Acute Back Injury

Acute back injuries can result from playing sports, lifting heavy objects, falls, trauma and accidents at work. Some of

the more common back injuries include sprains and strains, herniated disc and fractured vertebrae. If you suffer an acute back injury, you don’t just need your pain relieved and your condition treated. You also need to regain function and get back to your life and your livelihood. At St. Louis Spine Care Alliance, our team of board-certified orthopaedic surgeons and board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist can help you achieve this. We concentrate on correcting your back injury and helping you avoid reinjury, and we stay involved to ensure your rehabilitation is appropriate for your needs as well as the nature of the work you do.

We start by conducting a comprehensive exam and diagnostic testing to evaluate your condition. Based on our findings, we will recommend the most appropriate course of treatment designed to alleviate your pain and get you back to function. Conservative, nonsurgical options are always considered first, such as medication management and injection therapy; these methods have proven successful for many of our patients. Surgery is only recommended in a limited amount of acute back injury cases, and our orthopaedic surgeons offer today’s state-of-the-art procedures for the best outcomes possible.

Finally, we know acute back injuries are already an inconvenience, so we make your care as easy and efficient as possible. We will get you in for your appointment promptly, and we accept and file most insurance plans. In addition, we provide timely reports and updates to referring physicians, Workers’ Compensation case managers, insurance adjusters, employers and attorneys to ensure that nobody gets “lost in the shuffle.”

Visit our Patient Education Library to learn more about acute back injury. To schedule an appointment online, please use our Interactive Online Appointment Request Form.