Comprehensive Spine and Back Pain Relief

At Keck Medicine of USC, our experts specialize in treating acute and chronic back pain and spine pain. Whether your pain is the result of a back injury, a spine injury or an ongoing disorder or disease, our specialists can provide advanced diagnostics and treatments to help. We care for a wide range of conditions, including chronic back pain, compression fractures, degenerative disc disease, herniated or bulging discs, spinal cord injuries and sports injuries.

Our specialists will carefully and thoroughly evaluate your condition and recommend the most appropriate and beneficial treatment plan for you, whether it is surgical, nonsurgical or minimally invasive. Our treatments include medications and state-of-the-art procedures designed to reduce your pain and quicken your recovery. As an academic medical center, our physicians are also leaders in the latest therapies and procedures for treating spine pain and back pain.

Our multidisciplinary approach results in optimal outcomes. Our spine and back care teams include orthopedic surgeons, neurological surgeons and interventional physiatrists who work collaboratively with our rehabilitation experts, pain management specialists and physical and occupational therapists to improve your treatment and recovery.

Supporting Your Recovery

Physical medicine and rehabilitation are an important part of your recovery plan. At Keck Medicine, our Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program provides support tools to help reduce your pain and shorten hospital stays. Our goal is to restore your quality of life as quickly as possible and help you get back to doing the activities you love.

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