The Center for the Athletic and Aging Spine

The Center for the Athletic and Aging Spine provides state-of-the-art treatment and rehabilitation for injuries relate to aging or athletic activities.

A multidisciplinary team cares for patients with spine problems. The team includes a surgical spine specialist; a nonsurgical spine specialist; the spine physiatrist (a rehabilitation physician who deals with problems of the spine); the pain management specialist; the psychiatrist; the psychologist; special nurses attuned to afflictions of the spine; pharmacologists who have a special talent in dealing with the medications that help with problems of the spine; the geriatric physician, who will help care for the more mature individuals and their spines; and physical therapists.

The center also provides "prehabilitation," which can be especially helpful to those with degenerative diseases, certain tumors, traumas or infections. For example, patients who need to have surgery can undergo a pre-operative program of exercise, reconditioning and diet to make their surgical outcome more successful.

How to Make Appointments and Referrals

Call 501-526-7200 for information about making appointments and referrals 
at the Center for the Athletic and Aging Spine.