Many of our patients get excellent pain relief from non-surgical therapies, such as:

• Physical therapy
• Physical and rehabilitation medicine (physiatry)
• Pain-relieving injections
• Non-narcotic medications
• Epidural steroid injections
• Radiofrequency neurotomy, facet denervation and rhizotomy (injection procedures to quiet nerve pain)
• Disk biacuplasty (a treatment for damaged disks that uses heat to interrupt pain signals)

Our board-certified neurosurgeons are highly experienced in all types of spine surgeries and use minimally invasive techniques whenever appropriate. Conditions we treat include:

• Chiari malformations
• Chronic back and neck pain
• Degenerative back and neck disorders
• Herniated disks
• Spinal stenosis
• Spinal tumors
• Lumbar and cervical disk replacements
• Minimally invasive procedures offer significant advantages over traditional surgeries, including smaller incisions, greater surgical precision, less tissue trauma, shorter hospital stays and less scarring.

We perform state-of-the-art minimally invasive procedures at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach, and in the outpatient Mission Surgery Center.

Mission Spine Center supports safe and healthy recovery through a team approach to rehabilitative care. Our services include:

• Inpatient, outpatient and in-home rehabilitation
• Physical, occupational and speech therapies
• Care from orthopedic-certified specialists
• Classes and health education programs for groups and individuals
• Work-hardening programs focused on rebuilding strength to return to work