A coordinated, integrated approach to back pain
The UAB Multidisciplinary Spine Care Network, or SpineNet, is one of the nation's few comprehensive neuromusculoskeletal and surgical spine care networks dedicated to treating spinal disorders. SpineNet offers patients suffering from spine conditions consultation with an interdisciplinary team of specialists committed to advancing treatment for spine problems.
During their lifetimes, an estimated 80% of Americans will experience lower back pain, the leading cause of disability in the United States. Spine disorders also top the list of expenditures for workers' compensation claims.
SpineNet's goal is to provide timely, expert consultations, rehabilitation, and surgical care to patients referred by community physicians.
SpineNet offers an organized conservative treatment protocol involving:
- rehabilitation
- spinal manipulation by an osteopath or chiropractor
- spinal injections and nerve blocks
- acupuncture and other alternative approaches
- medication management
- education