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A neurosurgeon is best for back and neck pain
Your spine is more than just bones. It contains your spinal cord, which connects to your brain. And all your nerves connect to your spinal cord.
Only neurosurgeons have the advanced medical training to understand how the brain, spine and nerves function together as a whole, as your nervous system.
Did you know that neurosurgeons treat back and neck pain? Actually, with such injuries being more common, over 70 percent of cases that Goodman Campbell physicians see are related to spine problems.
Click on the video below to hear a patient at Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine who experienced both surgery and interventional pain management procedures for her neck pain explain why she knew a neurosurgeon was her best choice for her pain.
Neurosurgeons are specialists who treat the brain, spine and nervous system. With more than seven years of advanced training beyond medical school, neurosurgeons uniquely understand how the brain, spine and nerves function together and what the proper treatment is for injury to and pain caused by the brain, spine or nervous system. Your brain, spinal cord and nerves all function together as one system, each connected to the other. We understand that pain anywhere in the body is often caused by injured nerves.
- Our surgeons use a conservative approach to the care we provide to patients.
- When surgery is not an option, we have a complete interventional pain management program that offers nerve blocks, epidurals and other pain procedures by fellowship-trained physicians.
- One referral to Goodman Campbell gives you your best chance to solve your back and neck pain because we use a superspecialization approach to care. This means every physician here further specializes in a complex aspect of neurosurgery. So instead of visiting one type of specialist, only to go back to your doctor when you still have pain and get a referral to a different specialist, you can get the care you need in one place.
- There is a spirit of collaboration and cross-consultation among Goodman Campbell physicians, so you can benefit from our vast expertise and resources, all in one practice.
- A neurosurgeon is always available to offer immediate consultation and works closely with our pain physicians, physiatrists and nurses.
- We offer 14 locations in the central Indiana area. If you need to be seen in an office that is affiliated with a particular hospital system, you may make this request when you call for your appointment. We can accommodate many of these requests.
If you are a patient, talk to your doctor and ask if a referral to a neurosurgeon is right for you. If you are a physician and would like to refer a patient to Goodman Campbell, please complete a consultation request and fax it back to us.
