UHS Spine Surgery earns Gold Seal of Approval

UHS is the first program in Upstate New York to earn the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Core Certification in Spine Surgery by demonstrating continuous compliance with Joint Commission performance standards, placing the program among a select group of hospitals nationwide to achieve excellence in spine care.

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Spine Care & Pain Relief

Our New York Spine care and pain relief centers practice is a branch of medicine employing an interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of those living with chronic pain. The typical spine care & pain relief team includes spine doctors and nurse practitioners. The team may also include other mental-health specialists and massage therapists. Pain sometimes resolves promptly once the underlying trauma or abnormal pathology has healed, and is treated by one practitioner. Effective management of chronic pain, however, frequently requires the coordinated efforts of the management team approach.

Medicine treats injury and pathology to support and speed healing; and treats distressing symptoms such as pain to relieve suffering during treatment and healing. When a painful injury or pathology is resistant to treatment and persists, when pain persists after the injury or pathology has healed, and when medical science cannot identify the cause of pain, the task of medicine is to relieve suffering. Treatment approaches at our New York spine care and pain relief center include medications, interventional procedures, physical therapy, application of ice and/or heat, and psychological measures, such as biofeedback.

Our team approach can make a world of difference

A wide range of medical and surgical pain relief methods are available at UHS Spine Care & Pain Relief, with office hours in Johnson City and Norwich. Your team of providers will work with you to design a pain management plan that is tailored to your specific pain and its causes.

Among the approaches and therapies available are:

Pain medications
Nerve-block injections and local anesthesia
Trigger-point injections
Spinal cord stimulation
Spinal drug delivery systems
Reduction of cancer-associated pain
Patient-controlled analgesia pumps
Electrothermal and bioelectrical therapies
Surgical options

Your team will also enable you to learn about possible lifestyle changes that can enhance your pain relief.

Procedures also offered at Ambulatory Center

If your provider schedules you for a certain type of spine care & pain relief procedure, it may be provided to you in the UHS Ambulatory Surgery Center at Wilson Place, at 52 Harrison St. in Johnson City, next to UHS Wilson Medical Center.

In the Ambulatory Surgery Center, you will have the comfort of knowing that the patient care environment is of the highest standards, offering the latest in pain management imaging and injection technology. Safety, accuracy and quality in your pain treatment are our top priorities.

Are you dealing with spinal pain?

Don't go it alone. We're here to help.

UHS Spine Care & Pain Relief offers the latest in medical and surgical options. No matter what kind of spinal pain you’re living with - whether due to injury or disease - UHS Spine Care & Pain Relief is provides the latest in diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care.

Today, advances in medical science and technology, along with compassionate care focusing on improving your quality of life, have made pain relief and pain management more possible than ever before. Ask your provider for a referral to UHS Spine Care & Pain Relief.