Treatment Options
Lone Star Spine uses both surgical and non-surgical treatments to relieve your pain.

Non-Surgical

Medication
For short periods of time, prescription medications may be helpful to alleviate pain or related complications. There are risks, side effects and drug interactions with any medication, so a medical professional should always be consulted prior to taking medications.

Rehabilitation
Stretching, strengthening and conditioning after a procedure is often key to successful spine surgery. While rehabilitation programs vary, as a rule of thumb, a bigger back surgery and a lengthy condition would require greater postoperative rehabilitation program than a lesser surgery on a more recent condition.

Surgical

Arthroplasty
Approved by the FDA in October 2004, Arthroplasty is the latest treatment option for patients with chronic neck and low back pain. In this procedure, the problematic cervical and/or lumbar disk(s) is replaced with an artificial disk, allowing greater preservation of motion than cervical and lumbar fusion have produced.

Discectomy
A cervical Discectomy - whereby a disc is actually removed - may be performed to relieve a pinched nerve. The purpose of surgery is to relieve the pain that radiates from your neck into your shoulders and arms. Most surgeons prefer to perform this procedure through the front of the neck as it provides the best access.

Injections
Injections may be considered to treat low back pain or to help a doctor determine the source of back pain. Depending on the type of injection, pain relief may be temporary or longer lasting. Among the more common pain relief injects are an Epidural, Selective nerve root block (SNRB), Facet joint block, Facet rhizotomy and Sacroiliac joint block.

Microdiscectomy
In a microdiscectomy, a small bit of the bone over the nerve root and/or the disc from under the nerve root is removed to relieve pressure and to allow the affected nerve to heal. The purpose of the surgery is to relieve your leg pain.

Spinal Fusion
For patients with Degenerative Disc Disease, some forms of Spondylolisthesis, fractures, scoliosis or deformity, cervical (neck) or lumbar (back) spinal fusion surgery - or internal fixation - may relieve pain by grafting two vertebrae to grow together into one long bone. Internal fixation works by minimizing motion, much like a cast on a broken arm. The goal of surgery is to have you return to an active lifestyle without significant pain. You have a 70-90% chance of accomplishing these goals after surgery.

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