Spine
The Spine Division at Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Specialists (OSMS) offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment of your spine-related condition. Our team of surgical and non-surgical specialists work together to provide expert, evidence-based care.
Our SpineToday clinic offers fast-access appointments - often the same day - for common spine conditions. At your initial appointment, you will be evaluated by a spine care specialist to get you started on the care you need. Our integrated team of surgical and non-surgical specialists are available to consult when needed. And our dedicated spine Nurse Navigator may help coordinate your treatment plan, ensuring a seamless and easy process.
Our comprehensive treatment options may include:
Conservative approach by one of our non-surgical specialists:
Spinal injections by fellowship-trained interventional spine specialists:
Or less invasive surgical treatment by one of our fellowship-trained spine surgeons
Our team of specialists provide care for common conditions including:
- Low back pain
- Neck pain and pinched nerves
- Disc herniation
- Radiating leg pain or sciatica
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal deformity including scoliosis
- Osteoporosis related spinal fractures
- Spinal tumors and infections
Our surgical and interventional specialists are experts in the following procedures:
- Minimally invasive, outpatient microdiscectomy
- Less invasive decompressive laminectomy
- Computer navigated, less invasive spinal fusion surgery
- Minimally invasive kyphoplasty
- Cervical discectomy and fusion
- Cervical disc replacement
- Scoliosis surgery
- Revision surgery
- Spinal cord stimulators
- Epidural steroid injection
- Rhizotomy
Call (410) 268-8862 for an appointment with our SpineToday team.
Surgical Information
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Posterior Cervical/Thoracic Fusion- English
Posterior Cervical/Thoracic Fusion- Spanish
Posterior Cervical/Thoracic Fusion Brochure
Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion- click Spine
Laminectomy- click Spine
PLIF:- click Spine
Vertebroplasty- click Spine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center’s Board Certified Physiatrists specialize in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R). Our Physiatrists, Parineet Bambrah, M.D. and Kwasi Sharif, M.D., provides non-surgical orthopedic care for injuries and disorders of muscles, nerves, and joints, including the spine. The primary focus of our physiatrist is to restore patients’ function and improve their quality of life.
Our physiatrist uses many diagnostic tools, including EMG’s (electromyography) and nerve conduction studies, to determine the cause of the pain. Once the cause of pain is determined, a treatment plan is developed to meet each individual patient’s needs.
The Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center’s Physiatrists are:
Physicians Specializing in Spine
- Acetaminophen for Low Back Pain
- Anesthetic or Corticosteriod Injections for Low Back Pain
- Back Problems & Injuries
- Cervical Disc Herniation
- Cervical Spinal Fusion
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Chemonucleolysis for Herniated Disc
- Corticosteroids for a Herniated Disc
- Decompressive Laminectomy for Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Discectomy or Microdiscectomy for a Herniated Disc
- Electromyogram (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies
- Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Exercises to Reduce Low Back Pain
- Herniated Disc
- History and Physical for Low Back Pain
- Interactive Tool: Should You Consider Surgery for Your Low Back?
- Intradiscal Electrothermic Therapy (IDET) for Low Back Pain
- Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Lifting Properly to Prevent Back Injury
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) for Neck and Back Pain
- Open Inguinal Hernia Repair (herniorrhaphy, hernioplasty)
- Percutaneous Discectomy for a Herniated Disc
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Low Back Pain
- Spinal Fusion (arthrodesis)
- Spinal Fusion for Scoliosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondyloarthropathies