treatment plan to keep a close watch on your recovery process.

Understanding the Cause of Your Pain

Your spine and spinal cord work together as a complex network to help control your nervous system. This includes bones, called vertebrae, which protect your spinal cord. Between those bones are disks, which help absorb shock and make your spine flexible.

Your spinal cord sends information to your brain and your body. When something happens to your spine, the pain is sharp and more severe because of all the nerves and impulses in that part of your body. There are several neck and back pain causes, which can make it complicated to treat. 

Conditions that may cause pain in your spine can include:

• Arthritis.
• Bulging, herniated or ruptured disks.
• Curvature of the spine, including scoliosis.
• Overuse injuries.
• Sciatica.
• Spinal stenosis (narrowing).
• Sprains, strains or fractures.
• Trauma. 

Whatever the cause of your pain, ProMedica Spine Care is here to help. We’ll get you started on your path to healing.

Spine Clinic

When you don't know where to turn for your spine pain, getting the right help can feel overwhelming. Our Spine Clinic is available to help test, diagnose and recommend treatment to help ease pain.

With clinics in Toledo at the ProMedica Neuroscience Center and in Perrysburg on Dixie Highway, and experts at our Neurosurgery offices in Monroe, Michigan and Adrian, Michigan, you can find spine care close to home. Our clinics are open to anyone who is having back or neck pain, and:

• No referrals are needed and no prior work-up or testing is needed.
• Patients with old or new injuries in any pain level are welcome.
• We accept patients who are already being treated or want a second opinion.

At one of our clinics, you'll receive prompt access to a convenient, comprehensive evaluation of your back, neck pain or spine pain, with a quality diagnosis. Our team of specialty-trained nurse practitioners may order and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies (e.g., X-rays, MRI, CT, EMGs) to begin your customized care plan.

Then, we'll recommend a comprehensive, focused spine treatment plan, choosing from a variety of conservative and surgical options depending on your needs. We'll refer you to experts to get you started on your course of treatment.