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Advanced Solutions: Back & Neck Pain

Four out of five have back pain.

Back & Neck Pain - Kansas City, MissouriMost American adults experience back pain sometime during their lives. It is one of the most common (and most costly) ailments in our society. The cost of treating back problems, time lost from work, insurance, therapy and surgery runs into the billions of dollars annually. Back pain can be a simple nuisance or it can be quite disabling.

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Diagnosing the right condition.

At Midwest Spinal Pain Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, we use state-of-the-art diagnostics, including CT fluoroscopy and epidurogram, to uncover the causes of:
  • Disc problems & discogenic pain         
  • Low back pain
  • Spinal stenosis 
  • Sacroiliac joint pain
  • Facet pain
  • Sciatica
  • Postural pain
  • Radicular pain
  • Post-laminectomy syndrome

While no single treatment can eliminate all back problems for every individual, back pain is treatable and manageable. Susan Anderson, MD, at Midwest Spinal Pain Institute, can help tremendously. As a dual-board-certified, fellowship-trained pain specialist and national authority on interventional pain management, she is dedicated to relieving your patients’ pain and return them to their lives.

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Advanced, effective treatment.

Dr. Anderson and her associates treat with:

  • Interventional pain management 
  • Physical therapy
  • Facet blocks 
  • Epidurals & epidural lysis of adhesions
  • Selective nerve root injections 
  • Peripheral nerve blocks
  • Sacroiliac joint injections
  • Nucleoplasty   
  • Medial branch facet blocks
  • Spinal cord stimulator trials      
  • Transforaminal injections
  • Radiofrequency procedures

Dr. Anderson helps patients overcome back trouble and avoid future back problems. She even helps patients avoid invasive surgery and/or large doses of medication.

At Midwest Spinal Pain Institute, you’ll find the most advanced nonsurgical and minimally invasive treatments – and vast expertise for all kinds of spinal injuries. Advanced techniques often result in less time lost from work.

If your patient has not responded well to other treatments and therapies, they may experience significant pain relief from our comprehensive therapies and attentive, personalized compassionate care.

Dr. Anderson is dedicated to staying at the forefront of pain management. She is board-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Medicine. She also received advanced fellowship training at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Today, she is dedicated to helping patients find pain relief. In fact, one of the things that really sets Midwest Spinal Pain Institute apart from other pain centers is our intense dedication to achieving the best results for each patient.

Ask us about the most advanced, most effective and compassionate back and neck pain care in the Kansas City area. Call Midwest Spinal Pain Institute today at 816.420.8282.

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