Spine Care

At the AHN Spine Center, we understand the search for relief from back pain can be overwhelming. Whether you’ve bounced between providers or tried a variety of home remedies, the expert team at the AHN Spine Center can guide your path forward with a custom care plan to help you achieve a pain-free life.

Don't put back pain on the back burner.

The sooner you schedule an appointment with the AHN Spine Center, the sooner you'll find relief. Book now to get an expert opinion and a custom treatment plan.

Why choose us?

When you choose AHN for back pain relief, you can expect:

• Coordinated care: From diagnosis through treatment and recovery, you’ll find all your care in one place — so you don’t need to go anywhere else. 
  
• A team approach: You’ll receive personalized, compassionate care from a team of experts in different specialties. These physicians meet regularly to collaborate and ensure you receive seamless care — and that you achieve relief through the least invasive course of treatment possible. 
  
• A personalized treatment plan: We develop a custom, progressive plan that’s the right fit for your condition — one that focuses on your whole health, including healthy lifestyle habits — while mindfully avoiding unnecessary tests and treatments. Your plan may include managing your symptoms through nonsurgical care like physical therapy, or it may include surgical interventions.
  
• Surgical expertise: If you do need surgery, you’ll have peace of mind knowing our board-certified neurosurgeons are leaders in their fields who perform thousands of spinal procedures each year with exceptional outcomes. They use minimally invasive techniques whenever possible, with tiny incisions that typically result in less pain, fewer scars, and a shorter recovery time compared to traditional surgeries.
• Extensive research efforts: AHN has a robust neuroscience research program that helps lead the way in developing innovative technologies and therapies for treating back and spine conditions. 

Conditions we treat

At the AHN Spine Center, we treat a range of conditions, including:

• Arthritis.
• Degenerative spine conditions.
• Herniated disks.
  
• Pain caused by chronic conditions, injury, or pregnancy.
• Pinched nerves.
• Sciatica.
• Spasticity, a movement disorder caused by cerebral palsy, a stroke, or an accident.
• Spine problems relating to traumatic events.
• Tumors and diseases of the spine caused by cancer cells that spread from other areas of the body.
• Vascular malformations.

Your care team

Your care team is made up of expert providers who work together to plan and deliver the best care possible and bring you lasting relief. It may include:

• Anesthesiologists.
• Chiropractors.
• Neurology specialists.
• Neurosurgeons.
• Orthopaedic surgeons.
• Pain management specialists.
• Physical therapists.
• Specialists in internal medicine and physical medicine.

Treatment options

Our AHN Spine Center team offers many nonsurgical options for back pain relief, such as medication, physical therapy, or chiropractic care. Learn more about nonsurgical diagnostic and treatment options for back and neck pain.

If we do recommend surgery, you’ll benefit from our neurosurgeons’ expertise in groundbreaking techniques and advanced technologies, including:

• Mazor X™ robotics technology: AHN was the first hospital network in western Pennsylvania to use this leading surgical tool to treat spine conditions. Learn more about Mazor X spine surgery.
• Spinal decompression therapy:  In this procedure, image-guided and robotic technologies are used to ensure a more precise surgery and a quicker recovery.
• Intrathecal baclofen therapy: Surgeons implant a programmable pump under the skin that delivers medication directly to the spinal fluid through a tiny catheter. This therapy may relieve severe spasticity, or muscle tightness associated with conditions like cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis.
• Spinal cord stimulation: With this innovative therapy, surgeons place electrodes over the spinal cord to block chronic pain.

Contact us

To schedule an appointment or learn more about services at the AHN Spine Center, call (412) 359-6200 in Pittsburgh or (814) 452-7575 in Erie.

If you're an existing patient, you can also call (412) DOCTORS (412) 362-8677 in Pittsburgh or request an appointment online.