Back, neck and spine

Spinal service at Ipswich Hospital

• adult spinal deformity
• back pain
• cervical stenosis
• coccydynia (pain in coccyx)
• disc prolapse
• degenerative disc dIsease
• spinal stenosis
• spinal trauma and infection
• spinal tumours
• spondylolisthesis.

We can also give people advice on all spinal conditions.

We work together as a team to help you. The team includes:

• physiotherapists
• spinal surgeons
• pain specialists
• radiologists
• occupational therapists
• nurse specialists.

We can offer the following treatments for your back problems:

• cervical discectomy
• cervical decompression
• cervical fusion
• lumbar discectomy
• lumbar decompression
• lumbar fusion
• facet joint injections
• nerve root blocks
• procedures for spinal fractures or tumours.

For information about spinal surgery and other treatments:

BOA website (Opens in a new window)

NASS website (Opens in a new window)