The Spine Center opened at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in July 2002 and offers the expertise of leading back and neck experts in the Boston area - all in a convenient suburban setting. 

We provide surgical and non-surgical consultation and intervention for a variety of conditions and needs, including:

• Neck and arm pain
  
• Back and leg pain
  
• Spinal stenosis
  
• Disc herniations
  
• Second opinions for surgery
  
• Workmen’s compensation claims
  
• Chronic back and neck pain
  
• Degenerative disorders of cervical and lumbar spine

Our Spine Center staff is committed to helping patients obtain relief from pain and achieve the highest level of independence and physical function.

Multidisciplinary Care

Patients are carefully evaluated at The Spine Center through state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging technologies. Based on the results of the evaluation and the patient’s goals, an individualized treatment plan is created. The treatment plan can include any of the following components:

• Patient education
  
• Surgery
  
• Therapeutic exercise programs for cardiovascular and muscular fitness
  
• Pain management and pharmacologic interventions
  
• Spinal injections
  
• Worksite evaluations and ergonomic recommendations
  
• Joint mobilization and manipulation
  
• Complementary therapies including acupuncture

Team Approach to Patient Care

The Spine Center approaches care as a team, with communication and coordination at the center of everything we do. The Spine Center’s physicians and therapists discuss and evaluate each patient’s progress on a weekly basis. Each spine specialist offers his or her expertise through this team approach. Care is seamlessly coordinated among all caregivers.

Spine Center physicians and therapists all practice at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, or both institutions. Each has years of training, specialty credentials and experience in spine care.

Our surgeons are highly skilled in all modern surgical techniques and instrumentation. Our physiatrists and anesthesiologists specialize in pain management and interventional techniques such as injections and acupuncture. And our physical therapists are experts in patient education, manual intervention techniques, therapeutic exercise and ergonomic intervention.